Thursday, April 13
Long Beach, Calif.
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4/13/2023 10:03:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The North Dakota State women's track & field team opened three days of competition in southern California with a pair of meets on Thursday.
At the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate hosted by Long Beach State, Kendra Kelley ran a career-best 23.69 in the 200m dash to take second in the meet and rank third-fastest in NDSU history. She also placed fifth in the 100m dash, clocking 11.69 for the second-fastest time of her career.
Terezia Bolibruch took third in the 100m hurdles at Long Beach in 13.69. Salmata Korgho placed fourth, tying her personal-best time of 13.75.
Bailee Dierks ran a personal-best 13.78 in the 100m hurdles, moving up to seventh-fastest in NDSU history. She also took fifth in the 400m hurdles in 1:01.24.
Nell Graham clocked 1:01.54 in her 400m hurdles debut. Angel Pratt ran 1:03.08 for the second-fastest time of her career.
Freshman Julia Gherardi cleared a season-best 12-10 (3.91m) in the pole vault, ranking her sixth in NDSU outdoor history.
Senior Alissa Melvin placed third to lead the Bison women in the triple jump at 39-10.75 (12.16m). Jodi Lipp finished fifth at 39-06.75 (12.06m), and Grace Emineth was sixth at 39-02.25 (11.94m).
Jenna Parent placed fifth in the long jump with a mark of 19-04.75 (5.91m). Merrideth Spiers threw 152-0 (46.34m) in the discus for the second-best mark of her career.
At the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific, Alexis Roehl ran a career-best 10:52.62 in the 3000m steeplechase to rank ninth on the NDSU all-time list. She cut 16 seconds off her previous best.
Competition will continue Friday and Saturday at Long Beach State and Azusa Pacific.
At the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate hosted by Long Beach State, Kendra Kelley ran a career-best 23.69 in the 200m dash to take second in the meet and rank third-fastest in NDSU history. She also placed fifth in the 100m dash, clocking 11.69 for the second-fastest time of her career.
Terezia Bolibruch took third in the 100m hurdles at Long Beach in 13.69. Salmata Korgho placed fourth, tying her personal-best time of 13.75.
Bailee Dierks ran a personal-best 13.78 in the 100m hurdles, moving up to seventh-fastest in NDSU history. She also took fifth in the 400m hurdles in 1:01.24.
Nell Graham clocked 1:01.54 in her 400m hurdles debut. Angel Pratt ran 1:03.08 for the second-fastest time of her career.
Freshman Julia Gherardi cleared a season-best 12-10 (3.91m) in the pole vault, ranking her sixth in NDSU outdoor history.
Senior Alissa Melvin placed third to lead the Bison women in the triple jump at 39-10.75 (12.16m). Jodi Lipp finished fifth at 39-06.75 (12.06m), and Grace Emineth was sixth at 39-02.25 (11.94m).
Jenna Parent placed fifth in the long jump with a mark of 19-04.75 (5.91m). Merrideth Spiers threw 152-0 (46.34m) in the discus for the second-best mark of her career.
At the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific, Alexis Roehl ran a career-best 10:52.62 in the 3000m steeplechase to rank ninth on the NDSU all-time list. She cut 16 seconds off her previous best.
Competition will continue Friday and Saturday at Long Beach State and Azusa Pacific.
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