Last weekend, the UND men’s and women’s track teams sent split squads to the Drake Alternative meet hosted by Gustavus Adolphus and also the Triton Invitational in San Diego.

Drake Alternative

Freshmen Hailey Brinkman and Bethany Shultz led the team in individual results in the Drake Alternative meet as Brinkman took fifth in the triple jump with with a leap of 10.71 meters, while Shultz claimed a fifth place finish in discus with a throw of 41.09 meters.

Sophomore Jessica Lynch rounded up a sixth place finish in the 5K with a time of 19:10.52 and freshman Kaylee Roelike crossed the line of the 800 meter race at 2:27.39 for a sixth place finish. Sophomore Ashley Fedie took sixth in high jump with a leap of 1.57 meters.

With a personal record time of 15 minutes, 4.68 seconds, Sam Saccoman completed the 5K as runner up and jumped over the previous record of 15:10.47

Freshman Jimmy Evers won the 110 meter hurdles with a 14.94 second finish, marking the second best time in the Big Sky. Evers’ teammate John LeClerc took fourth with a time of 15.26.

Tritan Invitational

One day after qualifying for the USA junior national championship , freshman Molly Griep achieved in personal record in the shot put, throwing 13.35 meters.

Marking a second-best finish in the Big Sky this season in discus, Shawn Johnson threw 52.80 meters to claim a personal record. In addition, his 16.35 meter throw in shot put was enough to claim fifth place.

Freshman Zachary Olson also threw 44.68 meters in the discus.

The team will return to action Monday at the Cobber Twilight meet in Moorhead, Minn., before the NDSU Tune-Up on May 3rd and the Big Sky Conference Championship May 8-11 in Portland, Ore.

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