MUTIPLE LOCATIONS – The USF Track & Field team continued rewriting the history books with a split squad weekend.
 
The Cougars competed at multiple locations this past weekend including the Bryan Clay Invitational, Pacific Coast Invitational, Beach Invitational, and Minnesota State Open.
 
Emily Swanson kicked off the rewrite with a 14.12 second finish in the 100 hurdles at the Bryan Clay Invitational. The time beats her previous best & #2 at USF by .09 seconds and just beats the top spot by .02 seconds. Swanson then followed that up by claiming the Heptathlon record with 5216 points. The previous record of 5176 from Katlyn Sawtelle held for 9 years before this weekend and was the only time USF had eclipsed 5000 points until now.
 
Abbi Webb set her first USF record at the Minnesota State Open with her 1.72m (5' 7.75") High Jump. The previous record was held by Emily Swanson with a 5' 6.25" jump two years ago.
 
The final record came from Olivia Baumberger at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the Javelin. Her 48.44m (158' 11") throw ranks 2nd in DII and eclipsed her own school record of 158' 9" set last year. Baumberger is the only Cougar to pass 153' and only one of two to pass 150'.
 
The Cougars sent most of their team to the Minnesota State Open where their Women scored 160 points to place 2^nd and the Men scored 97 points to also place second.
 
Other notable finishes from all competing squads this weekend:
Bryan Clay Invitational
-Caleb Rivera goes into the 1500m sets a PR of 3:51.10
Minnesota State Open
-Tamia Horton wins 100m Dash (11.87)
-Annika Aho wins 800m Run (2:19.71)
-Morgan Gehl wins 1500m Run (4:45.88)
-Maddie Swanson takes 2^nd in the 5000m Run (19:15.68)
-Kendall Anderson takes 3^rd in the 100m Hurdles (15.06)
-Tierney Faulk takes 2^nd, Kendall Anderson takes 3^rd, and Mackenzie Everson takes 6^th in the 400m Hurdles (1:05.37, 1:07.00, and 1:10.06 respectively)
-The Cougars 4x100m Relay team of Grace Gioffredi, Landree Wilson, Paige Haack, and Tamia Horton get the event win in 48.10
-USF's 4x400m Relay team of Annika Aho, Faith Rustad, Morgan Gehl, and Emma Thomas take 3^rd with a time of 4:17.84
-Dani Minsaas takes 7^th in the High Jump at 1.57m
-McKenna Comstock takes 3^rd in the Pole Vault with a 3.62m vault with Peyton Hanson also taking 7^th on a 3.23m mark
-Abbi Webb and Landree Wilson go 3 & 4 in the Long Jump (5.50m & 5.47m respectively)
-The Triple Jump saw Ella Steussy take 2^nd (11.53m) and Avery Bartunek take 4^th (11.06m)
-The Shot Put saw the Cougars take 4^th through 7^th with the order being Kami Wadsworth (13.60m), Kayla Van Osdel (13.19m), Kamry Lindsey (13.19m), and Nicole Flynn (13.09m)
-The Cougars placed 3 in the top 6 in the Discus Throw with Kamry Lindsey winning the event (46.06m), Kami Wadsworth taking 5^th (43.15m), and Delanie Van Driel taking 6^th (42.93m)
-Kami Wadsworth places 2^nd in the Javelin Throw (40.78m)
-Benjamin Morrison wins the 800m Run in 1:56.49 while Mikele Walu takes 3^rd (1:59.55)
-Miles Olofson take 6^th in the 1500m Run (4:12.89)
-Micade Shumway and Kade Bullion go 1 & 2 in the 5000m Run (15:45.61 & 16:05.09 respectively)
-Collin Dingsor takes 7^th in the 110m Hurdles (15.33)
-Parker Hahn wins the 3000m steeplechase in 10:35.60
-The Cougars 4x400m Relay team of Denver Decker, Jonny Cheney, Collin Dingsor, and Mikele Walu takes 3^rd in 3:25.88 while the 'B' team of Benjamin Morrison, Filmon Wolday, Zach Matzner, and Miles Olofson takes 7^th in 3:41.02
-Jay Rhodes takes 3^rd in the Long Jump at 6.54m
-Blake Aurich hits 12.50m in the Triple Jump to take 4^th and Jay Rhodes goes for 12.48m to get 5^th
-Chase Snyder takes 4^th in the Shot Put at 16.26m
-Chase Snyder also throws 52.41m in the Discus to win the event as Andrew Edwards takes 7th (43.96m)
-Denver Decker takes 3^rd in the Javelin at 52.47m and Marek Rex takes 8^th (47.54m)