Maher
starts season with record-setting performance
Posted
1/22/08 2:15 PM
Alyssa Maher |
CEDAR RAPIDS,
Iowa -- Mount Mercy College sophomore Alyssa Maher opened the
2008 season in style, earning Midwest Collegiate Conference Female
Track Athlete of the Week honors after setting a school record
and qualifying for the NAIA indoor national meet in the 55 meter
hurdles at Saturday's University of Wisconsin-Platteville Open.
Maher, who
ran a :09.03 in the finals to win the 55 meter hurdles, shattered
her own school record in the event with a time of :08.79 in the
preliminaries. That preliminary time also qualified her for the
NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 55 meter hurdles
for the second year in a row. The national meet is March 6-8 in
Johnson City, Tenn.
Mount Mercy
is off this weekend, but will be back in action at the Hilltop
Open hosted by Cornell College on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 10:00 a.m.
at the Small Multi-Sport Center in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
