Canyon, Texas – The Northern State University track and field teams concluded the Jo Meaker Classic on Saturday with 19 top-10 finishes. In addition, one school record fell and multiple Wolves hit national provisional marks.
 
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Brady Janssen took eighth in the 110m hurdles with a time of 16.88 and sixth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 58.59
• Nathan Alton recorded a tenth place finish in the 1500m with a time of 4:11.36, followed by Jonathan Burkhalter in 14^th with a time of 4:22.30
• The 4x400m relay team of Chase Domier, Jackson Willis, Dylan Schimke, and Ronald Stephenson placed fifth with a time of 3:30.63
• Tanner Berg won the hammer throw with a new school record mark of 69.55m, followed by Nick Olson and Ethan Barnett in fifth and ninth with throws of 51.10m and 39.37m
• Berg, Olson, and Barnett added fourth, tenth, and 12^th place finishes in the shot put with marks of 16.26m, 13.82m, and 13.60m respectively

 
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Renea Taylor opened the running events with a tenth place finish in the 100m, crossing the finish line in 12.04
• Shanice Burrell continued the success on the track taking fourth in the 100m hurdles with a provisional time of 13.99
• Mary Franssen added a tenth place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:21.77, while Summer Carlson rounded out the top-15 with a time of 2:25.19
• Franssen went on to place fifth in the 1500m with a time of 5:05.99, followed by Megan Mooberry in eighth with a time of 5:10.88
• The 4x400m relay team of Isabel Kinzer, Carlson, Alli Jackson, and Taylor took fourth with a time of 4:02.56
• Tava Berg tallied a fifth place finish in the high jump, clearing 1.58m
• Cassidy Gough led the women's throwers in the hammer, tossing a provisional mark of 52.52m in fifth place overall, followed by Shawney Coenraad in 11^th with a 44.65m toss
• Taylor closed out her day with a fourth place finish in the 400m hurdles, notching a team of 1:03.83, while Kinzer and Sierra Sweeney took ninth and 12th with a times of 1:07.10 and 1:10.64

 
BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Berg broke his own school record in the hammer, a throw of 68.60m set in 2021
• Berg's throw extends his standing at the top of the NCAA by over seven meters

 
UP NEXT
Northern State returns to action next Thursday at the University of Jamestown, Al Cassel Open.