Four Third-Place Finishes For Women's Track & Field At NACC Championships

DE PERE, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - Wisconsin Lutheran College finished seventh behind four third-place finishes at the 2023 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Outdoor Championships on Friday and Saturday hosted by St. Norbert at Schneider Stadium.

The Warriors scored 43 points for a seventh-place finish at the championships. St. Norbert claimed its second straight outdoor conference title with 207.5 points and five event wins.

Junior Janae Jensen (Slinger, Wis.) posted third-place finishes in both the 100m (12.85) and 200m (25.91). Her time in the later event was good for a personal best. 

Senior Brooke Graesslin (Janesville, Wis.) placed third in the 800m with a time of 2:21.56. Junior Ashlee Mueller (Fredonia, Wis.) was fifth with a personal best (2:23.96) and senior Emily Herried (Necedah, Wis.) was seventh (2:34.46).

WLC's 4x400m Relay team of Jensen, Mueller, Herried, and Graesslin were also third with a season-best time of 4:09.78.

Sophomore Rachel Romens (Slinger, Wis.) leaped to a fourth-place finish in the High Jump, clearing a personal-best height of 1.47m. She was also eighth in the 200m with a time of 27.36 seconds. Her preliminary time in the event of 26.67 seconds marked a personal best.

Wisconsin Lutheran's 4x100m Relay of freshman Leah Schmidt (Bonduel, Wis.), sophomore Stephanie Schafer (Lake Mills, Wis.), freshman Leah Wierschke (Mill Creek, Wash.), and senior Paige Sweem (Kalispell, Mont.) placed sixth in 1:04.67.

Senior Kayla Pagel (Kenosha, Wis.) recorded a seventh-place throw in the Hammer of 38.24m. Sweem was also seventh in the Javelin with a toss of 29.31m.

Herried came in eighth in the 1,500m with a personal-best time of 5:10.24. 

The Warriors have one "last chance" meet on the schedule next week, the UW-La Crosse Eagle Open on Friday, May 12.