Bison Women Clock Fastest 4x400m Relay Since 2014, Miss NCAA Championships by One Place

Saturday, May 28

Lawrence, Kan.

9 a.m.

North Dakota State Athletics

NCAA West Preliminary Rounds - Day Three

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Bison Women Clock Fastest 4x400m Relay Since 2014, Miss NCAA Championships by One Place

5/28/2016 4:30:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The North Dakota State women's track & field team capped competition at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds on Saturday afternoon with one of the fastest 4x400m relay performances in school history.

Melissa Kitching, Morgan Milbrath, Alexis Woods and Rose Jackson placed 13th in the 4x400m relay with a season-best time of 3:35.67. The quartet now ranks third all-time at NDSU in the event after running the fastest time since the Bison All-American relay team of 2014.

With the top 12 relay teams from the West Region advancing to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., the Bison women missed a bid by only one place and 0.31 seconds. Oklahoma took 12th in 3:35.36.

Kitching is a senior, Milbrath and Jackson are juniors, and Woods is a sophomore.

The NDSU women's throwers, who had more entries at the NCAA Prelims than any team in the country, also wrapped up competition on Saturday. Junior Courtney Pasiowitz was the highest finisher, taking 21st in the shot put with a throw of 51-11.75 (15.84m).

Bison junior Katelyn Weimerskirch completed her second and third events of the NCAA West Prelims, placing 22nd in the discus at 164-4 (50.09m) and 34th in the shot put at 48-10.25 (14.89m).

Freshman Shelby Gunnells took 36th in the shot put in her NCAA Prelims debut after entering the meet ranked 47th, throwing 48-06.75 (14.80m). Freshman Maddy Nilles was 39th in the discus.

Nilles concludes her first collegiate season ranked No. 2 all-time at NDSU in the discus, and Gunnells is fifth in school history in the shot put.

NDSU senior Erin Teschuk will be the lone representative for the Bison women at the NCAA Championships, competing in the semifinals of the 3,000m steeplechase on Thursday, June 9.