WAUKESHA, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - Junior Brooke Graesslin (Janesville, Wis.) and freshman Rachel Romens (Slinger, Wis.) both won events to lead the Wisconsin Lutheran College women's outdoor track & field team to a third-place finish on Sunday at the Pioneer Open. The Warriors scored 99 points at their third event of the outdoor season.
- Event: Pioneer Open
- Final Results: 3rd of 10 (99 Points)
- Location: Dennis Punches Track and Field Complex, Waukesha, Wis.
- Romens won the Triple Jump with a leap of 9.79m. She finished fourth in the Long Jump with a mark of 4.85m.
- Graesslin placed first in the 800m clocking in at 2:23.84. Junior Ashlee Muller (Fredonia, Wis.) was second in the event at 2:27.42.
- Junior Grace Weide (Waterford, Wis.) scored a second-place finish in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 15.60 seconds. She also placed third in the 400m Hurdles at 1:08.60.
- WLC's 4x100m Relay team of freshmen Elizabeth Eilertson (Mukwonago, Wis.), Romens, sophomore Mattie Stutzman (Burlington, Wis.), and Weide was third in 54.12 seconds.
- Junior Mikaela Sullivan (Wauwatosa, Wis.) took home third place in the 1,500m with a time of 4:58.10.
- Freshman Camille Juga (Racine, Wis.) was third in the Triple Jump at 9.64m. She also recorded a seventh-place mark in the Long Jump of 4.38m.
- Senior Natalie Lendt (Watertown, S.D.) finished fourth in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 17.28 seconds. She was also sixth in the Long Jump with a mark of 4.44m.
- Freshman Alisa Walker (Chesapeake, Va.) was fourth in the Pole Vault clearing 2.18m.
- Junior Paige Sweem (Kalispell, Mont.) placed fourth in the Javelin with a throw of 29.69m.
- Eilertson sprinted to a fifth-place finish in the 200m at 27.48 seconds.
- Stutzman raced to a sixth-place finish in the 100m in 13.54 seconds.
- Freshmen Emily Meiller (Madison, Wis.) and Claire Trietsch (Trafalgar, Ind.) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in High Jump with marks of 1.35m and 1.25m.
- "We finally catch weather above 45 degrees and the team reacted well! 51 PR's, 17 WLC Top 10 marks, and some big event wins were just a few of the highlights. It's a quick turnaround to Thursday, but it will be nice to compete at home where we should be competitive in every event." - Head Coach Eric Kramer
- WLC hosts the Warrior Invitational on Thursday at Raabe Stadium. Field events get underway way 10 a.m. with running events starting at 11 a.m.
