(From Elizabethtown College)
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — Elizabethtown College senior Megan VanDenHengel has qualified for the NCAA Division III Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the steeplechase, and will compete Friday at 5:45 p.m. at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.

VanDenHengel was the 18th and final qualifier in the event, with a time of 10:55.47 that she achieved Thursday at the College of New Jersey’s Lions Last Chance Meet. The top eight finishers will be recognized as All-Americans.

A first-time national qualifier in track & field after competing twice in cross country (2007, 2009), she is the seventh Elizabethtown women’s track & field athlete to compete at nationals and the first since Erin Fisher (5,000, 10,000) and Tiffany Kulp (1,500) in 2008.

NCAA Division III Women’s Track & Field Championships
Steeplechase Entry List

Stephanie Perleburg Sr Wisconsin La Crosse 10:21.87
Jacqui Wentz Sr Mass Inst Technology 10:22.32
Elizabeth Smit Sr Calvin College 10:29.55
Hannah Humbach Sr Wisconsin Eau Claire 10:29.66
Greta Sieve Sr St. Catherine 10:34.91
Katie Dolan Sr Luther College 10:37.86
Alyssa Sybilrud So Wisconsin Eau Claire 10:38.52
Kerry Arouca Sr Westfield State 10:39.81
Kimber Mattox So Willamette University 10:41.78
Kim Chinn Jr Baldwin-Wallace 10:45.10
Michelle Wallace Sr College of New Jersey 10:48.31
Jenny Piskor Jr Wisconsin Oshkosh 10:49.24
Sophie Galleher Sr Amherst College 10:49.63
Marissa Liberati Fr Geneseo S U N Y 10:51.84
Jena Peacock So Rowan University 10:53.72
Gretchen Braymer Jr Calvin College 10:54.07
Kat Zimmerly Jr Ohio Wesleyan 10:54.96
Megan VanDenHengel Sr Elizabethtown College 10:55.47

Elizabethtown College Women’s Track & Field All-Americans
2004: Carrie Kerna (55 hurdles*, 100 hurdles, 400 hurdles), Melissa St. Clair (5,000*, 10,000)
2005: Melissa St. Clair (5,000, 10,000)
2008: Erin Fisher (10,000)
*Indoor Championships