Courtesy of GoCobbers.com, Release: March 3, 2007

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Meet Rewind:

Meet Results: MIAC Championship Meet Results

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Meet Recap:

NORTHFIELD, Minn. (3/3/07)-- Heading into the MIAC Women's Indoor Championship Track and Field Meet, Concordia was seeded to finish ninth and head coach Marv Roeske was hoping to just hold onto that mark. The Cobbers entered the meet without two of their top athletes and were coming off a long trip to New York.

Not only did Concordia surpass expectations but they soared all the way into sixth place on the strength of winning the final event of the meet - the 4x400-meter relay.

The Cobbers finished the meet with 54.0 total points, which beat out seventh-place St. Ben's by a mere 2.5 points. In fact, the different between 10th place and CC's sixth-place finish was only 14 total points.

Concordia had a mix of expected and unexpected athletes come through to accomplish their top six finish.

Senior Heather Schuster dominated the middle distance events and is in contention for Women's Athlete of the Meet. She won the 600 meters in a time of 1:37.38, which breaks the school record she set last year at the conference meet. Schuster also won the 800 meters going away by finishing in a national provisional qualifying time of 2:15.33. That time is the second best in school history and the 13th fastest time in the nation this year.

Schuster then helped the Cobber 4x400-meter relay team win the final event of the meet as she won every event that she was entered. Joining Schuster in the relay win were Kelly Olson, Kristin Slette and Alissa Bilden. The quartet raced to a 4:03.86, which was four seconds faster than runner-up St. Thomas who dropped the baton midway through the race.

The biggest surprise of the day came from field athlete Diane Moliva. The junior was the last athlete to earn a spot in the finals of the weight throw and then uncorked a personal-best distance of 48-10 in the finals to finish fourth. That distance is a national-provisional qualifying mark and is also the seventh best in the history of the Cobber program.

Other top six finishers for the Cobbers who earn MIAC All-Conference Honorable Mention honors include Rachel Charpentier in the 1000 meters and Kaitlin Anderson in the pentathlon.

The Concordia 4x200-meter relay team and the distance medley relay team also earned all-conference honorable mention honors. The 4x200 team of Slette, Olson, Bilden and Tara Ray finished fourth in a time of 1:49.80 and the distance medley team of Kendra Bengtson, Bilden, Ali Parsons and Anna Hagen placed fifth with a final mark of 12:55.83.

Schuster and Moliva will now await word from the NCAA office as to whether or not they will earn a spot in the DIII National Indoor Track and Field Meet held at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terra Haute, Ind. on Mar. 9-10.

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Cobber Notables
MIAC CHAMPIONS:
600 Meters - 1:37.38 - Heather Schuster
800 Meters - 2:15.33 - Heather Schuster
4 x 400 Relay - 4:03.06 - Kelly Olson, Kristin Slette, Alissa Bilden, Heather Schuster

MIAC ALL-CONFERENCE

(places 1-3 + 1st place relays only):
1st - 600 Meters - 1:37.38 - Heather Schuster
1st - 800 Meters - 2:15.33 - Heather Schuster
1st - 4 x 400 Relay - 4:03.06 - Kelly Olson, Kristin Slette, Alissa Bilden, Heather Schuster

MIAC ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION

(places 4-6 & relay places 2-6):
4th - Weight Throw - 48-10 (14.88m) – Diane Moliva
4th - 4x200 Relay - 1:49.80 – Kristin Slette, Kelly Olson, Alissa Bilden, Tara Ray
5th - Distance Medley Relay - 12:55.83 - 1200- Kendra Bengtson, 400-Alissa Bilden, 800- Ali Parsons, 1600- Anna Hagen
6th - 1000 Meters - 3:07.76 - Rachel Charpentier
6th - Pentathlon - 2780 points – Katlin Anderson

OTHER SCORERS (places 7-8)
7th - High Jump - 4-11.5 (1.51m) – Katlin Anderson
8th – 400 – 62.31 - Kelly Olson
8th - Pentathlon - 2587 points – Tara Ray

NCAA PROVISIONAL NATIONAL QUALIFYING:
800 Meters - 2:15.33 - Heather Schuster
Weight Throw - 48-10 (14.88m) – Diane Moliva

SCHOOL RECORD:
600 Meters - 1:37.38 - Heather Schuster

COBBER ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMERS:
600 Meters - 1:37.38 - Heather Schuster - Top 10-#1
800 Meters – 2:15.33 - Heather Schuster - Top 10-#2
Weight Throw - 48-10 (14.88m) – Diane Moliva – Top 10-#7
4x200 Relay - 1:49.80 – Kristin Slette, Kelly Olson, Alissa Bilden, Tara Ray – Top 10-#8
4 x 400 Relay - 4:03.06 - Kelly Olson, Kristin Slette, Alissa Bilden, Heather Schuster - Top 10-#6
Distance Medley Relay - 12:55.83 - 1200- Kendra Bengtson, 400-Alissa Bilden, 800- Ali Parsons, 1600- Anna Hagen – Top 10-#8

PERSONAL RECORDS:
55- Amanda Bakken, Kristina Bruns

200- Kristina Bruns

400- Katlin Anderson

600- Heather Schuster

800- Heather Schuster, Katlin Anderson (pentathlon), Tara Ray (pentathlon);

1000- Ali Parsons

mile- Meagan Hansen

3000- Maria Middleton

55 hurdles- Katlin Anderson (pentathlon), Tara Ray (pentathlon)

long jump- Tara Ray (pentathlon)

triple jump- Kristina Bruns

shot put- Katlin Anderson (pentathlon), Tara Ray (pentathlon), Abby Scheel (pentathlon)

weight throw- Diane Moliva; pentathlon- Katlin Anderson, Tara Ray