Romens Breaks Own High Jump Record, Cracks Top 20 Nationally

RIPON, Wis. (WLCSports.com) – Wisconsin Lutheran College's Rachel Romens (Slinger, Wis.) broke her own school record and finished second in the High Jump on Saturday at the Red Hawk Invitational at Willmore Center. The Warriors placed ninth with 20 points at the event. 

Romens cleared a school- and personal-best height of 1.66m for a second-place finish among 18 competitors in the High Jump. The mark, which bested her previous record of 1.62m from a week ago, is tied for 17th in NCAA Division III this season. She also placed fifth in the 200m with a time of 27.53 seconds.

Sophomore Rachel Homan (New Lisbon, Wis.) scored an eighth-place finish in the 3000m with a personal-best time of 12:29.09. 

Freshman Riley Pink (Appleton, Wis.) posted a personal-best time in the 60m Hurdles of 11.38 seconds, junior Sylvia Walentowski (Neenah, Wis.) recorded a personal-best time in the 800m of 2:38.72, while sophomore Lauren Rastall (De Pere, Wis.) completed the Mile in a personal-best time of 6:09.44.

Freshman Amelia Kelley (Appleton, Wis.) cleared a personal-best height in the Pole Vault of 2.30m, and freshman Sofia Mueller tossed a personal-best in the Weight Throw of 11.42m.

WLC's 4x200m Relay team of sophomore Madelyn Vanderhoof (Watertown, Wis.), junior Lucia Gallardo Martos (Torrejon De Ardoz, Spain), freshman Mabel Beversdorf (Racine, Wis.), and senior Emily Meiller (Madison, Wis.) placed fifth with a time of 2:07.24.

Vanderhoof, sophomore Madelyn Beyer (Appleton, Wis.), Rastall, and Walentowski came in sixth in the 4x400 Relay with a time of 4:39.72.

St. Norbert won four events and scored 159 points to take home the 10-team scoring title.

Wisconsin Lutheran returns to Willmore Center in Ripon next Saturday for the Dick Hendricks Invitational. Events are scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Live coverage links can be found on WLCSports.com.