The UND men’s and women’s track and field teams are returning home to North Dakota after a weekend at the Beach Invitational in Norwalk, Calif.

Women

The UND women finished last Saturday with successful results. Freshman Heather Harrower completed the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.79 seconds to claim 11th place out of 90 runners. Tianna McKinney took 14th with her time of 55.96 seconds.

Freshman Rachel Dryburgh placed 15th of 64 runners in the 400-meter hurdles at 1 minute, 1.93 seconds while sophomore Alyssa Espinoza clinched 19th at 1:02.84.

Junior Paige Slemmons finished at No. 26 of 100 runners in the 100-meters at 12.08 and clocked a time of 25.16 in the 200-meters — enough for the top third of racers.

Jumping also was a strong suit for North Dakota. Senior Ashley Fedie clinched 8th of 50 high jumpers with a mark of 5 feet, 3 inches.

UND’s throwers were topped by Jayd Eggert, who took home 10th in the hammer throw at 176-00 while Shawny Kramer placed 14th and Molli Detloff placed behind her at No. 18.

Freshman Katelyn Weber clinched 13th of 51 competing in shot put at 45-02.25.

Discus throwers also had good days for UND — Detloff placing sixth at 169-01 while senior Bethany Schultz took fourth at 141-09. Sophomore Katarina Reller threw 134-10 while senor Chantel Urban and Weber finished at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.

Men

The men’s track and field team also found success at the meet.

Sophomore Jared Michel took the top spot for UND in the 400-meter hurdles with the No. 13 spot overall at 54.24 seconds.

Senior Jesse Fenstermacher clinched 21st of 112 runners at 1 minute, 52.26 seconds in the 800-meters.

Pole vaulters Tyler Colling and Jordan Fisk took third and fourth in their flight, respectively. Colling cleared 15 feet, ¼ inch while Fisk made a mark of 14-06.25.

Senior Roman Waldera threw the discus 166-03 for the top mark for UND while freshman Michael Quesenberry threw 144-09 in the discus and 48-07.25 in the shot put.

Both teams will compete in the Cobber Twilight on April 21 in Moorhead, Minn.

Staff report