DeMar, Moton Establish Nationally Ranked Marks at Nebraska

Saturday, January 26

Lincoln, Neb.

11:30 a.m.

North Dakota State

Mark Colligan Memorial

Photo by: Richard Svaleson

DeMar, Moton Establish Nationally Ranked Marks at Nebraska

1/26/2019 8:05:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Complete Results

LINCOLN, Neb. – Senior jumper Bailey DeMar and redshirt freshman thrower Akealy Moton recorded national top-25 marks to highlight the performances by the North Dakota State women's track & field team at Nebraska's Mark Colligan Memorial Saturday.

DeMar put up a huge personal-best in the triple jump, leaping 41-11.25 (12.78m) to rank second in NDSU history behind only Olympian Amanda Smock. DeMar now stands 25th on the NCAA performance list this season.

The Bison women swept the top four places in the shot put and weight throw. In the shot, Bailey Retzlaff, Moton, Maggie Schwarzkopf and Shelby Gunnells all surpassed 50 feet, 6 inches, with Retzlaff winning at 53-11.00 (16.43m).

Moton moved up to fourth all-time at NDSU in the indoor shot put, throwing 53-05.00 (16.28m). She's now No. 19 in the NCAA this season. Bison junior Maggie Schwarzkopf threw a career-best 51-04.25 (15.65m), moving up to No. 6 in NDSU history and 32nd in the nation this season.

In the weight throw, junior Maddy Nilles went 67-03.50 (20.51m) to win and lead the Bison sweep of the top four places.

Kelsey Laufenberg posted a personal-best 64-03.25 (19.59m), ranking sixth all-time at NDSU. Shelby Gunnells had a big personal-best of 60-09.25 (18.52m), adding 17 inches to her previous top mark.

Senior Annika Rotvold won the 3,000m in 9:41.70. Senior Katie Bostrom won the mile, running the second-fastest time of her career in 4:56.91.

Paige Harris, Grace Zimmerman, Gracie Wright and Alyssa Lind teamed up to run a season-best 3:51.65 in the 4x400m relay, taking runner-up honors.

Sophomore Daejha Moss placed second in the long jump (19-00.75 / 5.81m) and tied for second in the high jump (5-05.25 / 1.66m).

Bison sophomore Peyton Frolek was the 800m runner-up in 2:14.17, and freshman Erin Valgardson finished fourth in 2:17.82. Wright took second in the 600m in a time of 1:36.04.

Lind ran an indoor 400m personal-best of 57.60 for fifth place, and Zimmerman was sixth in 58.00. Alaysia Freetly ran a career-best 5:05.29 in the mile for seventh place.