MINNEAPOLIS – North Dakota State senior Nell Graham continued her outstanding season with a successful foray into the 800m on Wednesday, headlining the performances of the Bison women's track & field team at the Gary Wilson Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota.
 
Graham ran the 800m in a personal-best 2:09.25 – the fastest time by a Summit League athlete this year. Her previous best in the event was 2:13.73 as part of the pentathlon at the Summit League Indoor Championships this February.
 
Competing unattached, Grace Emineth won the long jump with a mark of 19-10.25 (6.05m) and won the triple jump with a leap of 39-06.50 (12.05m). Redshirt freshman Grace VanErp set a new personal-best in the triple jump, going 38-08.25 (11.79m) for second place.
 
Bison freshman Reese Rogowski took second place in the 400m dash, running 57.30.
 
Sophomore Riley Quinn placed third in the shot put with a mark of 46-00.50 (14.03m). Merrideth Spiers took fourth in the discus with a throw of 147-9 (45.03m).
 
NDSU freshman Logan Harz finished third in the 5,000m with a time of 16:59.69.
 
Julia Gherardi cleared 12-04.75 (3.78m) in the pole vault for fourth place.
 
Freshman Kendal Stingle ran 1:04.36 for fifth place in the 400m hurdles.
 
Hope Stein and Tay Rude both cleared 5-01.25 (1.56m) in the high jump, placing sixth and seventh overall.
 
Sydney Arndt placed sixth in the 100m hurdles, clocking 14.48 in the prelims. Competing unattached, Sophia Truscott took eighth place with a new PR of 15.18 in the prelims.