WAYNE, NEB. – Led by a recording-setting performance in the shot put from senior All-American Emma Hertz, the University of Sioux Falls Women's and Men's Team successfully opened the 2020-21 season at the Wayne State Indoor Classic on Saturday in Wayne, Neb.

Hertz, a senior from Sioux Falls, S.D., who has two indoor All-American honors, won both the weight throw and shot put and recorded NCAA DII provisional marks in doing so as USF TF/CC opened the season at the Wayne State Classic. In the shot put, she broke her own record (49-9.25) with a toss of 15.20 meters or 49-10.50 with the nation's second best throw. She also registered a top-three throw at USF with a winning toss of 17.92 meters or 58'9.50. The weight throw is the 7th best performance in DII.

"It was a very good start for us this season," said USF Director of Track and Field Doug Petersen. "We were pleased with the effort from Emma (Hertz) and the rest of throws squad. But the performance across the roster was outstanding," he said.

"In assessing everything today, the coaching staff was very happy with this performance from our student-athletes. It was a test to see where we were at and use this helps us assess where we are at for the upcoming meet at USD," added Petersen, whose team will compete at the Dakota Realty Invitational at USF in Vermillion, S.D., on Saturday, Jan. 23.

In total, the USF Women's squad picked up six titles and had 23 top-five finishes at the meet. Several student-athletes won their first-ever title including freshman Emily Swanson in the pole vault, Natalie Meyers in the long jump, sophomore Annika Aho in the 1000 meters, and freshman Grace Beck in the one-mile run. All-American junior sprinter KaNya Henderson also won a title the 60 meters. In addition, Jailah Brice-Moore had a pair of second place finishes in 60-meter hurdles and 60-meter dash. Here is a breakdown of the events:

Weight Throw – Emma Hertz, 1^st, 17.92m, 58'9.50 (third all-time at USF); Kayla Andersen, fifth, 17.08m, 56'0.50 (sixth all-time at USF), Mackenzie Bengtson, 15.12m, 49.7.25 (personal-best); Kourtney Rozeboom, 11^th, 14.86m, 48'9; Miranda Phipps, 12^th, 14.73m, 48'4; Bailey Rudebusch, 13.58m, 44'6.75; Cali Boden, 15^th, 13.58m, 44'6.75; and Ally Welch, 17^th, 13.33m, 43'9.
Shot Put – Emma Hertz, 1^st, 15.20m, 49'10.50 (school indoor record, breaking own mark of 49'9.25, 2019); Kourtney Rozeboom, 6^th, 11.63m, 38'2; Kayla Andersen, 8^th, 11.63m, 38'2; Bailey Rudebusch, 9^th, 11.56m, 37'11.25; Cali Boden, 12^th, 11.03m, 36'2.25.
Triple Jump – Cassidy Noeldner, 2^nd, 10.85m, 35'7.25; Clara Leverich, 9^th, 8.93m, 29'3.75
Long Jump – Natalie Meyers, 1^st, 5.15m, 16'10.75; Cassidy Noeldner, 3^rd, 5.09m, 16;8.50; Emily Olson, 6^th, 4.97m, 16'3.75; Sarah Micek, 9^th, 4.22m, 13;10.25 and Cece Will, 10^th, 4.04m, 13.3.25.
Pole Vault – Emily Swanson, first, 2.85m, 9'4.25.
High Jump – Taylor Stoltz, 5^th, 1.53m, 5'0.25; Emily Swanson, 6^th, 1.48m, 4'10.25;  Emily Olson, 6^th, 1.48m, 4'10.25; Avery Bartunek, 9^th, 1.48m, 4'10.25.
1000 M – Annika Aho, 1^st, 3.15.02; Khot Juac, 2^nd, 3:17.29; Josephine Boyd, 3^rd, 3:26.56; and Moriah Bullerman, 5^th, 3:32.44.
1-mile run – Grace Beck, 1^st, 5:37.65; Karlee Simmons, 2^nd, 5:42.08.
400-meters – Emma Kenkel, 3^rd, 1:05.20; Myah Roggenbuck, 8^th, 1:08.09; and Holly Mayers, 10^th, 1:09.29.
600-meters --- Tianna Wald, 3^rd, 1:46.08; Cassidy O'Meara, 4^th, 1:46.12; and Zoe Cigard, 5^th, 1:49.24.
60-meter hurdles – Jailah Brice-Moore, 2^nd (9.32 prelims), 9.37; Emily Olson, 5^th, 9.57; and Meara Beighley, 6^th, 10.09
60-meter dash – KaNya Henderson, 1^st, 7.96; Jailah Brice-Moore, 2^nd, 8.06 and Mercy Oyadare, 4^th (8.13 prelims), 8.18.

Men's Breakdown
USF Men's Team also had a solid day with titles from Zachary Matzner in the 1000 meters and Benjamin Morrison in the 3000 meters. Senior throws standout Patrick Hagan also had a solid performance with third place in both the weight throw and shot put. Overall, USF had 18 top-three finishes.

The results are as follows:

Weight Throw – Patrick Hagan, 3^rd, 16.70m, 54'9.50; Marek Rex, 8^th, 13.92m, 45'8; Carson Hausman, 13^th, 11.31m, 37'1/25
Shot Put – Patrick Hagan, 3^rd, 13.61m, 44'8; Jaymeson Wolkow, 6^th, 12.07m, 39'7.25.
Triple Jump – Isiah Dancy, 4^th, 12.85m, 42'2
Long Jump – Christian Riley, 2^nd, 6.64m, 21'9.50; Ethan Holm, 14^th, 5.85m, 19'2.50.
High Jump – Steven Miner, 4^th, 1.85m, 6'0.75.
1000-meters – Zach Matzner, 1^st, 2:46.38; Wil Modjeski, 2^nd, 2:46.78; Edwin Iraheta, 3^rd, 2:58.70.
Mile Run – Aaron Voigt, 2^nd, 4:32.19; David Ecker, 3^rd, 4:45.08; Justin Steffenmeier, 5^th, 4:49.78.
400-meters – Jordan Slaba, 3^rd, 55.98; Robert Rauh, 4^th, 1:02.09
600-meters – Diego Jaimes, 5^th, 1:32.32 .
60-meter hurdles – Ben Mandel, 4^th, 9.10.
60-meters – Nate Andrusick, 3^rd, 7.15
3,000-meters – Ben Morrison, 1^st, 9:25.59; Christian Lietz, 2^nd, 9:49.87; and Lucas Steiger, 3^rd, 10:02.88