La CROSSE, Wis. - Macalester College junior Tessa Myatt (Chicago, Ill./Northside College Prep) broke the school record in the heptathlon at the Phil Esten Challenge Thursday and Friday at UW-LaCrosse. Myatt took seventh at the meet with a score of 4,443.

Myatt set or tied three personal bests in scoring 488 more points than her previous best of 3,955. She opened the competition on Thursday with a 16.20 (690 points) in the 100-meter hurdles, then matched her personal best of 1.59 meters (5-2.5) in the high jump (724). Myatt tallied 711 points in the shot put with a toss of 12.75 meters (41-10), then closed out Thursday with a 28.19 PR in the 200 meters (616).

On Friday, Myatt long jumped 4.94 meters (16-2.5) for 543 points to start the day, then threw the javelin 31.24 meters (102-6) (500) for her third personal best of the meet. She finished the seven-event heptathlon with the 800 meters in 2:32.74 (659).

Myatt broke the previous school record of 4,220, set by Katie Christenson '04 in 2001. Myatt's score ranks 22nd in Division III heading into the weekend.

The rest of the Macalester women's track and field team will compete at the Carleton Relays on Sunday, April 19 in Northfield, Minn.

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