The Northwestern College track and field team competed at the John Dalton Invite in Vermillion,S.D. Saturday afternoon and three Raider athletes and one relay team turned in top five performances. The meet was hosted by the University of South Dakota.
Corrie Fautsch placed fourth in the 600m run with a time of 1:41.23 while teammates Krystina Smith (1:45.6) and Teresa Scholten (1:45.7) placed ninth and 10th, respectively. Stacey Dietrich crossed the finish line in fourth place in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.47. Shannon Bowar finished 15th in the same event with a time 10.39. Ana Morgan turned in the other top five performance, placing fifth in the 400m with a time of 1:02. The women's 4x400 relay team turned in the best finish of the meet, placing second with a time of 4:09.68. Relay members include: Dietrich, Morgan, Fautsch and Smith. Other top finishers for the women's team include: Leslie Stover (10th) in the 800m with a time of 2:32.37, Rebecca Wiggins (10th) in the 1,000m with a time of 3:29.5, Jenna Sorensen (8th) and Corrine Muyskens (10th) in the one mile with times of 5:39.5 and 5:53, Jana Olson (10th) in the pole vault (10-00) and Kara Den Herder (9th) in the weight throw with a toss of 45-04.25.
The men's team turned in six top 15 performances, led by freshman Brandon Schuler who placed seventh in the 1000m with a time of 2:41.6. Andy Norris placed 10th in the 800m with a time of 2:04.11 and Nick Tjeerdsma finished 14th in the 600m with a time of 1:28.4. Jesse Baldwin (14th) finished the one mile in 4:51.25 while the men's 4x400m relay team placed 10th with a time of 3:36.19. Team members include Kyle Sauter, Brandon Hammack, Mark Johnson and Taylor Hoekstra. In the field events, Derrious Johnson led the way with a 10th place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 40-02.25.
Northwestern will compete in the Dordt Invite next weekend in their final tune-up before the conference championship on Feb. 20.
Here is a link to the results: Results
