Vermillion, S.D. – The Northern State University track and field teams took on the Early Bird Meet from Vermillion, recording 28 top-10 finishes between the two squads. In addition, the Wolves tallied one event victory and three national provisional marks on the day.
 
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Jordan Menken took 14^th in the shot put with a 12.98m (42-07.00) toss and eighth in the discus, throwing 41.86m (137-04.00)
• Rachel Guthmiller threw to a sixth place finish in the javelin, notching a 38.78m (127-02.75) mark
• Tava Berg jumped 1.65m (5-05.00) in the high jump, taking fourth overall
• Shona Juliana added a sixth place finish in the long jump, notching a 5.55m (18-02.50) jump
• The pole vault crew placed four in the top-11, led by Jordyn Huneke in fifth, clearing 3.80m (12-05.75)
• Kealy Hill and Kenzee Danielson followed in ninth and tenth, jumping 3.65m (11-11.75), followed by Christine Nefgzer in 11^th with a 3.50m (11-05.75) vault
• The 4x100m relay team of Isabel Kinzer, Juliana, Shanice Burrell, and Emma Rezac took sixth with a time of 48.14
• Jennifer Clark took 14^th in the 1500m with a time of 4:53.16
• Burrell finished as the runner-up in the 100m hurdles, crossing the finish line with a time of 14.22
• Rezac and Destiny Wenger took tenth and 15^th in the 400m with times of 59.24 and 1:02.08 respectively
• Kinzer went on to finish third in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.94
• Megan Mooberry led three Wolves in the 5000m, finishing as the runner-up with a time of 18:16.76, followed by Jenna Helms and Victoria Kolbinger in tenth and 13^th with times of 19:52.54 and 20:57.57
• Northern rounded out the day with a fourth place finish in the 4x400m relay, as the squad of Kinzer, Burrell, Wenger, and Rezac notched a time of 3:58.81

 
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Kelson Brewer opened his day with an eighth place finish in the pole vault, clearing 4.51m (14-09.75), followed by Bryce Malsam in 15^th with a 4.11m (13-06.00) vault
• Tanner Berg and Nick Olson took third and tenth in the shot put, throwing 16.95m (55-07.50) and 14.23m (46-08.25) respectively
• Olson went on to take 11^th in the discus, throwing 42.87m (140-07.75)
• Berg took second in the hammer throw, notching a a new school record 65.83m (215-11.75) toss
• Darrian Hood landed in the top-10 of the triple jump, taking ninth with a 13.06m (42-10.25) jump
• The 4x100m relay team of Tafara Hondonga, Isaiha Fletcher, Riley Gauer, and Terry Towah ran to a time of 42.60 in fourth overall
• Riccardo Done and Jorge Garcia took seventh and 13^th in the 1500m with times of 3:57.75 and 4:02.74 respectively
• Northern placed three in the 400m dash, led by Towah as the runner-up with a time of 48.57
• Seth Martens and Fletcher took sixth and seventh, crossing the line in 49.94 and 50.36
• Brewer added an eighth place finish in the 400m hurdles, notching a time of 56.31
• Jackson Harrison recorded the lone event victory for the Wolves, winning the 5000m with a time of 15:03.98
• Michael Wirth and Ricardo Chase took 14^th and 15^th in the event, crossing the finish line in 16:48.46 and 17:08.29
• The Wolves rounded out the Early Bird meet taking third and tenth in the 4x400m relay; the team of Hondonga, Towah, Fletcher, and Brewer finished in 3:19.88, while the squad of Ronald Stephenson, Bryce Malsam, Caleb Schlekeway, and Martens notched a time of 3:27.74

 
BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Tanner Berg tallied national provisional marks in both the shot put and hammer throw, ranking in the top-20 nationally in the shot put and top-3 in the hammer
• Berg's school record in the hammer broke his previous mark of 61.60m set in 2019
• Jordyn Huneke hit a national provisional mark in the pole vault, ranking her in the top-20 nationally

 
UP NEXT
Northern returns to Vermillion next Friday and Saturday for the SD Challenge. The live links will be available on the schedule pages on nsuwolves.com.