RIPON, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - Senior Kendra Schumacher (Little Chute, Wis.) moved up to second and ninth nationally in the 200m and 60m, respectively, after winning both events and setting a pair of school records on Saturday at the Ripon NCAA Final Qualifier & Multi.
- Event: Ripon NCAA Final Qualifier & Multi
- Final Results: No Team Scores
- Location: Willmore Center, Ripon, Wis.
- Schumacher won both the 60m and 200m after advancing to the finals with school-record marks in the prelims of both events. The senior posted a 60m time of 7.69 seconds and a 200m time of 24.84 seconds. Those times currently rank ninth and second in Division III, respectively.
- Junior Brooke Graesslin (Janesville, Wis.) also won the 800m in a time of 2:25.27.
- Junior Mikaela Sullivan (Wauwatosa, Wis.) recorded a personal-best time in the 3,000m of 10:44.35 for a second-place finish in the event. Sullivan also competed in the 800m on Friday at the Carthage Firebird Finale, placing second out of 15 competitors with a time of 2:24.04.
- "Last chance meets are always exciting and this weekend didn't disappoint! All of our PR's this weekend (5) were also WLC Top 10 marks with three being school records. I'm excited for Kendra going into nationals next week, but also looking forward to the rest of the team building for outdoors. We have some big performances yet to come!" - Head coach Eric Kramer
- Schumacher will represent the Warriors at the 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships next Friday and Saturday at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. The complete list of participants will be released by the NCAA no later than 6 p.m. tomorrow.
