2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
2014-15 (Senior)
Indoor: Academic All-Conference for the indoor season … Earned All-American honors in the 800-meter race and the 4x400 meter relay team for the indoor season … Won the 800 meter race five time during the season with her top time coming in at 2:11.49 in the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships where she finished 5th nationally … At the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships Mescher and her 4x400 meter team finished seventh national with a time of 3:48.98 … Had a solid NSIC Indoor Championships with a first place finish in the 800, a third place finish in the Distance Medley Relay (12:16.08), and second in the 4x400 meter relay.
Outdoor: Academic All-Conference for the outdoor season … Named to the Outdoor All-Region team … Won the 400 meter Hurdles five times during the course of the season with her best time coming in at 1:00.90 at the Northern Sun Conference Meet … Part of the 4x400 meter relay team that finished fifth at the Drake Relays with a time of 3:47.82 and also the Distance Medley Relay team that finished second with a time of 11:50.09 … Competed at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in the both the 4x400 meter relay and the 400 hurdles.
2014 (Junior): Earned All-American honors during indoor season and broke two individual and three relay records as a junior … won three NSIC titles and was named All-NSIC four times her junior season … named USTFCCCA All-Central Region for the indoor season … earned three bids - one indoor, two outdoor - to the NCAA Championships … recorded 12 provisional qualifying marks, six in each season … earned Academic All-NSIC in both indoor and outdoor seasons … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … received Butch Raymond Scholarship from NSIC which awards junior student-athletes in the NSIC who maintain 3.20 GPA or higher and will enter a health-related field.
Indoor: Earned All-American honors, running the 800-meter leg of the sixth-place distance medley relay (11:50.07) at the NCAA Championships on March 14 … earned two All-NSIC honors by repeating as indoor 800-meter run (2:15.54) champion and winning the distance medley relay (12:15.12) at the NSIC Championships on Feb. 28 and March 1 … took fifth in the 4x400-meter relay (3:57.54) at the NSIC Championships on March 1 … broke the Augustana indoor 4x400-meter record with a third-place 3:51.58 at the Nebraska Tune-Up on Feb. 21 … set a new Augustana record when she won 600-meter run with a 1:35.42 at the MSU Preseason Open on Dec. 7 … won and hit a provisional qualifying mark in both the DMR (11:50.58) and the 800-meter run (2:16.26) at the MSU Coaches Open on Feb. 15 … recorded season-best 800-meter run time with seventh-place time, fastest Division II time, of 2:15.51 at the Jack Johnson Invite on Jan. 25.
Outdoor: Qualified for two events at the NCAA Championships and broke three Augustana records during the outdoor season … placed 11th in the 4x400-meter relay (3:45.42) and 15th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.64) at the NCAA Championships … broke two Augustana records at the Drake Relays on April 25 and 26 … ran the 800-meter leg on the winning and Augustana record-breaking DMR squad with a 11:32.87 at the Drake Relays … set a new Augustana record in the 4x400-meter relay with a 3:45.19 to take fifth place at the Drake Relays … defended her NSIC Championship and earned All-NSIC honors in the 400-meter hurdles, breaking the Augustana record with a 1:00.46 on May 10 … earned All-NSIC honors, placing second in the 4x400-meter relay (3:49.06) at the NSIC Championships on March 10 … recorded a season-best 2:14.49 in the 800-meter run and placed third at the Howard Wood Relays on May 3 … won the 400-meter hurdles (1:02.21) and the 4x400-meter relay (3:49.49) at the Sioux City Relays … won the 400-meter hurdles (1:04.16) and the 4x400-meter relay (3:56.40) at the WSC Classic on March 29 … won the 800-meter run (2:15.02) at the Coastal Carolina Invitational on March 15.
2013 (Sophomore):
Indoor: Earned All-America honors running the 400-meter leg of the the women's distance medley relay squad by placing eighth at the NCAA Championships on March 8 with a time of 11:45.56 ... won 800-meter run at the NSIC Indoor Championships with a time of 2:14.42 to earn All-NSIC honors ... named All-Central Region by the USTFCCCA for her perfomances in the 800-meter run and DMR ... placed 12th at the NCAA Championships in the 800-meter run with a career-best 2:11.98 on March 7 ... won all three 800-meter events she entered during the regular season: MSU Alumni Open on Jan. 12, Ted Nelson Classic on Feb 2, and USD Open on Feb. 15 ... helped Augustana to a second-place finish in the women's DMR at the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 8.
Outdoor: Won 400-meter hurdles at NSIC Championships to earn All-NSIC honors with a time of 1:02.17, a provisionally-qualifying time .. helped Vikings to a fourth-place finish at the NSIC Championships in the 4x400-meter relay ... won the 800-meter run (2:20.34) at the Vance Butler Invite on April 6 ... Won the MSU Twilight 800-meter run (2:15.35) on April 30 ... won the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.25) at the Howard Wood Relays in her first time running the event on May 4 ... helped Vikings to fourth place in the 4x400 meter relay (3:57.64) at the NSIC Championships on May 11.
2012 (Freshman):
Indoor: placed fifth as part of the distance medley relay (11:50.68) at the NCAA Championship ... finished eighth in the 400-meter dash (58.49) at the NSIC Championship ... won the 400-meter dash (57.51) and provisionally qualified at the Minnesota State Open on Jan. 28 ... placed third at the Ted Nelson Classic in the 60-meter hurdles (9.27) on Feb. 4 ... won the 400-meter dash (59.16) at the USD Invite on Jan. 14
Outdoor - placed third in the hepathlon at the Wildcat Classic and Multis on March 31 by scoring 4,060 points.
High School: 2011 graduate of Brighton High School in Colorado ... state qualifier in 400-meter run as senior ... seventh in 100-meter hurdles at Colorado state track meet as junior ... personal bests of 14.85 in 100-meter hurdles and 57.8 seconds in 400-meter dash.
Personal: Daughter of Traci Mescher ... born Jan. 22, 1993 ... biochemistry major.
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