Mankato, Minn.— Six track and field athletes hit their personal best mark as the University of Sioux Falls Track and Field Men's Team finished second and the Women's Team third at the Minnesota State University Invitational on Friday.

The Cougars Men's Team accumulated 102.50 total and finished behind the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference preseason favorite MSU, who scored 271.50 points on the day. USF edged out Augustana who finished in third with 84 points. The USF Women's Team was third after amassing 93.50 points. MSU led the women's side with 257 points and was followed by Augustana with 104.50 points and USF.

Women's Team Breakdown -

In the women's 60-meter dash, senior sprinter Sarah Troescher led USF with a finals time of 7.85 which was good for a fifth place finish. Teammate Kanya Henderson took eighth with a finals time of 7.915. Henderson was just edged out by MSU sprinter Rose Gaye, who finished in seventh with a time of 7.914.

Henderson led three USF runners in the top-eight of the 200-meter dash. She continued her strong showing at the MSU Invite as she recorded a fourth-place finish in 26.46. Sophomore Chloe Peterson was sixth in 26.50 while sophomore Mercy Oyadare concluded the USF point scorers with a time of 27.71 and a seventh-place finish.

Freshman Zoe Cigard recorded a sixth-place finish in the women 600-meter run after posting a time of 1:49.40. Cigard was just edged out by Augustana runner Brooke DeVos, who finished in fifth with a time of 1:48.15.

In the women's 60-meter hurdles, sophomore Emily Olson placed fifth in 9.25. Olson finished behind MSU runner Carolyn Hackel (8.95), and just outpaced Augustana's Selin Dikmen (9.47).

In the women's high jump, three USF athletes recorded top-eight finishes. Freshman Taylor Stoltz led USF with a fifth-place finishing jump of 1.52 meters. Olson finished in seventh with a 1.47 meters jump, and junior Miranda Phipps rounded out the point scorers with an eighth-place finish after jumping 1.42 meters.

The women's pole vault was all USF, as freshman Carolyn Groeger won the title by going 3.27 meters. USF senior Brenna Schmidt took third after clearing 2.97 meters and freshman Marya Schiltz finished fourth with a height of 2.82 meters.

Peterson led USF in the women's long jump with a second-place finals jump of 5.57 meters. Peterson edged out Augustana's Montez Brown, who posted a third-place finishing jump of 5.24 meters. Olson came in fifth with a personal best 5.13 meter jump, and junior Clara Paul finished in sixth with a jump of 5.06 meters.

Sophomore Allison Laibach led USF in the women's triple jump by going 10.70 meters and taking third-place. Paul finished just behind Laibach with a jump of 10.63 meters.  

USF sophomore Emma Hertz captured second in the women's shot put with a finals throw of 13.36 meters, which was just behind Upper Iowa junior Brinn Grunder at 13.40 meters. Freshman Kourtney Rozenboom finished sixth for the Cougars with a personal record throw of 12.52 meters, and junior Haley Fockler finished ninth with a distance of 11.77 meters.

In the women's weight throw, senior Amber Cook led the USF throwers with a personal record throw of 15.39 meters, which was good for a sixth place finish. Kayla Anderson finished behind Cook with a seventh place throw of 15.16 meters, and Hertz finished eighth with a personal best  distance of 15.08 meters. Junior Jaimie McNamee rounded out the top-10 with a 10th place throw of 14.70 meters.

Men's Team Review -

USF freshman Nate Andrusick led the Cougars in the men's 60-meter dash with a personal record finals time of 7.13 and a fifth place finish.   

USF senior Trey Furgeson, who earlier this season was the NSIC Men's Track Athlete of the Week, dominated the men's 600-meter run and won a title in 1:21.55. USF senior Salvador Jaimes finished in fifth with a finals time of 1:32.84.

Sophomore Logan Hansen led USF in the men's 800-meter with a second-place time of 1:57.30.

In the men's 3K run, freshman Wyatt Schlager finished third by clocking 9:26.47.

Junior Jacob Morse led USF in the men's 60-meter hurdles with a fourth place finish and a finals time of 8.48. Morse just finished behind MSU runner Ryan Kruse, who clocked an 8.42.

In the men's high jump, senior Joseph Kirkebak finished in third with a height of 1.89 meters.  

USF took the top two spots in the men's pole vault as junior Tristan Zawadzki won the competition by going 4.73 meters.Senior Connor DeJong finished second with a 4.58 meter vault. USF's Jake Person rounded out the point scorers with an eighth place vault of 3.83 meters.

USF freshman Casey Hackett captured the long jump title by going 6.75 meters. He was joined in the top eight by USF senior Xavier Scarlett, who recorded a team point by going 6.17 meters. Sophomore Cooper Wood finished ninth with a 6.08 meter jump, and freshman Ethan Holm rounded out the top-10 with a jump of 5.73 meters.

Wood and Hackett also placed fourth and fifth respectively in the men's triple jump. Wood recorded had a jump of 13.34 meters, while Hackett finished at 13.13 meters.

USF senior Chandler Nelson finished with a fourth place throw in the men's shot put as he recorded a finals throw of 14.27 meters. Sophomore Patrick Hagan gained a team point for the Cougars as he recorded an eighth place throw of 12.24 meters.

USF placed three in the top five of the weight throw, including Hagan who posted a personal-best of 16.11 meters which placed him third. Nelson finished behind Hagan in fourth place (15.80 meters), and senior Christian Gruschin finished fifth at 14.93 meters.

USF will next travel to Brookings, S.D., on Friday, Jan. 18 to compete in the South Dakota State University Invitational.