Rochester, N.Y. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's track & field team finished third at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships Saturday night at the Golisano Training Center.

 

The Eagles placed third with 37.0 team points while Massachusetts Institute of Technology captured the national title with 49.0. Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) was second with 45.5 and Loras College (Iowa) fourth with 32.0. A total of 66 teams scored points. 

 
UWL's Lauren Jarrett swept the 60 (7.31) and 200 (23.94) meter dash on Saturday, becoming the fourth sprinter in NCAA Division III history to accomplish the feat. She joins Carly Fehler of UW-Eau Claire (2015), Amber Celen of Bridgewater College, Va. (2017) and Wadeline Jonathas of UMass-Boston (2018) to win the 60 and 200-meter dash at the same championships. 
 
It is Jarrett's second career title in the 60-meter dash, also winning in 2024. She also earned NCAA III All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in 2023.  Jarrett's preliminary time of 7.29 on Friday tied her own NCAA Division III record. She is the only student-athlete in school history to win the 60-meter dash.
 
Jarrett also became the first sprinter in UWL history to win the 200-meter dash crown on Saturday with a school record time of 23.94. She broke Emma Lawrence's record of 24.44 set in 2023. Jarrett earned All-America accolades last year in the 200-meter dash with a sixth-place finish.
 
The Eagles' Makenna Zak earned her first career NCAA III Indoor All-America award on Saturday with an eighth-place finish (7.64) in the 60-meter dash. 

 
UWL's 4x400-meter relay of Anna Plautz, Andie Otto, Morgan Jennings and Macy Reybrock earned All-America recognition on Saturday with a third-place finish and school record time of 3:46.53. The relay broke the record of 3:47.80 set by Mara Schroeder, Melanie Kunze, Jennings and Emily Dawidowich set in 2023.

It the second career honor for Jennings in the 4x400-meter relay after she was a member of the fourth-place relay in 2023. Plautz, Otto and Reybrock earned their first career All-America award.

 

Macie Todd earned her third career NCAA III Indoor All-America honor in the high jump on Saturday, placing fifth overall (5-7 ¼). She finished fourth in 2023 and fifth in 2024.
 
The Eagles' Samantha Barrett finished 16th (38-6 ¼) in Saturday's triple jump.
 
UWL opens its outdoor season Friday, March 28 at the Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) Distance Carnival at 12 p.m.