ORANGE CITY, IOWA – Led by individual titles and top-10 program marks by sophomore
Emily Swanson and freshman
Abbigail Webb, the University of Sioux Falls Track and Field Team continued a strong early season showing as the Red Raider Invitational concluded on Thursday (April 14).
Due to the extreme winds and cold, USF competed in just a few events on Thursday.
In winning the heptathlon, Swanson recorded the second-best outdoor heptathlon mark in USF school history as she totaled 4,497 points. She bettered her own mark of 4,244 a year ago. She ranks second behind Katlyn Sawtelle, who set a school-record mark of 5,176 in 2015.
In the competition, Swanson won all seven of the contested heptathlon events. She had two personal-bests in the four events contested on Wednesday, including winning the 100-meter hurdles in 14.93, a personal-best, and 851 points. In the high jump, Swanson totaled 1.58m – 5-02.5 for 712 points and she won the shot put in the multi-event competition at 10.06m-33-00.25 for 533 points. Swanson had a PR in the 200-meter dash by going 27.03 for 709 points. She bettered her previous personal best by .02. On Thursday, she scored 703 points in the 800-meters with a clocking of 2:29.16. She had a throw of 29.63 – 97-02 for 470 points in winning the javelin. And, she long jumped 4.85 meters – 15-11 for 519 points and a total of 4,497.
Webb also had a solid day in tough conditions for the Cougars. She finished first with an outdoor personal-best in the high jump at 1.59 meters – 5-02.75 which ranks fifth all-time outdoors in school history. She bettered her previous mark of 5-01 earlier this year, a mark that ranked 10
th all-time. Also for USF, sophomore
Avery Bartunek was ninth in the high jump at 1.44m - 4-08.5.
Also for USF, freshman
Kayla Van Osdel recorded her collegiate outdoor best mark of 12.40m – 40-08 in finishing third in the shot put. She also placed seventh in the discus in 33.81 m - 110-11.
Ally Welch was 11th at 26.67m - 87-06.
In the men's pole vault, senior
Jake Person was sixth at 4.10m - 13-05 while freshman
Samuel Olson tied for seventh at 3.95m - 12-11.50 and freshman
Nicholas Cole was 12th at 3.50m - 11-05.75.
USF is scheduled to compete at the UW-Platteville Invitational and the Loper Invitational in Kearney, Neb., on Friday, April 15.
