LEXINGTON, Ky. – Rachel Mehringer broke her own wind-legal school record in the 100m hurdles Thursday, advancing to the quarterfinals of the event at the 2024 NCAA East First Round.
 
Competing in the first heat of the day, Mehringer ran a time of 13.27 (w: +1.1), becoming the first Sycamore in program history to run a wind-legal 100m hurdles time under 13.3 seconds.
 
Mehringer placed third in her heat, which featured multiple NCAA National Championships qualifiers from 2023, to automatically qualify for Saturday's quarterfinal round. Even without the auto-qualifying position, Mehringer's time would have qualified her for the quarterfinals regardless.
 
Mehringer wasn't the only Sycamore freshman to compete Thursday, as Lillian Gibbs opened the day in the javelin for the Trees. Gibbs had all three of her throws travel more than 40 meters, with her top attempt of 41.63m (136-07) placing her 38th in the field. The 38th-place finish was a seven-spot improvement on where she was seeded entering the week.
 
Brooklyn Giertz-Pfaff was originally scheduled to compete in the pole vault Thursday. That event was postponed due to weather and will now take place Friday at 10 a.m.
 
Up Next
A busy third day for the Sycamores at the NCAA East First Round kicks off Friday at 10 a.m. with Brookyln Giertz-Pfaff taking part in a rescheduled pole vault competition. Also competing Friday are Elias Foor in the discus at 1 p.m., Kevin Krutsch in the high jump at 2 p.m., the men's 4x100m relay team at 5 p.m. and the triple jump duo of Shomari Rogers-Walton and Jaden Smith at 6 p.m.
 
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