Courtesy of GoCobbers.com, Release: May 25

Complete NCAA Meet Day 1 Results

NCAA Outdoor Meet Website

LISLE, Ill. (5/25/06)-- It was a case of good news, bad news for the Concordia women's track and field team on the first day of the NCAA Division III National Outdoor Track and Field at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill. on Thursday.

Senior Natalie Hanson did what she has been doing the past month - turning in unbelievable performance after unbelievable performance and breaking school records - and qualified for the finals in the 1500 meters. Unfortunately, the 4x400-meter relay team wasn't as lucky, and were unable to make the finals in an unusually strong field.

Hanson ran a 4:30.31 in the first heat of qualifying and automatically qualified for the finals as the top four from each heat plus the next four fastest qualified for the finals. Hanson's time shaves a full three seconds off her school record of 4:33.65 that she set last week at the UW-La Crosse Qualifier.

Her time was the sixth fastest in the preliminary heats. She will need to finish in the top eight to claim her first All-American award. The finals for the 1500 meters will be held on Saturday, May 27 at 1:20pm.

The Cobber 4x400-meter relay team of Alissa Bilden, Amy Ravenhorst, Kelly Olson and Angie Pfeiffer recorded a time of 3:52.53 in the first heat of qualifying and failed to advance to the finals. Their time was only one second off their qualifying time - the seventh fastest time entering the race.

The unusually fast field in the 4x400 placed a walloping 10 teams below the 3:50.00 mark.

Hanson, Pfeiffer and fellow senior Heather Schuster will all be in action on Friday. Hanson and Schuster will compete in the trials of the 800 meters at 5:20pm, while Pfeiffer begins her quest for her sixth All-American award at 4:20pm in the trials of the 400 meters.

1500 Meter Run
Round 1, Heat 1
1 Amber Druien, Jr, North Central College 4:29.51Q
Stadium record
Was 4:36.68; Amanda Kuca, Concordia (WI), 2006
2 Catherine Beck, So, Tufts University 4:29.69Q
3 Jenna Mitchler, Sr, Wisconsin Stevens Pt 4:30.17Q
4 Natalie Hanson, Sr, Concordia 4:30.31Q
5 Kristen Painter, Jr, Wisconsin La Crosse 4:32.08q
6 Jessica Winter, Sr, University of Chicago 4:33.81q
7 Karen Mount, Sr, Muhlenberg College 4:40.88
8 Lissy Robie, So, Williams College 4:41.29
9 Megan Craig, Sr, Wisconsin Stevens Pt 4:41.30

Round 1, Heat 2
1 Breanne Lucey, Sr, Keene State College 4:29.55Q
2 Marta Scott, Sr, Geneseo S U N Y 4:29.93Q
3 Kaitlin O'Sullivan, Jr, Oneonta S U N Y 4:31.50Q
4 Marcia Taddy, So, Wisconsin Platteville 4:32.86Q
5 Heather Worden, Sr, California Lutheran 4:34.42q
6 Meagan Herlache, Jr, Wisconsin La Crosse 4:35.48q
7 Annick Lamar, So, Haverford College 4:37.30
8 Amanda Williams, So, Trinity College (Ct) 4:39.91
9 Katy O'Brien, So, Tufts University 4:42.53
10 Jessica Griffin, Jr, North Central College 4:57.31
Final

1500 METER RUN Saturday 1:20 pm
Top 4 in each heat plus next 4 fastest advance
Last year's winner: 4:27.27; Missy Buttry, Sr, Wartburg
Meet record: 4:15.20; Liz Woodworth, UW-Oshkosh, 2004
Stadium record: 4:36.68; Amanda Kuca, Concordia (WI), Collegiate record: 4:06.75; Tiffany McWilliams, 2003
Lane Name Team Time
1 Kristen Painter, Jr Wisconsin La Crosse 4:32.08
2 Jessica Winter, Sr University of Chicago 4:33.81
3 Jenna Mitchler, Sr Wisconsin Stevens Pt 4:30.17
4 Amber Druien, Jr North Central College 4:29.51
5 Marcia Taddy, So Wisconsin Platteville 4:32.86
6 Kaitlin O'Sullivan, Jr Oneonta S U N Y 4:31.50
7 Catherine Beck, So Tufts University 4:29.69
8 Heather Worden, Sr California Lutheran 4:34.42
9 Natalie Hanson, Sr Concordia Moorhead 4:30.31
10 Breanne Lucey, Sr Keene State College 4:29.55
11 Meagan Herlache, Jr Wisconsin La Crosse 4:35.48
12 Marta Scott, Sr Geneseo S U N Y 4:29.93

