2017-18 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
Career Bests:
Indoor: 3,000m, 10:30.29 | Mile, 5:40.46 | 5,000m, 17:27.86
Outdoor: 10,000m, 33:56.03 | 5,000m, 16:57.32 | 1,500m, 4:37.26
Cross Country: 6,000, 22:08.2 | 5,000, 18:22.9 | 4,000, 15:03.8 | Three Miles, 20:27.0
2017-2018 Track and Field: Outdoor: Placed first at the 2018 Buc Scoring Meet in the 5000. At the Pelluer Invitational she set a personal best in the 1500 with a time of 4:37.26 placing her first overall. She set a personal best in the 5000 with a time of 16:57.32 placing her eighth overall at the Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships. At the NCAA West Preliminary Round she set a personal best in the 10,000 with a time of 33:56.03 placing her 26th overall.
2017 Cross Country: Finished 34th at the Big Sky Championships with the 18:22.9 finishing time in the 5,000 meters race.
2016-17 Track and Field: Indoor: Earned sixth at the 2017 Bronco Invitational with a finishing time of 10:30.29 in the 3,000 meters. Also took 26th in the UW Invitational with a finishing time of 17:27.86 in the 5000 meters. Outdoor: Redshirt.
2015-16 Track and Field: Outdoor: Named to the Big Sky All-Academic team. She finished 11th in the 10,000 at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, with a time of 40:15.11. Scharnhorst finished in first place at the 5th Annual Whitworth Twilight, setting a personal best in the 5,000 with a time of 18:34.06. She placed third in the OSU High Performance Meet in the 10,000 with a personal best time of 39:24.76. At the 2016 Buc Scoring Invite, she ran for a time of 5:04.43 to set a personal record in the 1,500.
2014-15 Track and Field: Outdoor: In the 5,000 meters at the Al Manuel meet, she ran a season best time of 18:54.55. Her second season best came in the 10,000 meters at the WAR 8 where she ran a time of 41:20.85. Indoor: Scharnhorst had a personal best in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:58.46 at the WSU Cougar Indoor. She also competed in the DMR relay at the UW Indoor Invitational where her team ran a time of 12:59.27.
2014 Cross Country: Redshirt
2013-14 Track and Field: Indoor: Ran a season-best of 5:40.46 in the mile at the Idaho Collegiate, placing 13th overall. Outdoor: Scharnhorst ran a season best of 19:16.87 in the 5,000 at the Al Manuel meet, placing 14th overall. At the MSU Open Outdoor Meet, she ran a season best in the 1,500 with a time of 5:16.62 to place 12th overall.
2013 Cross Country: Participated in two meets for Eastern. Ran a 19:40 in the 5,000 at the 2013 Inland Empire Championships, where Eastern took home first place.
High School: Scharnhorst was a four-time competitor at the WIAA 2A State Cross Country Championships, with her best finish of 25th coming her senior year with a time of19:56.5. She finished sixth in the 3,200 with a time of 11:34.41 at the 2013 state meet and ninth in 2011. Her other best times came in the 800 with a 2:38.15 time and in the 1,600 with a 5:30.89. She was a four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track for Clarkston High School. Scharnhorst also competed in the Junior Olympics.
Personal: Intends to major in engineering. Born 2/28/95 in Clarkston, Wash. Her parents are Daniel and Debra Scharnhorst.
