GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics Center) -- The 4x400-meter relay team of Janice Cole, Maryse Mbenoun, Rachel Myers and Skyler Tillery broke the Bemidji State University indoor track & field record in the event Saturday as BSU competed at the UND Indoor Open in Grand Forks, N.D.

The 4x400m relay finished first in the event with a BSU record time of 3:58.00 on a 300m track, breaking the previous record set in 2019. Mbenoun also earned an individual event win in the 600m run, entering the season as the reining 600m champion in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Mbenoun took first in the run with a time of 1:37.08, less than two seconds off her BSU record.

Bemidji State totaled 10 top-five finishes and 17 top-10, including third-place finishes from sophomore sprinter Alaina Hall in the 60m dash and sophomore distance runner Carol Miller in the 1,000m run. In total, BSU saw 18 personal records fall.

RESULTS
UND Indoor Open – Saturday, Jan. 29
60m Dash (Prelims)
2 Alaina Hall – 7.81Q
10 Shackera Douglas – 8.05 (PR)
18 Olivia Olson – 8.36
21 Sarah Hill – 8.61

60m Dash (Prelims)
3 Alaina Hall – 7.81

200m Dash
10 Makayla Lewis – 26.46 (PR)
11 Rachel Myers – 26.56 (PR)
15 Skyler Tillery – 27.08 (PR)
16 Shackera Douglas – 27.15

400m Dash
8 Janice Cole – 1:01.03
10 Abby Syverson – 1:02.25 (PR)
14 Makayla Lewis – 1:03.49 (PR)
17 Lily Johnson – 1:06.66 (PR)

600m Run
1 Maryse Mbenoun – 1:37.08
4 Ryne Prigge – 1:41.82 (PR)

1000m Run
3 Amanda Hernesman - 3:25.33 (PR)
4 Carol Miller - 3:30.06 (PR)

3000m Run
5 Mary Goodwin – 11:06.33 (PR)

4x400m Relay
1 Janice Cole, Skyler Tillery, Maryse Mbenoun, Rachel Myers – 3:58.00 (BSU Record *300m Track)
5 Abby Syverson, Lily Johnson, Carol Miller, Ryne Prigge – 4:22.50

Long Jump
9 Alaina Hall – 5.23m/17-02.00

Triple Jump
6 Analise Fabre – 11.07m/36-04.00

Shot Put
6 Tierra Doss – 12.41m/40-08.75
18 Kristen Rasmussen – 10.18m/33-04.75
19 Mikenna Pattrin – 10.14m/33-03.25 (PR)

Weight Throw
11 Rafaela Rafajlovska – 13.30m/43-07.75 (PR)
12 Mikenna Pattrin – 13.22m/43-04.50 (PR)
18 Kristen Rasmussen – 12.07m/39-07.25

Pole Vault
4 Anastasia Klein – 3.25m/10-08.00 (PR)
7 Megan Judge – 3.10m/10-02.00
11 Olivia Olson – 2.65m/8-08.25

Discus 
4 Tierra Doss – 40.02m/131-03 (PR)
15 Mikenna Pattrin – 27.69m/90-10

Pentathlon (60m Hurdles)
11 Emily Curtice – 10.39 (PR)
14 Natalie Fultz – 10.56

Pentathlon (High Jump)
7 Natalie Fultz – 1.52m/4-11.75
10 Emily Curtice – 1.46m/4-09.50

Pentathlon (Long Jump)
13 Emily Curtice – 4.46m/14-07.75 (PR)

Pentathlon (Shot Put)
3 Emily Curtice – 10.86m/35-07.75
14 Natalie Fultz – 7.48m/24-06.50

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Nestled in Northern Minnesota's wooded region and located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).

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