
Photo by: Zachary Lucy
Bison Women Start Fast at SDSU Holiday Open
12/5/2025 10:19:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The North Dakota State women's track & field team swept the throwing event titles and turned in multiple strong performances in the hurdles and sprints at the season-opening SDSU Holiday Open on Friday.
Sophomore Laney Songster won the 60m hurdles in a personal-best 8.48, ranking seventh all-time at NDSU in the event.
NDSU's Riley Quinn and Adison Kapitzke finished 1-2 in the shot put, with Quinn throwing 49-02.50 (15.00m) and Kapitzke at 48-04.75 (14.75m). Grace Steffen won the weight throw title with a mark of 60-10 (18.54m).
Redshirt freshman Paige Renschler clocked a personal-best 7.56 for second place in the 60m dash. She now ranks fifth-fastest in school history.
Junior Anika Larson ran 24.08 for second place in the 200m dash – the second-fastest indoor time of her career.
Marvelous Onwualo ran 8.55 for second place in the 60m hurdles, and freshman Jordyn Davis clocked 8.70 in her collegiate debut.
Sophomore Riika Tirkkonen finished second in the 300m dash with a time of 40.06.
Sophomore Laney Songster won the 60m hurdles in a personal-best 8.48, ranking seventh all-time at NDSU in the event.
NDSU's Riley Quinn and Adison Kapitzke finished 1-2 in the shot put, with Quinn throwing 49-02.50 (15.00m) and Kapitzke at 48-04.75 (14.75m). Grace Steffen won the weight throw title with a mark of 60-10 (18.54m).
Redshirt freshman Paige Renschler clocked a personal-best 7.56 for second place in the 60m dash. She now ranks fifth-fastest in school history.
Junior Anika Larson ran 24.08 for second place in the 200m dash – the second-fastest indoor time of her career.
Marvelous Onwualo ran 8.55 for second place in the 60m hurdles, and freshman Jordyn Davis clocked 8.70 in her collegiate debut.
Sophomore Riika Tirkkonen finished second in the 300m dash with a time of 40.06.
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