Pine Bluffs graduate competes at USATF

Betty Schaefer(formerly Betty Brower, 65, Pine Bluffs Class of 1967), competed at the USATF Masters Indoor National Track and Field Championships in Winston Salem, N.C. with her team the SoCal Striders. She won three Gold medals.

She won the 65-69 800m, and was the lead runner in the 4x400 60-69 relay, where the Striders set a new American record; was in the 4x200 60-69 for the Striders, which also set a new American record; and finished with a bronze in the 65-69 60m sprint. Last year she was the top American runner in the 400m outdoors(65-69), with a time of 1:19.72, and ranked 8th in the wo...