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Lawrence, Kan. - The No. 13 Lewis University women's track and field team recorded three NCAA Provisional marks, two school-records and a victory to cap off their impressive weekend at the Kansas Relays, hosted by Kansas University, at Rock Chalk Park on Friday (April 17) evening.
Lewis senior
Rebecca Preisler (Romeoville, Ill./Romeoville) broke her own school-record and set a NCAA Provisional in the pole vault with a mark of 4.10m (13'5 1/4"). She set the previous standard of 4.05m (13'3 1/2") at the Alabama Relays on March 21st. Flyer junior
Amber Cook (Grayslake, Ill./Warren Township) broke a 14-year old school-record in the triple jump with a NCAA Provisional mark of 12.13m (39'9 3/4"), good for fifth-place. The previous school-record of 39'4 1/2" was set by Vaida Usaite in 2001.
Flyer junior
Chantel Stennis (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) finished fourth in the 400-meter dash with a NCAA Provisional time of 54.53, while freshman
Keanu Taylor (Bourbonnais, Ill./Bradley-Bourbonnais) turned in a second-place triple jump of 11.27m (36'11 3/4").
Lewis' Distance Medley Relay team of sophomores
Stephanie Nielsen (Racine, Wis./Case),
Andrea Holm (Plainfield, Ill./Oswego East),
Amanda Farrough (South Bend, Ind./Clay) and freshman
Zoe Mead (Princeton, Ill./Princeton) crossed the finish line first with a time of 12:07.80.
"I think we competed really well at this historic meet and we leave here proud to have represented Lewis University the way we did," Lewis head women's track and field coach
Dana Schwarting said.
Lewis returns to action on Thursday (April 23), as they travel to Philadelphia to participate in the Penn Relays.
