Elmhurst University Athletics

A 1990 graduate, Marchant was a three-time high jump All-American and sprinter who lettered three years in track and field. In the high jump, she finished second (5-5 1/4, then school record) at the 1988 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships, and in 1989 tied for third (5-5 1/4) indoors and placed fourth (5-5 3/4, equaling her 1988 school record) outdoors to earn All-America honors. Her 1989 high jump of 5-5 1/2 indoors is a school record.

Marchant won CCIW high jump championships (outdoors) in both 1989 (5-5 3/4) and 1988 (5-4). She placed fourth (:27.18) in 1990, when she also was eighth in the high jump. In 1988, Marchant ran on Elmhurst's then indoor school-record 1,600-meter relay team (4:27.3), and set the indoor school record (then) in the 400-meter dash (1:04.7). A two-sport letter-winner, Laura also ran cross country in 1988, when she placed 30th at the Illinois Division III Championships with a personal record of 21:31.24 for 5,000 meters.