HANOVER, Ind. (WLCSports.com) - Junior Grace Weide (Waterford, Wis.) and freshmen Elizabeth Eilertson (Mukwonago, Wis.) and Alisa Walker (Chesapeake, Va.) all won events to lead the Wisconsin Lutheran College women's outdoor track & field team to a first-place finish on Saturday at the Hanover Invitational. Eilertson won three events, Weide won twice, and Walker won another to help the Warriors finish first with 94 points at the eight-eight event.
- Event: Hanover Invitational
- Final Results: 1st of 8 (94 Points)
- Location: Alumni Stadium, Hanover, Ind.
- Eilertson finished first in the 200m at 28.39 seconds. She also won the Long Jump with a leap of 4.79m, and to complete the hat trick, she took home a first-place finish in the High Jump with a mark of 1.44m.
- Weide finished first in the 100m Hurdles with a personal-best time of 15.98 seconds. She also brought home her second victory of the day in the 400m Hurdles clocking in at 1:11.40.
- Walker was first in the Pole Vault clearing 2.05m.
- Freshman Rachel Romens (Slinger, Wis.) finished second in the Long Jump with a mark of 4.42m. She also took second in the Triple Jump at 9.67m.
- Sophomore Anna Raasch (Germantown, Wis.) finished second in the 100m finishing with a time of 13.46 seconds.
- Junior Brooke Graesslin (Janesville, Wis.) placed second in the 800m clocking in at 2:31.07.
- Senior Natalie Lendt (Watertown, S.D.) placed second in the High Jump with a mark of 1.44m. She finished third in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 17.81 seconds, and was third in the Triple Jump at 9.21m.
- Junior Mikaela Sullivan (Wauwatosa, Wis.) finished third in the 1,500 with a personal-best time of 5:04.64.
- Sophomore Mattie Stutzman (Burlington, Wis.) raced to a third-place finish in the 100m in 14.00 seconds. She also took home fifth place in the 200m with a time of 29.46 seconds.
- Senior Micayla Bork (San Jose, Calif.) placed third in the Long Jump with a 4.02m mark and eighth in the 100m at 15.28 seconds.
- Sophomore Madi O'Dell (Manteno, Ill.) finished fourth in the Long Jump at 3.97m.
- Freshman Camille Juga (Racine, Wis.) recorded a fourth-place finish in the Triple Jump with a mark of 8.80m.
- Junior Paige Sweem (Kalispell, Mont.) placed fourth in the Javelin with a throw of 27.51m.
- Senior Christina Biffert (Fond du Lac, Wis.) finished fifth in the 10,000m with a time of 45:56.12.
- Junior Kayla Pagel (Kenosha, Wis.) was seventh in the Hammer with a toss of 32.22m.
- "This weekend was as much about team building and relationships as it was competition. This was the first overnight trip we've had since spring 2019. Looking at the results from this meet, I think we definitely grew closer and stronger as a team. 40 PR's, 10 event wins, and 10 WLC Top 10 marks lead to a women's win and men's runner-up finish against some teams we don't normally see." - Head Coach Eric Kramer
- The Warriors will compete next Saturday at the Wisconsin Private College Championships hosted by Carroll at the Dennis Punches Track and Field Complex in Waukesha. Field events begin at 10:30 a.m. and running events start at 11 a.m.
