Feb. 10, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - San Diego State senior Karoline Koehler has been named Mountain West Conference Indoor Track and Field Co-Athlete of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday. Koehler, competing in her first meet of the season and first since the 2008 indoor campaign, shares her first career weekly honor with Brigham Young's Natalie Stewart.
Hailing from Erfurt, Germany, Koehler finished in the top-five in all three events in which she competed at the inaugural New Mexico Classic held in Albuquerque, N.M. In her first competition of 2009, she won the triple jump with an NCAA provisional qualifying leap of 43'-5.00" (13.23m), establishing new meet and facility records. The mark also tops the MWC performance list in 2009 and is the sixth-best in NCAA Division I according to TrackShark.com.
In the 60-meter dash, Koehler ran a personal-best 7.48 to finish first among collegiate sprinters and tie for the second-fastest time in San Diego State history. The time currently ranks second in the league.
Then in her final event of the weekend, Koehler clocked a time of 24.66 in the 200-meter dash to finish fifth in the race. Her 200-meter time currently ranks third in the MWC this season and was .10 off her current personal record established last year.
San Diego State returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 14, when it is slated to compete at the APU Indoor Qualifier in Azusa, Calif.