MEET RESULTS

ORANGE CITY , Iowa – The Southwest Minnesota State University women's and men's outdoor track & field teams finished competition at the two-day Red Raider Open hosted by Northwestern College on Thursday.
 
For the women, Samantha McNeel led SMSU earning a third place finish with a time of 1:08.72 in the 400-meter hurdles and also finished fourth in the long jump with a mark of 5.14m (16-10.50).
 
Rylee Armstrong, who won the high jump in the heptathlon with a jump of 1.55m, finished third overall in the heptathlon with 3,363 points.  
 
Amanda Grengs finished in sixth place in the 1500-meter with a time of 5:06.58, while Nia Buom recorded an eighth place finish with a time of 1:06.81 in the 400-meter.
 
On the men's side, SMSU's Kelly Fitzsimmons captured first place in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:41.59.
 
Anthony Dean picked up a second place finish in both the long jump, with a mark of 6.29m (20-07.75) and the triple jump with leap of 13.32m (43-08.50).
 
Alejandro Sanchez had a strong showing in the 400-meter finishing second with a mark of 49.11, while Austin LaFollette also recorded a second place finish 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.96.
 
Dallin Finley finished third in both the 100-meter and 200-meter with times of 11.28 and 22.31 respectively. Ben Tonsager also finished third in the shot put with a throw of 15.02m (49-03.50).
 
SMSU's 4x800 meter relay team (O.J. Ojullu, Chris Kveseth, Sanchez and Fitzsimmons) earned a third place finish with a time of 8:09.2, while the Mustangs' 4x400 meter relay team (LaFollette, Chris Kveseth, O.J. Ojullu and Sanchez) earned a fourth place finish out of 15 teams with a time of 3:21.40.
 
Southwest Minnesota State returns to action on April 26 at the Gustavus – Drake Alternative Meet in St. Peter, Minn.