Romens' Two Titles Top Wisconsin Lutheran's Day At Warrior Invitational

WAUWATOSA, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - Junior Rachel Romens (Slinger, Wis.) won two field events to lead Wisconsin Lutheran College at the Warrior Invitational on Thursday at Raabe Stadium. The Warriors scored 59 points for a fifth-place finish at the 11-team scoring event.

Romens won the High Jump by clearing 1.50m, and the Long Jump with a personal-best mark of 5.32m. It was her fourth and fifth career outdoor victories.

Senior Ashlee Mueller (Fredonia, Wis.) posted a runner-up finish in the 400m with a time of 1:04.32. 

Freshmen Madelyn Beyer (Appleton, Wis.) and Rachel Homan (New Lisbon, Wis.) placed fifth and sixth in the 800m, respectively, with times of 2:38.49 and 2:43.62. 

Graduate student Emily Herried (Necedah, Wis.) came in sixth in the 1500m with a time of 5:23.52.

Freshman Marin Schibbelhut (Onalaska, Wis.) finished sixth in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 19.79 seconds. 

Junior Autumn Przybyla (Belvidere, Ill.) recorded a personal-best toss of 26.88m in the Javelin for a sixth-place finish. 

Freshman Madelyn Vanderhoof (Watertown, Wis.) and junior Emily Meiller (Madison, Wis.) were seventh and eighth, respectively, in the Long Jump with marks of 1.30m.

WLC's 4x400m Relay team of Mueller, Beyer, freshman Natalie Punzel (Watertown, Wis.), and Herried was second in 4:34.98, while the 4x100m Relay team of Romens, Przybyla, sophomore Lucia Gallardo Martos (Torrejon De Ardoz, Spain), and Vanderhoof was fifth in 54.81 seconds.

Wisconsin Lutheran competes at the Private College Championships next Saturday, April 6 hosted by Carroll. Events are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. at the Dennis Punches Track and Field Complex in Waukesha.