COLLEGE STATION, Texas – For the second-straight season, fifth-year senior Sydney Laufenberg punched her ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the discus, after finishing in the top-12 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round.
Laufenberg, whose best throw of 57.62 meters (189-0 ft.) rebroke her school record in the event, will represent the Redbirds at the historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon from June 9-12. Finishing sixth overall in the West Region, Laufenberg's mark is the eighth best out of the East and West Regions heading into the National Championships.
With that mark, Laufenberg is ahead of ISU's No.