ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The Southwest Minnesota State University women's and men's track & field teams had a strong two days at the Red Raider Open hosted by Northwestern College on Friday and Saturday.
In the women's meet, Kim Shabino placed fourth in the 200 meter dash (25.65) and fifth in the 100 meter dash (12.51), while Eisha Oden finished seventh in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:02.35.
Naomi Dalton finished sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 40.92m, seventh in the shot put (12.31m) and eighth in the discus (39.59m).
Samantha McNeel recorded a jump of 5.17m to place eighth in the long jump.
Rylee Armstrong earned a third place mark in the triple jump with a mark of 11.29. In the heptathlon Armstrong placed third with 3,821 points. She finished second in the high jump (1.53m), long jump (5.25m), shot put (10.13m) and javelin (31.78m) and was third in the 200 meter dash (28.42).
SMSU's 4x100 relay team of Alycia Hohenstein, Kim Shabino, Samantha McNeel and Eisha Oden placed fifth with a time of 51.14.
On the men's side, SMSU had three individual capture first place finishes with one stadium record.
Will Hanson won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.31,
Dallin Finley won the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.80, while
Zach Jones won the triple jump with a stadium record mark of 13.88m.
Alex Weis earned a second place finish in hammer throw recording a throw of 48.10m and was fifth in the discus 46.43m.
Alejandro Sanchez was second in the 800 meters with a time of 1:59.18,
Lucas Woods was second in the long jump (6.59m) and also placed second in the triple jump (12.95m).
Austin LaFollette also placed second with a 57.95 in the 400 meter hurdles.
Albert Rogalski (6.40m) and
Zach Jones (6.34m) placed fifth and sixth respectively in the long jump.
Chris Kveseth was sixth in the 800 meters crossing the line at 1:59.92, with
Alex Bloomquist placing 10th at 2:01.71.
Michael Rivera earned an eighth place mark in the 200 meters at 22.57 and was also sixth in the 100 meter dash at 11.04.
Ben Ryan also had a solid 200 meter race placing fifth with a time of 10.99.
Jordan Flinn earned a fourth place mark in the hammer throw at 47.20m, while in the shot put,
Ben Tonsager was fifth (14.86m) and Weis finished sixth (14.33) overall. Weis also finished fifth in the discus with a throw of 46.43m.
In the 5,000 meters,
Evan Bonneson finished eighth with a time of 15:59.21.
SMSU's 4x100 relay team of Rivera, Finley, Ryan and Hanson crossed the finish line in second place with a time of 43.73, while the 4x400 relay squad of Finley, Kveseth, LaFollette and Sanchez earned a second place finish with time of 3:26.29.
Southwest Minnesota State returns to action on April 16-18 at the University of Kansas Relays and the Sioux City Relays on April 17-18.
