Sara Schermerhorn Clinches Return Trip to NCAA Outdoor Title Race in the Women's 400 Meters

The junior posted the sixth-fastest qualifying time on Friday.

Hope College's Sara Schermerhorn will race in the national final in the women's outdoor 400-meter run for the second consecutive season.

The junior from Traverse City, Michigan (Traverse City West HS) qualified on Friday by clocking the sixth-fastest time during prelims at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, near Cleveland.

Schermerhorn's 55.06-second effort put her in the nine-runner final on Saturday, May 24, at 2:30 p.m. Watch the race live on ncaa.com.

Macalester University (Minnesota) freshman Ariella Rogahn-Press topped the field with a prelim run of 53.88 seconds, one of two sub-54-second times. Emory University (Georgia) senior Eva Carchidi went 53.97.

Schermerhorn seeks her second career All-America distinction in the event and her fourth All-America accolade of the season.

The exercise science major finished fifth in the nation in the 400 as a sophomore and earned All-America First Team honors.

On Thursday, Schermerhorn claimed All-America Second Team accolades in the 200-meter run after placing 11th during qualifying.

In March, Schermerhorn placed seventh in the nation in the 400 meters and ninth in the 200 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

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Sara Schermerhorn: Junior; Exercise Science

Players Mentioned

Sara Schermerhorn
: Junior; Exercise Science