Anderson, IN — With the Goshen College academic calendar throwing a major wrench in the Leafs’ plans to take this Saturday’s Anderson University Fred Wilt Invite by storm — only five of Goshen’s women’s track and field athletes made the trip due to the start of spring break — the squad did provide a number of top five finishes and a school record to boot at the meet.

Freshman Abri Houser lowered her school-record pace in the 55-meter hurdles Saturday, finishing third at the meet in a time of :08.68. That clip replaced her time of :08.72 set earlier in the season, as Houser has her name in four different events in the Goshen College record books thus far.

“Abri led our women on the track with a solid finish in the 55-meter hurdles in a very strong field,” said Rick Clark, Goshen head coach. “Her time dropped the GC record once again, and she has a lot of promise to get quicker. It was a good run for her in her last collegiate meet before the NAIA national championships.”

Houser was backed by a pair of classmates – freshman Betsy Freeman finished third in the high jump with a clearance of 5 feet, 1 inch while freshman Deanna Kronk took home fourth in the shot put (38 feet, 8 inches) and fifth in the 20-pound weight throw (40 feet, 2 inches).

Freshman Rachel Versluis was the Leafs’ other top-five finisher on the day, taking fifth place in the pole vault in clearing a height of 9 feet. Junior Rachel Slentz (a 31 feet, 8 inch performance in the weight throw) was Goshen’s only other competitor at the event.

With just five athletes competing, the Leafs still managed to finish 10th out of 12 teams in the team scoring, finishing with 22 points on the afternoon. Tiffin University captured the team title with 107 points. For a complete look at individual results and team finishes, click here.

Goshen will next return to the training facility before heading to the NAIA Indoor National Championships on Mar. 9 in Johnson City, Tennessee. The Leafs will take five athletes to the championships to compete in seven events: Junior Petrana Petkova in the 1,500-meter run, the 3,000-meter run and the 5,000-meter run; freshman Laura Harnish in the mile and 800-meter run; Houser in the 55-meter hurdles and Houser, Petkova, Versluis and senior Rachel Yantzi in the distance medley relay. For more information on the national championships — including a schedule of events, directions and qualified athletes — click here.