NCCAA Nationals Day 1
(Columbia, SC) - Hannah Wernli was the sole representative for the Eagles on day one of the NCCAA National Championship Meet as she competed in the first four events of the women's Heptathlon.
Wernli started the day with the 100m Hurdles, where she placed 3rd in her heat and 5th overall. The competition moved on to the High Jump, where Hannah set a PR and tied for 2nd place, jumping 1.44m. Hannah PR'd again in the next event, throwing 7.52m in Shot Put. In the final Heptathlon event of the day, Wernli placed first in her heat in the 200m Dash and 4th overall.
With three events remaining, Hannah sits in the 4th place spot with 2120 points.
Heptathlon Day 1 Standings:
| Name | School | Total Score | |
| 1 | Jocelyn Pedretti | Jessup | 2708 |
| 2 | Makayla Neal | Grace | 2462 |
| 3 | Morgan Wood | College of the Ozarks | 2412 |
| 4 | Hannah Wernli | Faith Baptist | 2120 |
| 5 | Abby Schopper | York | 1970 |
| 6 | Jaylee Hameister | Jessup | 1941 |
| 7 | Briana Felter | Bob Jones | 1746 |
| 8 | Haylie Skripac | Bethel | 1649 |
| 9 | Faith Garber | Lancaster Bible | 1473 |
| 10 | Camden Chellis | Bethel | 1323 |
Hannah will finish out the Heptathlon tomorrow beginning at 8:15am CST (9:15am EST), and will then be joined by five of her teammates in day two competition.
The Heptathlon is a combined events contest in Track & Field that consists of seven different events meant to test an athlete's all-around performance.
Faith Events (EST timezone):
Thursday (5/8)
Heptathlon (9:00am-12:00pm) - Hannah Wernli
Discus (1:30/3:30pm) - Eli Boatman, Sadie Van Der Molen
High Jump (1:30pm) - Cade Cooper
Long Jump (4:30pm) - Cade Cooper
100m Hurdles Prelims (5:15pm) - Hannah Wernli, Sierra Pearson
100m Dash Prelims (5:45pm) - Katie Costello
Friday (5/9)
4x100 Relay (12:10pm) - Sierra Pearson, Codie Wirges, Hannah Wernli, Katie Costello
1500m Run (12:30pm) - Carlie Blevins
100m Hurdles Finals (12:55pm)* - Hannah Wernli, Sierra Pearson
Shot Put (1:30pm) - Katie Costello
100m Dash Finals (1:45pm)* - Katie Costello
800m Run (2:00pm) - Carlie Blevins
Triple Jump (2:00pm) - Codie Wirges
400m Hurdles (2:30pm) - Sierra Pearson
*must place top 8 overall in Thursday's preliminaries to compete in Friday's finals
For live results, click here and select the desired event.