4x400 Meter Relay
Round 1, Heat 1
1 Wartburg College (Steph Arey, Rachel Brinks, Amy Koester, Bridget Burns) 3:45.89Q
2 Willamette University (Andrea May, Lindsey Patterson, Jordyn Smith, Mariah Hanson) 3:48.60Q
3 Washington (Missouri) (Danielle Wadlington, Natalie Badowski, Laura Ehret, Andrea Moreland) 3:49.78q
4 North Central College (Joanna Wilson, Amber Druien, Sara White, Jennifer Bach) 3:49.90
5 Concordia Moorhead (Alissa Bilden, Amy Ravenhorst, Kelly Olson, Angie Pfeiffer) 3:52.53

Round 1, Heat 2
1 Calvin College (Lauren Bergstrom, Jennifer DeFauw, Sarah Wittingen, Lisa Winkle) 3:45.33Q
DIII Season's best, Stadium record
2 Lincoln University (Shari Richardson, Yolona Sabb, Jamanah Freeman, Jordean Mathews) 3:45.55Q
Betters old DIII Season's best
3 Wisconsin Oshkosh (Amanda Donath, Stetphanie Sisk, Mandy Kozicki, Nadine Pieske) 3:48.26q
4 Wisconsin La Crosse (Collette Francis, Caitlin Perra, Katie Steingreber, Brooke Whitcher) 3:51.35
5 Wisconsin Eau Claire (Liz Kooistra, Liz Faller, Laura Broner, Shalene Huth) 3:51.61

Round 1, Heat 3
1 College of New Jersey (Carolyn Gray, Angela Tecco, Tiffany Clark, Jessica Bonelli) 3:47.85Q
2 Williams College (Maddy Outman, Veronica Ivey, Katie Howard, Carrie Plitt) 3:48.26Q
3 McMurry University (Richalle Wright, Casey Toombs, Staci Jackson, Sharlandia Williams) 3:49.29q
4 Univ of St. Thomas (Molly Bauman, Christina Chapman, Shionna Evans, Katie Theisen) 3:50.68
5 Wisconsin Stevens Pt (Andrea Irvine, Marie Burrows, Jamie Scott, Laura Simonis) 3:52.81
Final

4X400 METER RELAY Saturday 4:45 pm
Top 2 in each heat plus next 3 fastest advance
Last year's winner: 3:45.57; College of New Jersey (Gray, Boyd, Bonelli, Clark)
Meet record: 3:40.76; U Mass Boston (Larts, James, Durant, Eddins), 1986
Stadium record: 4:02.63; Trinity Christian, 2006
Collegiate record: 3:23.75; Texas (Jones, McIntosh, Chapple, Richards), 2004
Qual
Lane Name Team Time
1 Washington (Missouri) (Danielle Wadlington, Natalie Badowski, Laura Ehret, Andrea Moreland) 3:49.78
2 Wisconsin Oshkosh (Amanda Donath, Stetphanie Sisk, Mandy Kozicki, Nadine Pieske) 3:48.26
3 Williams College (Maddy Outman, Veronica Ivey, Katie Howard, Carrie Plitt) 3:48.26
4 College of New Jersey (Carolyn Gray, Angela Tecco, Tiffany Clark, Jessica Bonelli) 3:47.85
5 Calvin College (Lauren Bergstrom, Jennifer DeFauw, Sarah Wittingen, Lisa Winkle) 3:45.33
6 Wartburg College (Steph Arey, Rachel Brinks, Amy Koester, Bridget Burns) 3:45.89
7 Lincoln University (Shari Richardson, Yolona Sabb, Jamanah Freeman, Jordean Mathews) 3:45.55
8 Willamette University (Andrea May, Lindsey Patterson, Jordyn Smith, Mariah Hanson) 3:48.60
9 McMurry University (Richalle Wright, Casey Toombs, Staci Jackson, Sharlandia Williams) 3:49.29