MANKATO, MN – The USF Track & Field team competed in the second meet in Mankato this week, today. Emily Swanson set two more records in her stellar 2024 campaign.
 
The Cougars put together another great meet at the Maverick Open #2 with their second visit to Mankato this week. Emily Swanson continued her season of record setting performance as she set new marks in the 100m Hurdles at 13.99 seconds and the High Jump at 5' 8". The Women's team placed second with 187 points and the Men's team took 2^nd with 118 points, both were only behind host Mankato.
 
Event winners:
-Mackenzie Everson cleared the finish line with nearly a 4 second lead on the field in the 400m Hurdles (1:07.38)
-Emily Swanson's record breaking High Jump mark of 1.73m also gave her the event win
-The Long Jump win went to Emily Swanson as well with a 5.88m mark
-Ella Steussy took the Triple Jump title with a mark of 11.28m
-Kayla VanOsdel cleared 14m in the Shot Put for the win (14.16m)
-Olivia Baumberger won the Javelin Throw with a 41.22m launch that netted a provisional mark
-Denver Decker won the Javelin Throw at 55.89m
  
Other top USF results
-In the 100m Dash Grace Gioffredi took 3^rd (12.63) while Ellie Decker took 7^th (13.93)
-Tamia Horton placed 3^rd in the 200m Dash with a time of 25.01
-Eva Studt finished 5^th in the 1500m Run with a time of 5:22.66
-In the 100m Hurdles Emily Swanson took 2^nd (13.99) and Kendall Anderson finished 4^th (14.91)
-Sierra Stanton took 3^rd in the 400m Hurdles (1:11.17)
-Abbi Webb posted a 1.65m mark for 2^nd in the High Jump as Dani Minsaas finished at 1.60m for 5^th
-Two Cougars placed in the Pole Vault- McKenna Comstock in 2^nd (3.42m) and Peyton Hanson in 8^th (3.27m)
-Abbi Webb took 5^th in the Long Jump at 5.75m
-Three additional Cougars placed in the Triple Jump: Avery Bartunek in 3^rd (10.85m), Abbi Webb in 4^th (10.69m), and Dani Minsaas in 5^th (10.69)
-The Cougars also placed three more in the Shot Put: Kami Wadsworth in 3^rd at 13.34m, Nicole Flynn in 5^th at 12.46m, and Delanie VanDriel in 8^th at 11.94m
-Kamry Lindsey and Nicole Flynn placed in the Discus Throw- 2^nd (26.45m) and 5^th (44.84m) respectively
-The Hammer Throw saw four Cougars in the top 8: Kamry Lindsey (3^rd – 50.06m), Kayla VanOsdel (40.96m), Shelby Svien (6^th – 40.65m), Delanie VanDriel (7^th – 40.51m)
-The Javelin Throw featured 3 additional Cougars: Kami Wadsworth in 2^nd at 37.49m, Davis Guetterman in 5^th at 28.94m, and Sierra Stanton in 8^th at 27.23m
-Carter Friske and Collin Dingsor went 3 and 4 in the 200m Dash (22.80 and 22.91)
-Carter Friske also placed 7^th in the 400m Dash at 53.80
-In the 800m Run Mikele Walu took 3^rd (1:59.84) and Ofbeka Morke took 5^th (2:02.39)
-Three Cougars placed in the top 8 of the 1500m Run: Jace Cofer in 5^th (4:24.28), Michael Cessna in 7^th (4:44.23), and Guta Buta in 8^th (4:53.39)
-In the 110m Hurdles Ben Mandel took 4^th (14.98), Collin Dingsor took 5^th in 15.24, and Jonny Cheney placed 8^th (16.05)
-Ben Mandel finished the 400m Hurdles in 58.56 for 2^nd place
-Jonny Cheney took 5^th in the High Jump at 1.78m
-Matthew Agyeman and Jonny Cheney went 6 and 7 in the Long Jump with marks of 6.45m and 6.42m
-In the Triple Jump, Jay Rhodes got 4^th on a 11.96m jump
-Chase Snyder landed a 15.75m toss in the Shot Put to take 3^rd
-In the Discus Throw Tyler Hiatt took 2^nd with a 50.48m toss and Chase Snyder got 4^th at 47.94m
-The Hammer Throw saw Tyler Hiatt get 2^nd with a 53.86m toss,  Marek Rex get 5^th on a 49.99m throw, and Andrew Edwards place 7^th at 47.28m
-Marek Rex took 2^nd in the Javelin Throw at 41.39m