SIOUX FALLS – The University of Sioux Falls Men's and Women's Track and Field Team set a couple of school records and had 11 top-five performers to highlight a strong day one performance at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays which opened Friday at Howard Wood Stadium.
USF sets school marks in women's 4x100 meter relay and 3K steeplechase
USF Women's 4x100 meter relay squad finished third with a school record mark of 47.07. The relay squad included freshman
Kanya Henderson, junior
Sarah Troescher, sophomore
Mercy Oyadare and sophomore
Chloe Peterson.
In the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase,
Rebecca Goertzen set a school record in 11:28.09 and was 12
th overall.
Sophomore
Taryn Ceglowski took sixth in the 800-meter run by clocking a 2:15.00. In the same race, Sophomore
Sadie Thompson was 18
th in 2:22.17 while sophomore
Tianna Wald was 21
st in 2:23.94. Also for USF, freshman
Maria Streed was 24
th, 2:27.22; senior
Mattisen Kelley, 25
th, 2:30.25; senior
Keegan Day, 26
th, 2:31.60; freshman
Hannah Ebert, 32
nd, 2:39.93.
Emma Hertz continued to shine in the throws as she finished second in the discus. She threw the instrument 49.64 meters (162-10 ¼). Also for USF, junior
Jaimie McNamee was fifth at 45.36 meters (148-10) with
Bailey Rudebusch 11
th at 39.27 meters (128-10). Other USF results included: MacKenzie Bengtson, 20th, 34.74 (114-00);
Kourtney Rozeboom, 24th, 33.84 (111-00);
Kayla Andersen, 25th, 33.32 (109-04); and
Ally Welch, 27th, 26.65 meters (87-05).
In the hammer throw, USF placed four in the top 10.
Jaimie McNamee was third at 50.77 meters (166-07); while
Amber Cook was fifth at 49.72 meters (163-01) and
Bailey Rudebusch was eighth at 44.63 meters (146-05) and Hertz, 10
th at 44.36 meters (145-06). Other USF results included
Kayla Andersen, 11
th, 44.18 meters (144-11);
Kourtney Rozeboom, 19
th, 37.14 meters (121-10);
Carla Walquist, 20
th, 36.84 (120-10); MacKenzie Bengtson, 25
th, 34.00 meters (111-06); and
Ally Welch, 27
th, 27.94 (91-08).
In the high jump, freshman
Taylor Stoltz was seventh at 1.50 meters (4-11).
Furgeson and Beseman post top four finishes in races
The USF Men's Team had several top-five performers which included a third place result from
Trey Furgeson in the 400 meter dash as he clocked a 48.84.
In the 800 meter run,
Billy Beseman was fourth in 1:52.83. Sophomore
Logan Hansen was 14
th in 1:55.51 with
Jase Kraft, 17
th, in 1:56.97 and junior
Blake Johnston, 34
th at 2:06.59.
In the discus,
Chandler Nelson was fourth at 48.81 meters (160-02); with
Christian Gruschin, 11
th, 46.38 meters (152-02).
The Cougars placed four runners in the top nine of the 3,000-meter steeplechase as
Dan Armstrong, was fourth in 9:42.13. Also for USF,
Nick Lawson finished fifth, 9:42.29 with
Josh Liester, eighth, 9:47.26;
Aaron Voigt, ninth, 9:47.50; and
Edwin Iraheta, 15
th, 11:20.95.
