RIPON, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - Senior Kendra Schumacher (Little Chute, Wis.) and juniors Mikaela Sullivan (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Brooke Graesslin (Janesville, Wis.) paced the Wisconsin Lutheran College women's indoor track & field team on Friday and Saturday at the NACC Indoor Championships. Schumacher finished second in two events, Graesslin set a school record, and Sullivan scored in three events to help the Warriors finish fourth at their second straight conference indoor championships with 59 points.
- Event: 2022 NACC Indoor Championships
- Final Results: 4th of 11 (59 Points)
- Location: Willmore Center, Ripon, Wis.
- Schumacher placed second in the 60m with a time of 7.76 seconds. She also placed second in the 200m with a time of 25.00 seconds.
- Graesslin ran the 800m in a school-record time of 2:20.05 to finish third, breaking the previous school record of 2:23.80 from earlier this season.
- Senior Natalie Lendt (Watertown, S.D.) finished third in the Pentathlon with 2,515 points.
- The Warriors' 4x400m Relay team of Schumacher, Graesslin, sophomore Ashlee Mueller (Fredonia, Wis.), and junior Grace Weide (Waterford, Wis.) was third in a school-record time of 4:06.75.
- WLC's Distance Medley Relay squad of Graesslin, Weide, Mueller, and Sullivan also finished third in a school-record time of 12:43.11, smashing the previous school record from 2011 by more than 15 seconds. The mark also ranks 46th nationally.
- Sullivan finished third in the Mile in 5:20.02, fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:26.67, and sixth in the 3000m in 11:00.49.
- Weide raced to a fifth-place finish in the 60m Hurdles in 9.62 seconds.
- Freshman Rachel Romens (Slinger, Wis.) was eighth in the Triple Jump with a mark of 10.13m.
- Freshman Liz Eilertson (Mukwonago, Wis.) finished eighth in the Pentathlon scoring 2,166 points.
- "We had some amazing performances this weekend. What I'm most proud of is the "family" attitude and atmosphere our team was showing each other the entire weekend. That kind of support helped us to some amazing marks. 53 PR's, 26 WLC Top 10 marks, and seven school records is an amazing way to close out our regular season for indoor. I'm excited for those who will be going to last chance meets and to compete at NCAA's in a couple weeks!" - Head Coach Eric Kramer
- The Warriors will compete next in a pair of "Last Chance" meets on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5 at Carthage and Ripon.
