FARGO, N.D. (Shelly Ellig Indoor Track & Field Facility) -- Senior mid-distance runner Maryse Mbenoun broke the Bemidji State University track & field 500-meter dash record as the team competed at the NDSU Open in Fargo, N.D., Friday and Saturday.

Mbenoun earned an event win in the 500m dash with a time of 1:17.83, breaking Shelby McCrady's record of 1:18.37 set in 2004. Also earning an event win for the Beavers was freshman Amanda Hernesman in the 1000m run with a time of 3:26.40.

The Beavers finished with 11 top-five finishes, including a second-place finish by freshman Carol Miller in the 1000m run with a personal record time of 3:27.44. Junior Lily Johnson earned a third-place finish in the 500m run with a personal record time of 1:29.52 while sophomore Mary Goodwin took third in the 3000m run with a personal record time of 11:03.46.

Sophomore Alaina Hall finished fourth in the 60m dash finals with a time of 7.79 while sophomore Rachel Myers set a personal record with a fourth-place time of 42.00 in the 300m dash.

In total, the Beavers saw 28 personal records fall in the meet.

Bemidji State will compete next on Saturday, Feb. 12 at the NSIC Challenge hosted by Minnesota State University, Mankato in Mankato, Minn.

RESULTS
NDSU Open – Friday, Feb. 4
60m Dash (Qualifying)
3 Beatrice Kjelland – 8.01
5 Kendra Ekereke – 8.05 (PR)
6 Shackera Douglas – 8.10
9 Olivia Olson – 8.31
13 Analise Fabre – 8.39 (PR)
14 Sarah Hill – 8.42
23 Amanda Smith – 8.87 (PR)

60m Dash (Prelims)
3 Alaina Hall – 7.80Q
9 Beatrice Kjelland – 8.06
10 Kendra Ekereke – 8.07
14 Olivia Olson – 8.24 (PR)
15 Shackera Douglas – 8.26

60m Dash (Final)
4 Alaina Hall – 7.79

200m Dash
6 Kendra Ekereke – 26.77 (PR)
11 Alaina Hall – 27.03
16 Janice Cole – 27.18
20 Shackera Douglas – 27.57
25 Dynia Lewis – 28.16 (PR)
26 Sarah Hill – 28.19
31 Amanda Smith – 29.16

300m Dash
4 Rachel Myers – 42.00 (PR)
5 Janice Cole – 42.30 (PR)
7 Skyler Tillery – 43.48 (PR)
10 Shackera Douglas – 44.75 (PR)
11 Makayla Lewis – 45.66 (PR)

400m Dash
5 Maryse Mbenoun – 1:00.28 (PR)
7 Rachel Myers – 1:00.56
22 Skyler Tillery – 1:03.13 (PR)
29 Lily Johnson – 1:07.96
30 Makayla Lewis – 1:09.54

500m Run
1 Maryse Mbenoun – 1:17.83 (BSU Record)
3 Lily Johnson – 1:29.52 (PR)

600m Run
11 Abby Syverson – 1:44.18

800m Run
11 Ryne Prigge – 2:23.15

1000m Run
1 Amanda Hernesman – 3:26.40
2 Carol Miller – 3:27.44 (PR)

Mile Run
12 Zoey Mills – 5:49.25
16 Carol Miller – 5:57.43
18 Amanda Hernesman – 6:00.92 (PR)

3000m Run (Unseeded)
3 Mary Goodwin – 11:03.46 (PR)

60m Hurdles
12 Dynia Lewis – 9.58 (PR)
21 Emily Curtice – 10.57
22 Natalie Fultz – 10.70

4x400m Relay
3 Cole, Myers, Tillery, Mbenoun – 4:05.79
6 Goodwin, Mills, Johnson, Syverson – 4:28.71

Distance Medley Relay
2 Goodwin, Mills, Prigge, Syverson – 12:57.48

Pole Vault
11 Megan Judge – 3.06m/10-00.50
11 Anastasia Klein – 3.06m/10-00.50
14 Olivia Olson – 2.76m/9-00.50 (PR)

Long Jump
18 Alaina Hall – 5.14m/16-10.50

Triple Jump
6 Analise Fabre – 11.11m/36-05.50

Shot Put
32 Mikenna Pattrin – 10.42m/34-02.25 (PR)

Weight Throw
18 Mikenna Pattrin – 13.58m/44-06.75 (PR)
21 Rafaela Rafajlovska – 13.33m/43-08.75 (PR)

Pentathlon
12 Emily Curtice – 2,839 (PR)
21 Natalie Fultz – 2,371
26 Aneesa Tucker – 1,751

Pentathlon (60m Hurdles)
11 Aneesa Tucker – 9.80
17 Emily Curtice – 10.25 (PR)
26 Natalie Fultz – 12.68

Pentathlon (High Jump)
7 Natalie Fultz – 1.53m/5-00.25
10 Emily Curtice – 1.50m/4-11.00 (PR)

Pentathlon (Long Jump)
13 Aneesa Tucker – 4.91m/16-01.50
20 Emily Curtice – 4.54m/14-10.75 (PR)
24 Natalie Fultz – 4.39m/14-05.00

Pentathlon (Shot Put)
1 Emily Curtice – 11.03m/36-02.25
16 Aneesa Tucker – 9.03m/29-07.50
24 Natalie Fultz – 7.31m/23-11.75

Pentathlon (800m Run)
3 Natalie Fultz – 2:32.06 (PR)
15 Emily Curtice – 2:45.00 (PR)

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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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