4 Bearcats earn NCAA marks, Wichmann sets school record
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Junior Chloe Wichmann slams into the long jump pit Sunday afternoon during Northwest’s Ashley Nally Heptathlon/Herschel Neil Decathlon in Maryville. Wichmann won the heptathlon and set a new school record with 5,202 points in the event.
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Northwest track and field teams were in action at two meets over the weekend, and brought home four NCAA provisional or automatic qualifying marks.
Junior multi-event athlete Chloe Wichmann earned an automatic bid in the heptathlon and set a school record with 5,202 points at the Ashley Nally Heptathlon/Herschel Neil Decathlon at Northwest.
In addition to Wichmann, who topped the school record set by current assistant coach Emily Peterson back in 2010 (5,116 points), senior Hannah Churchman scored 4,672 points and hit a provisional qualifying mark.
On the men’s side, junior Derrick Schluter also hit a provisional mark, finishing second in the decathlon with 6,583 points.
Sophomore Kaley Hauschild just missed a provisional mark, finishing fifth in the heptathlon with 4,290 points. Sophomore Bryn Matulka finished seventh in the field of 13 with 4,010 points.
Rounding out the decathlon, senior Logan Halloran finished fourth with 6,158 points, missing the provisional mark by 44 points. Freshman Kevin Schultz finished seventh (5,499 points) and freshman Sam Livsey placed eighth (5,047 points).
At the Emporia State Spring Open, freshman Nicole Hopkins hit an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the javelin, placing seventh with a throw of 134-8.5.
Senior Alexis Boyd finished second in the 200-meter dash, missing the provisional mark by less than half a second.
On the men’s side, sophomore Wick Cunningham won the 3,000-meter steeplechase and set a new meet record with a time of 9:28.37.
Junior Eli Smith took second in the 400-meter dash and sophomore Cale Korbelik finished 11th in the 200- and 400-meter dashes.
Northwest returns to action Friday, April 3 at its final home meet of the year, the Bearcat Open, which begins at 2:30 p.m.
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Northwest senior Hannah Churchman takes flight on a long jump attempt Sunday when the Bearcats hosted several schools as part of the Ashley Nally Heptathlon/Herschel Neil Decathlon over the weekend. Churchman finished third in the heptathlon.
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Bearcats sophomore Bryn Matulka takes part in the Ashley Nally Heptathlon/Herschel Neil Decathlon during the long jump Sunday afternoon. Matulka finished seventh in the field of 13 hepthathletes.
