Roehrig Leads Kansas with Record-Setting Pace

University of Minnesota junior Liz Roehrig handily leads the Kansas Relays heptathlon at the end of yesterday's first day of competition and is on pace to break her own school record of 5621 for the seven event competition.

Roehrig (pictured) is more than 400 points clear of first day runner-up Chantae McMillan of Nebraska. Already, the Chilton, Wisconsin native has broken the University of Minnesota high jump record with her 6-0 clearance in that event of the heptathlon yesterday.

Roehrig leads the competition with 3591 points. She opened yesterday's competition with a 14.35 clocking in the 100 meter hurdles for 929 points, earned 1016 for her high jump, put the shot 42-2 1/4 for 718 points, and then ran a PR 24.56 in the 200m for 928 points.

Last year, at the Bobby Lane Arlington Invitational in Texas where she set the current Gopher heptathlon record, Roehrig opened with marks of 14.13, 5-10, 41-9 1/4 and 24.60. On the second day of competition there she long jumped 19-7 3/4, threw the javelin 110-11, and ran the 800m in 2:31.03.

Gopher men's quartet in the mix ... Gopher men's multi-eventers R.J. McGinnis, Garrett Wankel, David Meissner, and Joey Schwecke find themselves in the top-10 in the decathlon competition at Kansas. McGinnis is currently 5th with 3680 first-day ponts. Wankel is 6th with 3279, Meissner is 8th with 3199, and Schweke is 9th with 3175.

You can follow today's Kansas Relays multi-event competition and the weekend's individual and relay events HERE.

Photo courtesy of the U of M.