SIOUX CITY, IOWA – The University of Sioux Falls Track and Field Team had another solid performance this spring with 13 top-10 all-time program performances, three NCAA DII provisional marks, a title, and 17 top-15 placings at the Sioux City Relays on Friday (April 16).

"It was a good meet for our team," said USF Director of Track and Field Doug Petersen, whose squad will compete at the USF Twilight at the Lillibridge Track Complex at the University of South Dakota on Tuesday, April 20.

Women's Team has three provisional marks & 11 top-10 program marks
At the Sioux City Relays, the USF women's team had three DII provisional marks including two by senior Jaimie McNamee, who finished fourth in the hammer with a season-best and personal-best throw of 180-02 – 54.91m, which is second on USF's all-time chart and just behind Emma Hertz's record of 180.9 earlier this year. Also in the hammer, senior Kayla Andersen had a personal-best of 158-10 – 48.41m, which ranks seventh all-time at USF and earned her 12^th place at the meet. Also in the top-10 was Bailey Rudebusch, who was 16^th with a program-top-10 throw of 152-11.5 – 46.42m. McNamee also had a DII provisional mark in the discus throw, finishing third at 153-00.25 – 46.64m, which is a personal-best and top-five discus throw all-time at USF.

USF also had a DII provisional mark in the javelin as senior Miranda Phipps finished second in 139-01.75, 42.40m. The throw for Phipps was her best of this year and second all-time to her record of 152-07 in 2019.

In the 3,000 steeplechase, USF sophomore Karlee Simmons finished eighth with a clocking of 11:53.02, which is third all-time at USF. She bettered her previous best of 12:19.27 in March 27 (Wildcat Classic) by nearly 28 seconds.

KaNya Henderson was part of a pair of top-10 program performances. In the 100-meter dash, she finished second with a 12.26 clocking which was sixth but off her school record of 12.07 a week ago. She also ranks on the 4x100-meter relay, which clocked 48.94 to finish second at the meet and 10^th all-time in program history. Henderson was joined on the relay by Emma Kenkel, Mercy Oyadare and Natalie Meyers.

Senior Emily Olson had the eighth best 100-meter hurdles in school outdoor history with 15.24 although off her personal best of 14.90 in 2019. Also for USF, Natalie Meyers was third in the long jump at 17-11.5.

USF had a pair of top-10 program marks in the 1,500 meters as sophomore Lauren Wells finished ninth at the meet with her 4:41.13 clocking, which places her second all-time in USF outdoor program history. In the same race, freshman Khot Juac was 12th with her time of 4:44.64 ranking sixth in program history, just .21 from fifth all-time (Carrie Nix, 4:44.43, 2006). 

Cassidy Noeldner was the triple jump titlist at 35-11.25, 10.55m, which was just off her PR of 36-0.

Men's Team has five top-10 program marks
Leading the way for the USF men's team at the Sioux City Relays was junior David Ecker, who clocked a 15:04.86 in finishing the second in the 5,000-meters, which was a personal-best and the sixth-best time in USF history outdoors. Aaron Voigt was third in 15.25.37; Micade Shumway, fourth, 15:32.53; Ben Morrison, fifth, 15:34.47; and Christian Lietz, eighth, 15:44.64.

Senior Mason Phillips had a fourth place finish in the 1,500 meters and seventh place in the 800 meters in 1:54.11. Both times rank in the top-10 all-time at USF with the 1,500 meter clocking seventh all-time and the 800-meters time, eighth all-time. However, he is the record holder in the outdoor 800 meters (1:52.53, 2017); and second all-time in the 1,500-meters (3:47.98, 2019).

Freshman Dawson Davito was fifth in the shot put with a throw of 48-02, 14.69m which ranks 10^th all-time outdoors at USF.

In the 10,000 meters, senior Seth Overholt was eighth in 32:53.18, which is eighth all-time outdoors at USF.

Also for USF, Freshman Ben Mandel placed third in the 110-meter hurdles with a 15.67 clocking just outside the top-10 at USF.

