MIAC Championship Meet Recap

Courtesy of GoCobbers.com, Release: March 4

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NORTHFIELD, Minn.-- A pair of Concordia athletes set MIAC Indoor Championship Meet records and the Cobbers claimed three individual event titles on their way to finishing in a tie for second place at the MIAC Championship Meet held at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.

Concordia finished with 97.0 points which tied them with Gustavus for second place. St. Thomas won the meet with 125.7 total team points. The second place finish marks the third consecutive season that the Cobbers have finished in second place at the indoor conference meet. It is also the fifth time in the past ten years that they have claimed the second spot, and eighth time in the past ten championship meets they have finished in the top three.

Natalie Hanson had a career meet as she broke the conference record in the mile run by over seven seconds. She finished in a time of 5:05.32 which bettered the old record of 5:12.89 set last year.

Hanson also provisionally qualified for the NCAA DIII National Meet in the 800 meters as she finished second in a time of 2:17.80. To add to her amazing meet, she also finished third in the 3000 meters. Hanson also ran the anchor leg of the Cobber distance medley relay team that finished third.

To top the meet off, she finished sixth in the pole vault with a height of 10-6.25. That mark is the third best in Cobber women's track and field history.

All told she claimed by herself, or as part of a relay team, 33 of the team's 97 total points.

Angie Pfeiffer was the other Cobber record breaker. She won the 400 meters in a time of 57.01 which broke a 16-year-old record by .22 seconds. Pfeiffer went on to finish second place in the 200 meters. She ran a 25.91 which broke the old track record at Carleton by .12 seconds.

Both of Pfeiffer's finishing times broke school records that she had already owned.

Heather Schuster was the third member of the Concordia senior trio that won individual events. She ran a 1:37.69 in the 600 meters to win by almost a full second. Schuster also claimed third place in the 1000 meters with a time of 3:01.29.

Schuster also set a pair of school records in the process. Her time in the 600 bettered Molly Luedtke's mark of 1:37.77 set in 1996, and her time in the 1000 meters broke Chris Fredrick's 15-year-old record by almost a full second.

Other top Cobber finishers included Leah Hegland who finished fourth in the 55-meter hurdles, Amy Ravenhorst who placed fifth in the 600 meters and Rachel Charpentier who claimed sixth place in the 1000 meters. Sarah Sorvaag placed sixth in the weight throw. Danielle Norby racked up eighth-place finishes in the triple jump and pentathlon and fellow field event teammate Abby Scheel who finished fifth in the pentathlon.

Concordia will now wait and see which athletes will qualify for the NCAA DIII National Indoor Meet which will take place on Mar. 10-11 at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.

Cobber Notables

MIAC CHAMPIONS:
400 Meters - 57.01 - Angie Pfeiffer - MEET RECORD

600 Meters - 1:37.69 - Heather Schuster

Mile - 5:05.32 - Natalie Hanson - MEET RECORD

MIAC ALL-CONFERENCE

(places 1-3 + 1st place relays only):
1st - 400 Meters - 57.01 - Angie Pfeiffer - MEET RECORD 1st - 600 Meters - 1:37.69 - Heather Schuster

1st - Mile - 5:05.32 - Natalie Hanson - MEET RECORD

2nd - 200 Meters - 25.91 - Angie Pfeiffer

2nd - 800 Meters - 2:17.80 - Natalie Hanson

3rd - 1000 Meters - 3:01.29 - Heather Schuster

3rd - 3000 Meters - 10:21.53 - Natalie Hanson

MIAC ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION

(places 4-6 & relay places 2-6):
3rd - Distance Medley Relay - 12:39.89 - 1200-Rachel Charpentier, 400-Kelly Olson, 800-Kendra Bengtson, 1600-Natalie Hanson

4th - 55 Hurdles - 8.98 (8.95 prelims) - Leah Hegland

4th - 4 x 400 Relay - 4:03.29 - Amy Ravenhorst, Alissa Bilden, Kelly Olson, Heather Schuster

5th - 600 Meters - 1:38.74 - Amy Ravenhorst

5th - 4x200 Relay - 1:52.23 - Kelly Olson, Alissa Bilden, Kristen Pedraza, Alison DeGuise

5th - Pentathlon - 2822 points - Abby Scheel

6th - 1000 Meters - 3:05.27 - Rachel Charpentier

6th - Pole Vault - 10-6.25 (3.21m) - Natalie Hanson

6th - Weight Throw - 44-11.5 (13.70m) - Sarah Sorvaag

OTHER SCORERS (places 7-8)
8th - Triple Jump - 34-4 (10.46m) - Danielle Norby

8th - Pentathlon - 2612 points - Danielle Norby

NCAA PROVISIONAL NATIONAL QUALIFYING:
400 Meters - 57.01 - Angie Pfeiffer
800 Meters - 2:17.80 - Natalie Hanson

SCHOOL RECORD:
200 Meters - 25.91 - Angie Pfeiffer
400 Meters - 57.01 - Angie Pfeiffer
600 Meters - 1:37.69 - Heather Schuster
1000 Meters - 3:01.29 - Heather Schuster

Mile - 5:05.32 - Natalie Hanson

COBBER ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMERS:
200 Meters - 25.91 - Angie Pfeiffer - Top 10-#1

400 Meters - 57.01 - Angie Pfeiffer - Top 10-#1

600 Meters - 1:37.69 - Heather Schuster - Top 10-#1 1000 Meters - 3:01.29 - Heather Schuster - Top 10-#1 Mile - 5:05.32 - Natalie Hanson - Top 10-#1

1000 Meters - 3:05.27 - Rachel Charpentier - Top 10-#9 Mile - 5:26.07 - Rachel Charpentier - Top 10-#6

3000 Meters - 10:21.53 - Natalie Hanson - Top 10-#4 Pole Vault - 10'6.25" - Natalie Hanson - Top 10-#2 Pentathlon - 2822 points - Abby Scheel - Top 10-#9
4 x 400 Relay - 4:03.29 - Amy Ravenhorst, Alissa Bilden, Kelly Olson, Heather Schuster - Top 10-#6

Distance Medley Relay - 12:39.89 - 1200-Rachel Charpentier, 400-Kelly Olson, 800-Kendra Bengtson, 1600-Natalie Hanson - Top 10-#5

PERSONAL RECORDS:
200- Angie Pfeiffer; 400- Angie Pfeiffer; 600- Heather Schuster, Brittany Christianson; 800- Brittany Christianson, Abby Scheel (pentathlon), Danielle Norby (pentathlon); 1000- Heather Schuster, Rachel Charpentier, Ali Parsons;
mile- Natalie Hanson, Rachel Charpentier; 3000- Natalie Hanson, Maria Middleton; 55 hurdles- Leah Hegland, Alison DeGuise (tie), Abby Scheel (pentathlon); long jump- Abby Scheel (pentathlon); high jump- Abby Scheel (pentathlon)(tie), Danielle Norby (pentathlon), Amber Schackman (pentathlon); pole vault- Natalie Hanson; shot put- Abby Scheel (pentathlon), Danielle Norby (pentathlon); weight throw- Sarah Sorvaag;
pentathlon- Abby Scheel, Danielle Norby, Amber Schackman.