Fargo, N.D. – Northern State Track and Field teams returned to the University of Mary for the Mike Thorson Open Meet. Both the women and men placed first in team scores and had eight event wins combined.
 
Men's Highlights

• Sam Tremelling won the pole vault event with a height of 4.77m and Noah Ford secured second place with 4.37m
• In the long jump Birnir Vagn Finnsson placed third with a jump of 6.95m
• Treyson Schulz and Max Vande Kieft competed in the triple jump coming in third and fourth with 13.11m and 12.78m
• Vance Borchers was fourth in the high jump with 1.93m
• Nick Olson notched a second place in the weight throw with 17.59m and third place in the shot put with a throw of 14.55
• Joel Matehs was second in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.03. and Finnsson was fourth with 8.58
• In the 60m dash Noah Bayer came in third with 6.97
• Seth Martens and Bayer were fourth and fifth in the 200m with close times of 22.77 and 22.78
• Drew Salfrank won the 400m finishing in 50.81 seconds. Teammates Carter Dingman and Martens finished in third and fourth place clocking 51.56 and 51.70
• Turner Thorson placed third in the 600m in 1:28.79
• In the 800m Ricky Berndt finished fifth with a time of 2:00.22
• Josh Martin crossed the finish line first in the 1000m run with a time of 2:34.36
• Dalton Fleckenstein was second in 2:40.23 and Blake Stoks was fifth with 2:48.58
• The mile was won by Nathan Alto who finished in 4:19.20
• Jacob Angerhofer had a second place finish in the 3000m with 9:19.93. Taylor Thorson placed fifth in the event as well in 9:29.38
• Men's 4x400m relay with Finnsson, Carter Moller, Drew Henriksen, and Dingman placed third crossing in a time of 3:31.34 

Women's Highlights

• Bekah Walz was second in the pole vault event with 3.27m and Kenzee Danielson was fifth with a height of 2.97m
• Sierra Sweeney won the triple jump in 11.32m and placed fourth in the long jump with 5.34m
• Kamryn Schwartz was second in the triple jump with 10.95m and Alison Theis placed fifth with 9.70m
• In the high jump Jordan Tschumperlin, Emily Breske, and Morgan Sheldon placed third through fifth with heights of 1.58m, 1.58m, and 1.53m
• Cassidy Gough threw 16.95m placing her second in the weight throw
• Morgan Sheldon placed second in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.47 and Karli Klein was fifth with 9.79
• The 400m was dominated by Kyanna Collymore, Vanessa Christensen, and Emma Hunt with second, third and fourth placed finishes, with times of 1:00.63, 1:01.36, and 1:03.52 respectively
• Alli Jackson ran 1:41.91 in the 600m placing in third
• The 1000m event was won by Avery Miles in a time of 3:15.37. Jordan Hermansen and Chloe Strom were fourth and fifth with 3:36.26 and 3:50.45
• Jolie Dugan was fifth in the mile with 5:51.65
• Megan Pickering won the 3000m in a time of 10:22.06. Teammates Avery Murray and Adisen Stadem followed in second and third place with times of 11:17.42 and 11:38.43
• Women's 4x400m won with a time of 4:09.34, consisting of sprinters Collymore, Jackson, Klein, and Christensen

 
Up Next

• Wolves head to South Dakota State University for the Division 2 Open at the Jackrabbit Athletic Complex Friday January 26^th