Other Women's Results
100-meter hurdles – Emily Swanson, 14^th, 16.70
800-meters – Cassidy O'Meara, 7^th, 2:20.21; Annika Aho, 10^th, 2:20.67; Tianna Wald, 18^th, 2:26.12; Moriah Bullerman, 34^th, 2:35.24; and Hannah Ebert, 36^th, 2:36.14
200-meters – Myah Roggenbuck, 21^st, 28.45
100-meters – Mercy Oyadare, third, 12.67; Natalie Meyers, 4^th, 12.77
4x400-meter relay – 7^th, 4:08.57, Emma Kenkel, Zoe Cigard, Annika Aho, Tianna Wald; 11^th, 4:15.40, Holly Mayers, Myah Roggenbuck, Cassidy Noeldner, and Anna Kenny; 13^th, 4:16.78, Cassidy O'Meara, Lauren Wells, Karlee Simmons, Khot Juac; 16^th, 4:33.38, Moriah Bullerman, Hannah Ebert, Emily Olson, Emily Swanson
400-meters – Anna Kenny, 16^th, 1:04.03
Hammer – Miranda Phipps, 19^th, 148-09, 45.34m; Cali Boden, 24^th, 144-09, 44.13m; Mackenzie Bengtson, 25^th, 144-08.75, 44.11m; and Ally Welch, 38^th, 127-04.75, 38.83m
Discus – Kayla Andersen, 10^th, 135-06.75, 41.32m; MacKenzie Bengtson, 11^th, 134-05.50, 40.98m; Cali Boden, 20^th, 126-03.75, 38.50m; Bailey Rudebusch, 22^nd, 124-07.25, 37.98m
Javelin – Ally Welch, 10^th, 87-04.5, 26.63m
Shot Put – Bailey Rudebusch, 20^th, 38-08.25, 11.79m; Cali Boden, 23^rd, 37-11.25, 11.56m
Long Jump – Avery Bartunek, 8^th, 16-01.75, 4.92m; Emily Swanson, 18^th, 15-03.25, 4.65m; Sarah Micek, 25^th, 13-09.75, 4.21m; Cece Will, 13-09.25, 4.20m; and Clara Leverich, 27^th, 13-0, 3.96m
Triple Jump – Clara Leverich, 10^th, 29-06.50, 9.02m
High Jump – Taylor Stoltz, 6^th, 4-11.5, 1.51m; Avery Bartunek, 11^th, 4-09.50, 1.46m; Emily Swanson, 11^th, 4-09.50, 1.46m

Other Men's Results –
Discus – Brett Deschler, 16^th, 133-03.75, 40.63m; Marek Rex, 17^th, 130-09, 39.87m; Carson Hausmann, 18^th, 129-02, 39.37m; Jaymeson Wolkow, 28^th, 106.03, 32.38m
1500-meters – Logan Hansen, 17^th, 4:01.57; Zach Matzner, 35^th, 4:15.02; Chase Lather, 37^th, 4:17.17; and Scott Obago Jr., 60^th, 4:29.63
800-meters – Will Modjeski, 32^nd, 2:01.42; Diego Jaimes, 42^nd, 2:03.94
400-meters – Jayden Slaba, 14^th, 52.44; Robert Rauh, 23^rd, 55.05 and Aweys Maalim, 27^th, 57.28
200-meters – Xavier Blackwell, 29^th, 24.62
4x400-meter relay – 19^th, Jayden Slaba, Logan Hansen, Aaron Voigt, Mason Phillips, 3:40.25; 21^st, Ben Morrison, Wil Modjeski, David Ecker, Christian Lietz, 3:45.15
Shot Put – Jaymeson Wolkow, 16^th, 38-06.25, 11.74m; Brett Deschler, 17^th, 37-03.25, 11.36m
Hammer – Dawson Davito, 24^th, 121-08, 37-08m; Jaymeson Wolkow, 28^th, 108-06, 33.07m