Women's Track/Field Sets School Record in the 4x400 Relay Again

Pictured, Grace Behrens, Julie Timperman, Sara Schermerhorn, Grace Behrens

The Hope College women's track and field team didn't wait very long to set the school record in the 4x400-meter relay again.

Six days after breaking a school record that stood for 10 years, the Flying Dutch went even faster on Thursday at the Augustana College (Ill.) Midnight Twilight.

Senior Julie Timperman (Lafayette, Indiana / Faith Christian HS), freshman Sara Schermerhorn (Traverse City, Michigan / Traverse City West), junior Erin Moran (Arlington Heights, Illinois / John Hersey) and senior Grace Behrens (Granger, Indiana / Trinity School at Greenlawn) clocked a fifth-place run of 3 minutes, 49.54 seconds.

Entering the last-chance meet, 3:49.54 would have put Hope 12th in NCAA Division III.

Hope also finished fifth in the 1,500 meters.

Senior Ellie Jankowski (Granger, Indiana / Penn) posted a time of 4:35.0 — her fastest run of the season.

In the 400 meters, Schermerhorn placed 16th at 1:01.99.

The meet was the final last-chance one for the Flying Dutch.

The field for the 2023 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be announced on Friday, May 19, at 8 p.m. on ncaa.com.

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