Wayne, Neb. – The Northern State University track and field teams faced off against Wayne State, South Dakota, and Sioux Falls from the Wildcat Challenge on Saturday. The Wolves put together a stellar day, notching three school records, improving their national marks, and winning 14 individual events.
 
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Rachel Guthmiller tallied a runner-up finish in the javelin, throwing 37.48m (122-11.00), while Dakota Hutzler took sixth with a 29.12m (95-06.00) toss
• Alison Theis jumped to a ninth place finish in the long jump, notching a 4.56m (16-00.25) mark
• Shona Juliana won the triple jump with a 11.28m (37.00.25) mark
• Tava Berg improved her high jump mark on the year with an event winning jump of 1.73m (5-08.00), breaking the school record
• The Wolves took the top three spots in the pole vault, led by Jordyn Huneke with a new school record mark of 4.10m (13-05.25)
• Kealy Hill and Kenzee Danielson took second and third in the pole vault, clearing 3.73m (12-02.75) and 3.43m (11-03.00) respectively
• Jordan Menken took seventh in the discus with a 44.1m (144-09.00) toss and fifth in the shot put, throwing 12.53m (41-01.50)
• Christine Stoltenburg tallied an eighth place finish in the shot put, throwing 11.77m (28-07.50)
• Megan Mooberry won the 1500m with a time of 5:00.26, followed by Megan Pickering and Victoria Kolbinger in fifth and seventh with times of 5:09.06 and 5:19.48
• Shanice Burrell added a win in the 100m hurdles, crossing the finish line in 14.33, while Hutzler took fifth in the event with a time of 16.06
• Isabel Kinzer and Emma Rezac took second and third in the 400m, notching times of 59.32 and 59.42
• Makenna Larson was the runner-up in the 100m, crossing the finish line in 12.50
• Jennifer Clark tallied a sixth place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:28.02, followed by Jordyn Sterud in ninth with a time of 2:32.33
• Burrell and Larson took first and second in the 200m, notching times of 25.69 and 26.51

 
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Tanner Berg won the hammer throw with a new school record of 68.60m (225-01.00), followed by Nick Olson in seventh with a 50.52m (165-09.00) toss
• Darrian Hood took second in the long jump with a 6.62m (21-08.75) mark and went on to win the triple jump, recording a mark of 13.61m (44-08.00)
• Bryce Malsam and Kelson Brewer took first and second in the pole vault, clearing 4.50m (14-09.00) and 4.20m (13-09.25)
• Berg and Olson went on to take fifth and seventh in the discus, notching throws of 47.50m (155-10.00) and 44.01m (144-05.00)
• The throwing crew concluded their day in the shot put, led by Berg with a fourth place finish of 15.90m (52-02.00)
• Olson and Mason Amato took sixth and eighth with throws of 14.04m (46-00.75) and 12.35m (40-06.25)
• The 4x100m relay team of Brady Janssen, Isaiha Fletcher, Riley Gauer, and Ronald Stephenson ran to a time of 43.93
• Riccardo Done won the 1500m with a time of 4:09.19, followed by Jackson Harrison and Jorge Garcia in third and fifth with times of 4:11.47 and 4:18.97
• Northern took the top four spots in the 400m, led by Seth Martens with a time of 49.14; Tafara Hondonga, Fletcher, and Stephenson followed with times of 49.23, 50.88, and 51.15
• Gauer went on to take third in the 100m, notching a time of 11.25
• Jorge Garcia took third in the 800m with a time of 2:02.34, followed by Nick Baier in sixth with a time of 2:03.58
• Janssen took second in the 400m hurdles, recording a time of 1:04.09
• Fletcher, Stephenson, and Gauer went one-two-three in the 200m with times of 22.01, 23.01, and 23.26
• The 4x400m relay team of Brewer, Hondonga, Janssen, and Martens won the race with a time of 3:23.72

 
BEYONG THE RESULTS

• Tava Berg jumped up to ninth nationally in the high jump with her 1.73m mark breaking the school record of 1.72m set by Royanne Riss in 1985
• Huneke broke her own school record of 4.07m in the pole vault and moved up to sixth nationally in the event with an automatic qualifying mark
• Tanner Berg blew his previous school record of 65.83m (set at the Early Bird Meet) out of the water, throwing nearly ten feet farther

 
UP NEXT
Northern will close out the regular season next Friday and Saturday, May 7-8 at the USD Tune-up in Vermillion. Live result links will be posted on the schedule pages at nsuwolves.com.