Larsen
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4/8/08 11:16 AM
Katie Larsen |
CEDAR RAPIDS,
Iowa -- Mount Mercy College senior Katie Larsen has been named
Midwest Collegiate Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week
after winning the 10,000 meter run at the Central College Invitational
on Saturday in Pella, Iowa.
It's the fifth
such honor for Larsen this year, including the indoor season,
but the first since the start of the outdoor season in late March.
She won the 10,000 meters at Central with a conference-leading
time of 39:52.80. That is also second in school history behind
Mallory Marshall's 39:49.36 at Augustana College (Ill.) in 2007.
Other terrific
performances on the women's side included a second-place finish
in the 10,000 meters by freshman Erin Behan, whose 41:07.30 ranks
fourth on Mount Mercy's all-time list. Sophomore Alyssa Maher
was fifth in the 100 meter hurdles in :15.54, which is tied for
seventh in school history. Senior Katie Schlutz took fifth in
the javelin with a toss of 106'-00". Freshman Kelsey Hansen's
113'-7" toss in the hammer throw was second all-time, and
eight feet short of her school record set at the Viking Olympics
on March 29.
On the men's
side, senior Matt Hilby finished third in the javelin with a toss
of 158'-4". Freshman Justin Waring posted the fourth-best
time in school history in the 800 meter run, finishing in 1:58.17.
Freshman Aaron Stephens came close to the school record in the
high jump, leaping 6'-2" for the second-best height all-time.
Brian Till set the mark of 6'-3" at Loras College in 1997.
The Mustangs
compete at this weekend's Cornell College Invitational at 10:00
a.m. on Saturday in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Mount Mercy goes to the
Dick Young Classic hosted by Grinnell College on Saturday, April
19, at 9:00 a.m. in Grinnell, Iowa.
