Bio

Carla (Goodrich) Lehman has the honor of being the first woman in school history to represent UW-Oshkosh in national track & field competition. Goodrich accomplished this in 1975 when she participated in the 400-meter hurdles at the AIAW Outdoor Championship in Corvalis, Ore.

The Kiel native began her collegiate career at UW-Oshkosh in record fashion, setting a school outdoor mark in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.2 seconds as a freshman in 1973. The performance was the first of seven UW-Oshkosh and conference records she would be a part of.

In 1974, Goodrich won all of her indoor races in the 50-yard hurdles and set a school record in the event with a time of 7.4 seconds. During the outdoor season she set the 400-meter hurdles record with a time of 1:11.7 and ran a leg on the 440-meter relay team that set a school mark with a time of 52.8 seconds. Her biggest achievement that season came at the WWIAC Outdoor Championship where she set a new league record in the 200-meter hurdles with a time of 30.8 seconds.

The following year, Goodrich set a UW-Oshkosh indoor record in the 60-yard hurdles with a time of 8.7 seconds while breaking her own mark in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:06.8. She capped her junior year by competing at the AIAW Outdoor Championship. In 1976, Goodrich was a member of the mile relay team that set a school record with a time of 4:14.9.

After graduating from UW-Oshkosh in 1976, Goodrich began her career in nursing at the Outagamie County Health Center in Appleton. She has since held similar positions in Marshfield; Parkersburg, W. V.; Elkhart, Ind.; and South Bend, Ind. Goodrich, who lives in McPherson, Kan., with her husband, Mike Lehman, and two children, is presently an instructor at the McPherson School of Nursing. She also teaches aerobics at the McPherson YMCA.