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Bison Women Win 4 of 5 Events on Opening Day of Summit League Meet

2/27/2021 9:47:00 PM

Day 1 Results
Day 2 Program


BROOKINGS, S.D. – Five events were finalized on Saturday at the Summit League Indoor Track & Field Championships, and the North Dakota State women won four of them. The Bison have 78 points in the team standings, outpacing second-place South Dakota with 36.
 
NDSU senior Amy Herrington launched a lifetime-best 70-05.00 (21.46m) to win the weight throw, ranking second-best in NDSU history and potentially qualifying for the NCAA Championships in two weeks.
 
Bison senior Jennie Baragar-Petrash took first in the 3,000m in a personal-best time of 9:17.30, winning by a margin of 17 seconds and ranking second in school history.
 
On her final attempt in the long jump, Jodi Lipp went for a career-best 19-05.25 (5.92m) to win the Summit League title.
 
Alliana Houfek, Katie Bye, Peyton Frolek and Erin Valgardson won the distance medley relay title in 11:54.02, ranking ninth-fastest in NDSU history. The Bison won by a 10-second margin.
 
The Bison women turned in a dominant performance in the weight throw, finishing 1-3-4-5-7. Behind Herrington, senior Tasha Willing took third with a personal-best 66-03.00 (20.19m), junior Amanda Anderson was fourth at 64-10.50 (19.77m), and sophomore Rebecca Tomann was fifth at 61-09.50 (18.83m). Akealy Moton competed in the weight throw for the first time this season, and placed seventh with a personal-best mark of 60-06.50 (18.45m).
 
NDSU posted a 1-3-4-8 finish in the long jump for 22 team points. After Lipp, Daejha Moss was third at 19-02.00 (5.84m), freshman Grace Emineth was fourth at 19-01.25 (5.82m), and Jenna Kes was eighth.
 
Kes took third place in the pentathlon for all-league honors, scoring 3,497 points.
 
NDSU sophomore Kaleesa Houston came across sixth in the 3000m, running an 11-second PR of 9:54.47.
 
The NDSU women also loaded up Sunday's finals on the track, with plenty of Bison advancing through the preliminary rounds.
 
Three Bison clocked personal-best times in the 60m hurdles prelims, and all three advanced to Sunday's final – Ansley Schug in 8.52, Bailee Dierks in 8.71, and Salmata Korgho in 8.74. The trio now rank third-, sixth-, and eighth-fastest in NDSU history.
 
Nell Graham (personal-best 56.26), Alyssa Lind (56.88) and Grace Zimmerman (57.31) all advanced to the 400m dash final. Frolek posted the top time in the 800m prelims at 2:12.13, and Bye (2:13.58) joined her in advancing to the final.
 
Sophomore Kendra Kelley (24.53) and Jenna Kes (24.99) both clocked personal-bests in the 200m dash prelims to advance to the final. Kelley also qualified to the 60m dash final with a time of 7.75.
 
Action resumes on Sunday with the men's heptathlon 60m hurdles at 9:30 a.m. Field events start at 11:30 a.m. and noon, and running events begin at 1 p.m.
 
 
 
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