Wartburg College (Iowa) Select Results

Waverly, Iowa - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's track & field team placed second at the Wartburg College (Iowa) Select Friday night.  The Eagles finished with 137.0 points while Wartburg was first with 289.70.  UW-Eau Claire placed third with 132.2 followed by St. Olaf College (Minn.) in fourth with 70.2 and Augustana College (Ill.) in fifth with 64.0.  A total of nine teams competed.

UW-L's 4x400-meter relay of Caitlin Wippermann, Jenna Halvorson, Rebecca Scheuermann and Claire Elliott placed first Friday (3:55.54).

The Eagles' 4x100-meter relay of Jaime Ludwigson, Halvorson, Wippermann and Elliott were second (48.73).

Individually, Wippermann was second in the 100-meter dash (12.46) while Scheuermann was second in the 800-meter run (2:16.20).   Elliott was third in the 400-meter dash (57.34) with Marissa Mahr placing fourth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:05.05) and fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (15.96).  UW-L's Crystal Oravis finished fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:05.55).

Rachel Schroeder finished third in the 5,000-meter run (18:26.40) and Karyn Genrich placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:12.35).

In the field events, Kayla Ashland tied for second in the high jump (1.61 meters) while Summer Tietz was second in the pole vault (3.10); Bailey Alston second in the long jump (5.27) and Nicole Flackey second in the hammer throw (48.41).

Maddison Norlin tied for third in the pole vault (2.95 meters) Friday while Amy Jo Garinger tied for fourth in the high jump (1.56) and was fifth in the long jump (4.94).  UW-L's Bailey Sauerwein was fifth in the shot put (11.87).

UW-L returns to action Saturday, April 14 at the UW-Platteville Invitational at 11 a.m.