EUGENE, Ore. – Rachel Mehringer's record-setting season will reach the pinnacle of the collegiate sports season, as the Sycamore standout hurdler advanced to the finals of the NCAA Outdoor National Championships Thursday night.
 
Mehringer, making her second national championships appearance, finished third in her heat and fifth overall in the 100m hurdles semifinals with a time of 12.79. The Sycamore junior was the fastest athlete outside of the automatic qualifiers, with her time being quick enough to advance to her first national final.
 
Thursday's performance was her eighth time running below the 13-second mark, a feat which no athlete in MVC history had accomplished prior to this season. Her 12.79 also ranked third among wind-legal times in MVC history behind only her NCAA East First Round times of 12.72 and 12.75.
 
Mehringer will have a chance to become Indiana State's first First Team All-American in any event since Erin Reese in 2019 and the Sycamores' first 100m hurdles First Team All-American in program history in Saturday's final. Reese was the last Sycamore to score points at a national championship with a runner-up finish in the hammer throw in 2019.
 
Mehringer's storybook campaign will continue Saturday night when she races for the national championship in the 100m hurdles at 8:42 p.m. ET (5:42 p.m. PT). Lane assignments for that race will be announced after the conclusion of Thursday's events.
 
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