ST. PAUL, Minn. – It was a solid Saturday for the Bemidji State University Women's Track and Field team coming away with 13 top-five results to highlight the Holst Invitational in St. Paul, Minn.
Natalie Fultz was close to her personal-best time in the 400-meter when she won the event with a time of 1:00.85 to come in first. Abby Syverson was right behind Fultz as they almost crossed at the same time when Syverson came in second with a new PR time of 1:00.90.
Fultz and Syverson then teamed with Olivia Olson and Abbie Disbrow to win the 4x100 relay with a time of 51.12.
Tierra Doss hit a new season-best in the discus hitting a mark of 135-00 to come in third. She also placed second in the shot put with a throw of 44-00.50. Following Doss in the discus, Zayda Priebe hit a big new PR reaching a distance of 119-03 to come in seventh. Alyssa Hill was right behind in ninth with a throw of 116-00. Cassidy Schmidt hit a mark of 96-00 and Alexis Gehrig had a throw of 88-00. In addition to Doss in the shot put, Priebe placed 11th hitting a distance of 35-06.00. Hill reached a mark of 32-03.00 and Schmidt added a throw of 30-05.00.
Lexi Erickson came in runner-up in the 800-meter with a time of 2:23.88. Erickson also competed in the high jump clearing 4-11 to come in fifth. Fultz also entered in the high jump clearing the same mark of 4-11 to end up ninth.
It was a new personal-best for Maggie McCarthy in the 3,000-meter steeplechase posting a time of 12:37.61 to come in fourth. Nadia Vaughn added a PR time as well coming in sixth at 12:47.38.
Anastasia Klein came in fourth to lead the Beavers in the pole vault clearing 10-08. Olson came in seventh with a mark of 10-02.
Syverson and Fultz competed in the 200-meter and nearly posted identical times. Syverson crossed at 27.15 for a new personal-best to place fifth, while Fultz came in sixth with a time of 27.23.
Olson posted a new PR in the 100-meter with a time of 12.83 to place fifth. Disbrow came in 11th with a time of 13.56.
Mary Goodwin came in fifth in the 1,500-meter with a time of 4:52.68. Carol Miller added a time of 5:14.76.
Disbrow came in fifth in the triple jump reaching a distance of 32-06.25.
Mikenna Pattrin led the Beavers in the hammer with a throw of 136-10 to come in 12th. Gehrig added a throw of 129-04 and Schmidt reached a distance of 88-11.
Pattrin also competed in the javelin coming in seventh with a throw of 101-00. Amanda Smith hit a new personal-best with a throw of 79-06. Gehrig reached a distance of 70-09.
The Beavers will now get set to compete in the Drake Relays and the Ron Masanz Classic this coming week.
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association 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).
