MACOMB, Ill. – The North Dakota State women's track & field team extended its nation-best outdoor conference championship streak to 12, claiming another Summit League team title on Friday.
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Counting their 12 straight indoor team championships, the Bison women have now captured 24 consecutive Summit League team titles.
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NDSU scored 255 points over the three-day meet, topping second-place South Dakota (189.5) by 65.5 points. The Bison women won four individual event titles on Friday.
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Junior
Bailey DeMar captured the triple jump crown with a leap of 41-05.00 (12.62m), leading a 1-2-5-6 finish in the event with
Jodi Lipp,
Jenna Kes and
Michaela Baker for 25 team points. Lipp was the runner-up with a personal-best mark of 40-09.00 (12.42m) that now ranks her seventh in NDSU history.
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One day after winning the 10,000m, redshirt freshman
Kelby Anderson claimed the conference title in the 1500m and finished third in the 5000m.
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Junior
Paige Harris took first place in the 400m hurdles, running a big personal-best of 1:00.67 to rank seventh all-time at NDSU. Kes, a sophomore from Jordan, Minn., capped her impressive Summit League meet as the runner-up in the 400m hurdles in a personal-best 1:02.12.
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Bison sophomore
Amanda Anderson captured the Summit League discus title, throwing 168-10 (51.47m). Junior
Bailey Retzlaff placed third.
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Sophomore
Michaela Baker took third in the 100m hurdles, running 13.76 for a new personal-best that ranks third in NDSU history.
Dakota Wood placed seventh in both the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles for the Bison.
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Sophomore
Alyssa Lind earned All-Summit League honors with a third-place finish in the 400m dash, running 55.78. Freshman
Grace Zimmerman was seventh in 57.87.
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Senior
Katie Bostrom finished sixth in the 1500m and eighth in the 800m. Sophomore
Peyton Frolek took sixth in the 800m, and freshman
Rhaeghn Gripentrog took seventh in the 100m.
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