2016-2017 Track and Field Roster

Hannah Scherlacher
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Mid-distance
- Height:
- 5-0
- Hometown:
- Jefferson, N.J.
- Prev School:
- Jefferson Township High School
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
800 - 2:13.55
1,000 - 3:03.94 (Indoor)
1,500 - 4:34.49
Mile - 5:04.48 (Indoor)
3K - 10:34.85
All-Big South Honors (2)
2014 Indoor Distance Medley Relay - 1st
2016 Indoor Distance Medley Relay - 1st
Career
• Graduated from Liberty as part of the program-record indoor distance medley relay quartet (11:48.99), while also ranking No. 9 in the outdoor distance medley relay (11:56.54) and No. 10 in the outdoor 4 x 800 relay (9:18.26)
2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Placed a career-best fourth in the Big South 1,500 final in a season-best time of 4:44.24
• Her final home meet featured a season-best 2:15.20 in the Liberty Twilight Qualifier 800
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member
2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Clocked 5:03.8 for the 1,600-meter anchor leg, helping the Lady Flames' place seventh in the ECAC distance medley relay final in a Liberty and Big South-record time of 11:48.99
• Placed third in the Big South distance medley relay (leadoff 1,200-meter leg) and fifth in the mile
• Posted a personal-best 1,000 time of 3:03.94 at the Liberty Elite Invitational (Feb. 11)
2016 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Big South All-Academic Team member
• Finished fifth in the Big South 1,500 final in a personal-best 4:34.49, highlighting a breakthrough season
• Improved her 800 clocking each of the four times she ran the event, including a personal-best 2:13.55 during her season finale at the Aggie Last Chance meet
• Ran 2:18.13 for the second leg of Liberty's 4 x 800 team which ran 9:18.26 (No. 10 in program history) at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Part of the Lady Flames' Big South champion distance medley relay team for the second time in three years, running the 1,600-meter anchor leg in 5:08.91
• Also finished ninth in the Big South mile final
• Clocked 3:36.13 for the 1,200-meter opening leg of Liberty's 13th-place distance medley relay squad at the ECAC meet. The Lady Flames' final time of 11:54.02 ranks third in Liberty and Big South history.
• After entering the year with a mile personal best of 5:20.43, improved to 5:04.48 at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup
2015 Cross Country (R-So.)
• Raced three times, including a 20:44.92 effort and 67th-place showing in her lone 5K (Upstate Invitational/Big South Preview)
2015 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Came in 17th in the Big South 1,500 prelims
2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Ran the 1,200-meter leadoff leg for the Lady Flames' third-place distance medley relay team at the Big South meet
• Came in 10th in the Big South mile with a personal-best time of 5:20.43
• Season-best 800 time of 2:20.15 came at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup
2014 Cross Country (R-Fr.)
• Raced five times during her first season of collegiate cross country
• Lady Flames' No. 7 runner at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational, where she placed 83rd overall
• Raced to a 5K season-best time of 20:09.39 and placed 12th at the Hagan Stone Classic
2014 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Awarded the Big South Conference State Farm Community Service Scholarship
• One of three freshmen to qualify for the Big South 1,500 final, where she placed 11th
• Improved her 1,500 personal best to 4:44.60 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier
• Leadoff runner for Liberty's distance medley relay team at the Penn Relays, where the Lady Flames posted the No. 8 time (11:56.54) in program history
2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Led off for the Lady Flames' Big South champion distance medley relay team
• Posted a season-best 800 time of 2:20.66 at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup
2013 Cross Country (Fr.)
• Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted
Prep
• Graduated from Jefferson Township High School
• Placed second in the 1,600 and third in the 800 at the 2013 NJAC Championships – Small Schools
• Recorded times of 2:18 in the 800 and 5:14 in the 1,600
• Set indoor school records in the 600 (1:45.16) and 1,600 (5:25.19)
• Also played field hockey and lacrosse
Personal
• Daughter of Chris and Niemah Scherlacher
• Birthday is Nov. 3
• Strategic communication and business major








