Injured Roehrig Out for Post-Season

Prospects for the Golden Gopher women's Big Ten Outdoor title defense took an early blow with the announcement, late last week, that multi-event star Liz Roehrig (pictured) will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury.

Buried in last week's press release was the unwelcome news that the three-time Big Ten pentathlon titlist and defending Big Ten heptathlon champ ...

" ... will miss the remainder of the outdoor season after suffering an ankle injury during training in mid-April. Roehrig owns an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships in the heptathlon and a regional qualifying mark in the high jump. She is, however, eligible to apply for a medical redshirt of the 2007 outdoor season."

The 2007 season has been star-crossed for Roehrig, a two-time all-American. She finished only 16th in the NCAA Indoor Championships after re-injuring a bothersome knee warming up for the hurdles and then fouling all three of her long jump attempts.

The Big Ten Women's and Men's Outdoor Championships, hosted by Penn State, begin Friday and run until Sunday.

Photo courtesy of the University of Minnesota.