Results

PALO ALTO, Calif. (April 1, 2006) - Seniors Tenia Fisher and Josh Nygren each set school records this weekend representing the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee track and field teams at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

Fisher broke the 19-year old school mark in the 800m, while qualifying for the NCAA Regional, and Nygren set the standard in the 3000m steeplechase.

Fisher finished seventh in the 800m, running a time of 2:08.97 to eclipse Hill's time of 2:10.01m dating back to 1987. This was her first meet of the outdoor season and comes on the heels of an indoor slate where she set the 400m, 600m and 800m records on her way to a third Horizon League Indoor Athlete of the Year honor.

Nygren finished the steeplechase in 9:07.44 for fifth place in his section. The previous school mark had been held by Jim Koneazny in 1990. He missed the NCAA Regional qualifying mark by just 0.44 seconds.

Also competing in California was senior Katie Anderson and sophomore Angie Huebner for the women and senior Gabe Wagoner and juniors Jeremy Majors and Justin Gorman from the men's squad.

Anderson set a personal record in the 3000m steeplechase, running 11.18.73 for 19th and a nearly three-second personal record. Meanwhile, Hurbner finished the 10,000m in 37:10.51, finishing 26th and resetting her PR by 24.02 seconds.

Wagoner, Majors and Gorman all competed in the 800m, with Wagoner leading the way in 18th. Following Wagoner's time of 1:50.96 was Majors in 22nd (1:52.09) and Gorman in 29th (1:52.99).