MOORHEAD, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Women's Track and Field team came away with eight top-five finishes, highlighted by a pair of second-place results by Tierra Doss Saturday at the Ron Masanz Classic.
Doss hit a new season-best distance in the discus of 141-9 to come in second. She then added another runner-up result in the shot put of 45-3.5.
The 4x100 relay team of Olivia Olson, Abbie Disbrow, Natalie Fultz and Abby Syverson came in second with a time of 50.38.
Olson and Anastasia Klein each cleared 10-00.50 in the pole vault with Olson coming in second and Klein in fourth. Olson then added another top-five finish coming in fourth in the 100-meter with a time of 12.63.
Syverson hit a new personal-best in the 200-meter coming in third with a time of 26.13.
Callie Ressler rounded out the group of top-five finishes coming in fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 13:07.70 for a new PR.
The Beavers had four total competitors in the 100-meter in addition to Olson, Fultz came in seventh with a time of 12.95, Lily Johnson was right behind in eighth with a time of 13.42 and Amanda Smith in 12th with a time of 13.84.
Fultz just missed a top-five finish in the 200-meter behind Syverson coming in sixth with a time of 26.87 for a new PR. Josie Aitken was right behind in seventh with a new PR time of 27.09. Johnson came in 11th with a new PR time of 28.30.
Syverson and Aitken both competed in the 400-meter with Syverson coming in sixth with a time of 1:01.06 and Aitken in seventh with a time of 1:02.79.
Maggie McCarthy placed sixth in the 800-meter with a time of 2:32.72.
Carol Miller posted a time of 5:09.89 to come in 11th in the 1,500-meter. Nadia Vaughn hit a new PR time of 5:12.02 in the event to place 14th.
Zayda Priebe collected a new PR in the discus reaching a distance of 127-02. Cassidy Schmidt had a throw of 106-04 to come in 13th. Alyssa Hill placed 19th with a throw of 101-02 and Alexis Gehrig came in 23rd with a time of 96-00.
Fultz cleared 4-10.25 in the high jump to come in ninth.
Amanda Smith led the Beavers in the javelin coming in 10th with a new PR distance of 97-10. Mikenna Pattrin came in 12th hitting a distance of 94-08. Johnson tallied a new PR with a distance of 85-08. Gehrig added a new PR distance of 78-00 to come in 17th.
Hill hit a new PR distance in the shot put reaching 36-04.75 to come in 10th. Pattrin was right behind in 11th with a distance of 35-02.50. Priebe came in 12th with a distance of 34-02.25. It was a new PR distance for Schmidt reaching 32-00.25 to come in 17th.
The Beavers will return to action this coming Friday when they will compete in the NDSU Tune Up in Fargo, N.D.
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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).
