TULSA, Okla. – The North Dakota State women's track & field team made it interesting until the very end, but ultimately South Dakota claimed the Summit League team title and the Bison finished second at the Summit League Outdoor Championships.
 
South Dakota scored 243 points to edge NDSU (225) by an 18-point margin. South Dakota State finished a distant third with 136 points. Prior to Saturday, NDSU had won 13 consecutive Summit League outdoor team championships.
 
The Bison women captured two individual event titles Saturday, starting with Amanda Anderson winning the shot put with a season-best throw of 51-11.75 (15.84m). Jodi Lipp defended her Summit League triple jump crown, winning with a lifetime-best 41-10.50 (12.76m) to rank sixth-best in NDSU outdoor history.
 
Lipp led a barrage of team points for the Bison women in the triple jump, as NDSU finished 1-3-4-5 in the event. Alissa Melvin placed third, Daejha Moss was fourth, and Grace Emineth claimed fifth with a personal-best mark of 40-01.50 (12.23m).
 
The Bison were Summit League runners-up in the 4x400m relay with Angel Pratt, Grace Brenner, Nell Graham and Claire Howell in 3:46.16.  Aaliyah Heine, Pratt, Bonet Henderson and Christiana Collins took third in the 4x100m relay in a season-best time of 45.88 that ranks them seventh-fastest in NDSU history.
 
Senior Kelby Anderson finished second in both the 1500m and 5000m for NDSU. Kaleesa Houston earned All-Summit League honors taking third in the 5000m, and freshman Grace Link placed fifth in the 1500m and eighth in the 5000m.
 
Graham took second in the 400m dash final, running 54.91, and seventh in the 200m dash.
 
Sophomore Salmata Korgho earned a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles, clocking a personal-best 1:01.95 in the 400m hurdles.
 
Henderson placed fourth in the 100m dash and took fifth in the 200m dash with a personal-best 24.33. Freshmen Collins (sixth in 200m) and Heine (seventh in 100m) also scored individually in the sprints.
 
Pratt was seventh in the 400m in 57.23, and Howell was eighth in 57.51.
 
Kelby Anderson was named the Championships Track MVP for scoring 26 points in the running events. Amanda Anderson totaled 22 points in the throws, tying for the most points by any athlete in the field events.