Brookings, S.D. – The Northern State University men's and women's track and field teams opened their weekend Friday at the SDSU Division II Invite. Northern recorded 19 top-10 finishes between the two programs. In addition, three school records and one meet record fell for the Wolves.
 
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Jackson Harrison took home the top spot in the 5000m, crossing the finish line in a school record time of 14:37.79
• The 4x400m relay squad of JD Matehs, Brady Janssen, Jackson Willis, and Chase Domier rounded out the top-10 with a time of 3:30.65
• Tanner Berg opened his day winning the weight throw with a meet record 21.24m toss and added a third place finish in the shot put, throwing 16.19m
• Glen Quayle won the pole vault, breaking the school record with a provisional jump of 4.90m
• Sam Tremelling and Rico Imus followed with jumps of 4.30m and 4.00m

 
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Shona Juliana tallied a fourth place finish in the long jump with a 5.57m mark
• Cassidy Gough rounded out the top-10 in the weight throw, tossing 15.06m
• Sierra Sweeney added a sixth place finish in the triple jump with a 10.69m mark
• Megan Mooberry won the 5000m run with a time of 17:46.71, followed by Megan Pickering with a time of 17:57.57 in fifth
• Mooberry added her second event victory running to a time of 3:12.13 in the 1000m
• Summer Carlson and Alli Jackson recorded eighth and tenth place finishing in the 600m with times of 1:40.67 and 1:43.04
• Jennifer Clark continued the distance success, taking second in the 800m with a school record time of 2:17.55, followed by Mary Franssen in tenth with a time of 2:23.38
• Shanice Burrell qualified for finals in the 60m hurdles, taking second with a time of 8.92
• The 4x400m relay team of Jackson, Carlson, Sweeney, Clark tallied a ninth place finish with a time of 4:11.58

 
BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Jennifer Clark broke the 800m record of 2:19.93 set by Makayla Perryman in 2013
• Jackson Harrison's time of 14:37.79 broke the 16 year old record of 14:38.11 held by Jeremy VanVleen
• Glen Quayle surpassed the previous pole vault record of 4.80m set by Ross Pfeifle in 2009

 
UP NEXT
Northern travels to Brookings next Friday and Saturday for the South Dakota State Division II Invite and Jim Emmerich Invite.