Saint Peter, Minn. – Part of the women's Maverick squad stayed close to home yesterday to compete at Gustavus Adolphus's Drake Alternative, finishing the day with six champions.
Freshman
Le'Nehja Norwood took first in the final heat of the 100m dash with a time of 12.28s (2.5m/s wind speed). Freshmen
Madison Hubbard and
Lillian Strong took third (12.33s) and fifth (12.51s) in the event, respectively.
In the 200m dash, Strong crossed the finish line at 25.35s to place third, with sophomore
Grace Hambel close behind in fourth with a time of 25.49s. Hubbard also competed, taking fifth with a personal best time of 25.52s. In 10
th, freshman
Brianna Shroyer also finished with a personal best time (26.37s).
Hambel competed in the 400m dash as well, finishing atop the podium with a time of 58.24s. Running a personal best, freshman
Ella Erickson ran a 1:01.58 to place second.
Running personal record times in the 800m dash were junior
Makayla Bishop and sophomore
Kennedy Speer. Bishop placed second after a time of 2:17.72, along with Speer finishing in eighth (2:23.66).
Speer also had a personal best time in the 1500m run, placing third with a time of 4:50.23. Freshman
Maria Selting took seventh with a personal record time of 5:00.51, followed by junior
Megan Narveson in 10
th with a time of 5:16.25.
Sophomore
Madison Matzek took first place in the 5000m run with a time of 17:52.62 and now ranks 14
th in the MSU all-time outdoor top performances. In third, sophomore
Alexi MacDonald ran a personal best with a time of 18:13.02. Finishing in seventh was senior
Alison Zigler with a time of 19:23.03.
In the 100m hurdles, freshman
Emilynn Molesky placed third with a time of 15.82s, followed by freshman
Kate Mohr after a personal record run of 16.48s to place fifth. Junior
Rachel Jaworski ran the 400m hurdles and placed fourth after a time of 1:12.37.
Recording a personal best in the 3000m steeplechase was freshman
Danielle Malone with a time of 13:01.47 to place fifth.
In the final running event for the day, a team of sophomore
Melanie Marks, Mohr, Molesky, and freshman
Brianna Villanti took second in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 4:30.02.
Senior
Lauren Preiner competed in the high jump, placing fourth after clearing a height of 1.53m (5' 00.25").
In the pole vault, freshman
Hope Stangel had a personal best vault of 3.77m (12' 4.5") to take first place in the event, rank ninth on the MSU all-time list, and now rank 37
th for the season's national rankings. Freshmen
Jadyn Klein and
Abigail Olenius followed in fourth (3.10m, 10' 2") and fifth (2.95m, 9' 8"), respectively.
Junior
Molly Kahl took first in the long jump, after a leap of 5.52m (18' 1.5"). Strong took fourth with a distance of 5.14m (16' 10.5"), followed by Marks with a jump of 4.78m (15' 8.25").
Taking first place in the shot put was freshman
Lauren Bird, with a heave of 12.87m (42' 2.75"). Freshman
Elli Heisinger followed in fourth place after a throw of 11.73m (38' 6"). In sixth place, freshman
Jadyn Hart threw for 11.46m (37' 7.25"), along with freshman
Emma Osier in seventh after a throw of 11.46m (37' 7.25").
Junior
Toryn Richards competed in the javelin, placing third with a throw of 30.13m (98' 10").
In the discus throw, Hart placed third with a throw of 39.66m (130' 1"). Freshman
Julia Alberts took fourth place after her throw of 39.51m (129' 7"), with freshman
Sarah Zino close behind with a throw of 38.29m (125' 7") to take fifth. In seventh, Heisinger threw for a personal best distance of 36.09m (118' 5").
Gaining her second championship of the day was Bird in the hammer throw, with a throw of 47.89m (157' 01"), and now ranking 15
th on the MSU all-time list. Zino, Alberts, and Osier all threw for personal bests. Zino placed sixth after a throw of 41.79m (137' 1"). Alberts and Osier finished seventh (40.35m, 132' 4") and eighth (40.30m, 132' 3"), respectively. In ninth, Heisinger threw for 40.24m (132').
The Mavericks stay home this coming week to host and compete at the Mavericks Open #1 on Wednesday, May 1
st and the Mavericks Open #2 on Saturday, May 4
th.
