Mankato, Minn.---The Minnesota State women's track and field team hosted the Ted Nelson Classic on Saturday. Junior Morgan Stampley had her best performance yet in the weight throw this season.
 
Stampley finished in first place and had a throw of 59', surpassing her own school record by nearly two feet. She currently stands second in the NSIC and is ranked 10th in all of NCAA Division II throwers. Senior Anna Ryan had a career day in the weight throw as well as she had a throw of 46' 1.50" placing fourth.
 
Junior Bryanna Sudman had a career day in the pole vault as she vaulted 12' 6.25". That places her second in the NSIC and sixth on the NCAA Division II list. Sophomore Faryn Wirkus placed fourth with a vault of 12' 0.50".
 
MSU had the top three finishers in the 60-meter dash as sophomore Holly Suss led the Mavericks with a time of 7.80. Sophomore Rachel Lindquist finished just behind her with a time of 7.94 and senior Zevin Carter rounded out the top three with a time of 7.95.
 
In the finals of the 60-meter hurdles Carter had the top time upping her provisional-qualifying time to 8.88. That time currently puts her fourth overall in the NSIC. Junior Jenni Vanttinen finished in second place with a time of 8.95. In the 200-meter dash Alexis Dickens career-best time of 26.37 finishing in second-place while sophomore Mackenzie Beals finished third crossing the finish line with a time of 26.39.
 
Fellow freshman Taylor Naatz and Taylor Glover each had a career-best time in the 400-meter
dash as they finished in fourth place (59.68) and fifth place (1:00.16) respectively. Freshman Maddi Sjellin provisionally qualified in the 800-meter run finishing in first place with a time of 2:15.94. That time in the 800 places her second in the NSIC.
 
The Purple and Gold took the top four spots in the 5,000-meter run. Sophomore Samantha Soupir led the Mavericks finishing with a career-best time of 18:26.42. Freshman Emily Knapczyk finished in second place (18:45.74), junior Stephanie Steenhoek placed third (19:41.03), and junior Kimberly Allan placed fourth (19.48.09). Junior Marina Paul placed first and senior Sarah Bowler finished third in the 3,000-meter run with times of 11:03.31 and 11.24.21 respectively.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team of Vanttinen, sophomore Alex Hartman, junior Bonnie Pickford, and senior Annie Dahl placed finished in first place with a time of 3:56.89.
 
To view the complete results click HERE.
 
The Mavericks will return to action next weekend as they host the MSU Open on Saturday followed by the NSIC Multi which will take place Sunday and Monday.