Maher,
Larsen shine at Hilltop Open
Posted
2/4/08 10:42 AM
Alyssa Maher |
Katie Larsen |
MOUNT VERNON,
Iowa -- Sophomore Alyssa Maher was runner-up while breaking her
own school record in the 55 meter hurdles and senior Katie Larsen
was a top-10 finisher in a pair of events as Mount Mercy College
competed at Cornell College's Hilltop Open on Saturday at the
Small Multi-Sport Center.
Maher, an
NAIA indoor national meet qualifier in the 55 meter hurdles as
a freshman, bettered her own mark of :08.79 at the season-opening
University of Wisconsin-Platteville Open on Jan. 19. After running
:08.98 in the second heat at Cornell, she ran :08.76 in the finals,
just .01 behind Barb Kremer of Loras College.
Larsen posted
the second-best time in school history in the 3,000 meter run,
finishing fourth in the event with a time of 11:05.99. Her 11:03.37
at the UNI-Dome Open is a Mount Mercy record. Larsen also placed
seventh in the mile run in 5:36.43, just under three minutes behind
her school mark set at last year's Hilltop Open.
Freshman Aaron
Stephens also set a school record on Saturday with a leap of 6'-0"
in the high jump. It surpassed his own mark of 5'-10.5" at
the season-opening University of Wisconsin-Platteville Open on
Jan. 19.
Freshman Kelsey
Hansen, sophomore Dustin Henderson, and the men's 4x400 meter
relay team also posted all-time top-10 performances for the Mustangs.
Hansen's 29'-8" toss moved her into ninth place in the women's
weight throw. Henderson placed fifth at Cornell in the 400 meter
dash with a time of :52.59, 10th-best in school history. The 4x400
meter relay team of Henderson, sophomore Scott Becker, Stephens,
and freshman Justin Waring took over seventh place on the career
sheet with a time of 3:38.47.
Next up for
the Mustangs will be the NAIA Challenge on Friday at 2:00 p.m.
in Storm Lake, Iowa. Then it's back to Platteville, Wis., for
the UW-P Open on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 11:30 a.m.
