Robin Yerkes brought an indoor national title to Salem in 2009

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A championship result and a later conference honor preserve different parts of a Roanoke College sprinter’s achievement.

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At a glance

Yerkes won the 2009 Division III indoor 400-meter final in 56.09 seconds.
The ODAC career record connects an individual national title with seven Roanoke conference team championships.

The finish line in the record

At the NCAA Division III women’s indoor track and field championships held March 13–14, 2009, Robin Yerkes won the 400-meter final for Roanoke College. The meet’s results, preserved by the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, give her winning time as 56.09 seconds.

Hannah Baker of Wartburg followed in 56.58. The championship was held at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

That result carries a useful distinction for Salem and Roanoke sports history. Yerkes was an individual national champion.

Roanoke finished tied for 21st in the women’s team standings with 10 points; Wartburg won the team competition. Both facts belong beside the trophy.

An individual title and a team title describe separate achievements at the same meet.

The season was part of a larger career

The ODAC’s 2025 Hall of Fame entry recognizes Yerkes, now Robin Yerkes St. Cyr, as Roanoke track and field’s second national champion. Its career summary lists 12 All-America honors and 15 individual ODAC championships.

It also credits her with helping Roanoke win seven conference team titles: three indoors and four outdoors.

Those conference totals give the national result its collegiate setting. The 400-meter winner also contributed to repeated team success.

Preserving the event, season and competition level keeps that history clear for readers who know the college through a different sport.

Keep the result with the remembrance

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That lets another reader follow the connection. Yerkes’s March 2009 performance needs no imagined scene or reconstructed conversation: the surviving finish order already establishes a significant women’s achievement in the region’s college-sports history.

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WIAC archive: 2009 NCAA Division III women’s indoor championship results

Primary meet-results archive lists March 13–14, 2009 at Rose-Hulman, Yerkes’s 56.09 final and Roanoke’s team placement. Checked October 3, 2026.

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ODAC Hall of Fame: Robin Yerkes St. Cyr

Conference honor record identifies the 2009 indoor 400-meter title, 12 All-America honors, 15 ODAC individual titles and seven team conference titles. Checked October 3, 2026.

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