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Sat, Mar. 5, 2011 - [Indoor Track & Field]
Coe's 4x400 team automatically qualified for Nationals and broke the school record.
Coe's 4x400 team automatically qualified for Nationals and broke the school record.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. - Coe's 4x400 team broke the school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships Saturday at the Wisconsin-Stevens Point Last Chance Meet.  It is the second automatic qualifier for the Kohawks.

In the 55-meter hurdles, Alisa Denny (Runnells, Iowa/PCM) finished seventh in a time of 8.64.  For the men, sophomore Jared Kuehner (Center Point, Iowa/Center Point-Urbana) was sixth in 7.85, cutting .04 off his preliminary time.

Coe's Kelli Springer (Cumming, Iowa/Norwalk) was 10th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:01.26.  The Kohawks had a top-four finish in the men's mile, as senior Kyle Heineman (Readlyn, Iowa/Wapsie Valley) was fourth in 4:22.48.

The school record was broken in the 4x400, as Sara Heizer (Milliken, Colo./Roosevelt), Stefani Wright (Chicago, Ill./St. Ignatius), Springer and junior Keelie Finnel (Francis Creek, Wis./Mischicot) finished first in 3:53.11 and automatically qualifying for nationals with the seventh best time in the nation.

In the high jump, Kuehner finished sixth with a height of 6'4 3/4".  

The NCAA National Championships will be held this weekend.  Check back with www.CoeAthletics.com when all the entries are announced early this week.