Katie MeyerWomen’s Track & FieldSophomoreSister Bay, WI. Gibraltar H.S.

STEVENS POINT, Wi. - St. Norbert College’s 4x400-meter relay team provisionally quali-fied for the NCAA Division III Indoor National Meet to high-light St. Norbert’s showing at the UW-Stevens Point Invita-tional on February 7th.

The Green Knights scored 35 points to place fifth out of 13 teams. NCAA Division II Minnesota-Duluth won the event with 154.5 points.

Marisa Trakanovich, Katie Meyer, Ashley Graybill and Emily Schudrowitz smashed the school record in the 4x400, posting an event-winning time of 3:56.94 - just over a half-second faster than runner-up Duluth. Their time is currently the 3rd fastest in the nation with 3 weekends to go before the NCAA Champion-ships. Should their time hold up, it would be the first SNC women’s relay to advance to Nationals!

Jenny Scherer continued her raid on the SNC re-cord books setting a new standard in the 1 mile run with a time of 5:09.06, which placed fifth. Jenny has now broken a school record at every Indoor meet she has competed in this season.

Graybill finished second in the 400-meter dash, running a time of 58.52 seconds, which is also an NCAA provisional qualifying time. Trakanovich fin-ished fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.05 seconds.

St. Norbert also placed in two other relays.The Green Knights were fourth in the distance medley(Scherer, Nikki Swanson, Megan Domnick, and Isabella Benassi) with a time of 14:07.22, and finished fifth in the 4x200(Meyer, Schudrowitz, Anne Mueller and Danielle Krause) with a time of 1:53.00.

Men’s Track & Field Women’s Track & Field

Dann SchneiderMen’s Track & FieldSophomoreWausau, WI. Newman Catholic H.S.

STEVENS POINT, Wi. - St. Norbert College posted several solid individual showings to place sixth at the UW-Stevens Point Invitational.

The Green Knights regis-tered 38 points to place sixth, but were only three points out

of fourth place, among the 13 schools in attendance.Dann Schneider was second in the 200-meter dash

with a sprint of 22.51 seconds and was third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.91 seconds. Schneider’s 200m dash time was only .01 seconds off of the school record that is currently held by former National Cham-pion Ben Dreyer.

Jordan Gobert continued his strong start to the in-door season by placing in two events. Gobert finished in a three-way tie for third in the pole vault with a height of 4.00 meters. Gobert then placed seventh in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.12 seconds.

Brent Schreiber was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 6.42 meters. Paul Leeman placed sixth in the triple jump with a distance of 13.12 meters.

St. Norbert had a pair of top-eight finishes in the shot put. Bret Blozinski was fifth with a heave of 13.46 meters, while Tony Dionne was eighth with a distance of 13.00 meters. Blozinski also placed third in the shot put at 13.06 meters.

The Green Knights’ 4x200-meter relay team of Schreiber, Gobert, Dustin Dessell and Leeman placed fourth with a time of 1:35.35.

With only two weekends to go before the MWC Championships the Green Knights were idle the week-end of Feb. 14th. The SNC harriers return to action this Saturday Feb. 21st at the UWSP Eastbay Invita-tional.

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Volume I = Issue IX = February 18, 2009

TTORECORD BREAKERS

The start of the 2009 indoor track and field season has been a very successful one for the entire Men’s and Women’s program at St. Norbert College. However two individuals have been on top of their game and stand out not only among St. Norbert’s best but also among the Nations elite. Meet Ashley Graybill (pictured to the left) and Jenny Scherer (pictured to the right).

It only takes a quick look at the St. Norbert record board to see where these two ladies rank among the best ever at St. Norbert. Out of 23 events that are currently contested at the NCAA level Graybill and Scherer own 13 of those records. That accounts for 56% of the indoor records at St. Norbert. After this coming weekend there is a good chance that a 14th record will be re-written with both of their names stamped clearly on

it. The Distance Medley relay, which eluded the pair last year by .03 seconds, is in serious jeopardy. Not only do they intend to break the school record in the event- but to also hit a National qualifying time as well.

When you expand from the St. Norbert record book and onto the National rankings you will also see The names Graybill and Scherer pop up more than once. As of Feb. 18th, Jenny Scherer currently has the second fastest 5K time among Division III competitors. Scherer posted a time of 17:05.92 this past weekend at the Iowa State Classic. In a race against predominantly Division I athletes, Scherer cruised to a 9th place overall finish beating athletes from schools such as Kansas, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Her time was almost 30 seconds faster than her previous best and rebroke her own school record set back in January. Scherer will attempt to complete the trifecta with All-American awards in a few short weeks. After placing 6th last year in the Outdoor Track & Field championships and 7th at the Cross Country nationals this fall- only an Indoor All-American award is missing from her resume.

Ashley Graybill currently has qualified for the NCAA indoor track & field championships in 3 different events. Graybill is currently ranked 3rd nationally in the 800m run, 7th in the 400m dash, and 3rd in the 4x400m relay. This past weekend she also competed at Iowa State and had a very impressive performance. Running in the fast heat of the 800m run Graybill out kicked athletes from Wisconsin, Nebraska and Oklahoma State to earn 1st place in her section. Her time of 2:11.37 is an NCAA Division III Automatic qualifying time. Graybill who was an All-American in the 400m dash during the 2008 indoor season will look to add to her collection March 13-14 in Terre Haute, Indiana. The question is, what event will she choose to run at Nationals (the 400m dash and the 800m run are contested within 15 minutes of each other so there is not an opportunity to run both). However, if Graybill continues to compete as well as she has all season it really won’t matter what event she chooses- the outcome will be the same!

Green Knight Scoreboard Indoor Track & Field Schedule

Jan. 16 UW Eau Claire Invitational M 3/7, W 4/9 Feb. 14 Iowa State University Track & Field Classic (Individuals Only) (Individuals Only)

Jan. 23 Indiana University Invitational Feb. 21 UW Stevens Point Invitational (Individuals Only)

Jan. 24 UW Whitewater Invitational M 5/13, W 4/13 Feb. 27/28 MWC Championships @ Monmouth, IL

Jan. 31 Northern Michigan Invitational(Unscored Meet) Mar. 7 Last Chance Meet @ UW Stevens Point

Feb. 7 UW Stevens Point Invitational Mar. 13/14 NCAA Championships @ Terre Haute, IN