NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The North Dakota State women’s track & field team wrapped up competition at two meets on Saturday, with performances in the 60m dash, triple jump and 3000m headlining the day for the Bison.
A majority of the NDSU athletes competed at the Music City Challenge hosted by Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
Sophomore Anika Larson set a new personal-best twice in the 60m dash – 7.45 in the semifinals and 7.41 in the final for third place. She ranks second-fastest in NDSU history. Freshman Nyariek Kur won the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 41-7 (12.67m), standing at No. 4 in NDSU indoor history. Senior Grace Emineth took second in the triple jump, also leaping 41-7 (12.67m) for the second-best mark of her career.
Reagan Baesler cut more than six seconds off her personal-best in the 3000m, clocking 9:26.91 for fourth place in the meet. She climbed to No. 3 on the NDSU all-time list behind only NCAA All-Americans Erin Teschuk and Jennie Baragar-Petrash. Senior Grace Link ran a personal-best 9:37.64 in the 3000m, ranking eighth in NDSU history.
Reese Rogowski ran 55.14 for a new personal-best in the 400m dash, standing at No. 10 on the all-time NDSU indoor list. Kaci Cooper ran a personal-best 55.21, ranking her 11th in NDSU indoor history. Allie Niska also clocked an indoor 400m PR of 55.22 for fifth place in the meet. Kate LeBlanc ran an indoor 800m personal-best of 2:11.06. Acey Elkins ran a personal-best 2:15.11, and freshman Jaelyn Miller clocked an indoor PR of 2:15.74.
Sydney Arndt took 10th place in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.41.
At the SDSU Indoor Classic in Brookings, S.D., Soraya Espino recorded a big 400m dash PR of 55.90, taking fourth place. Kendal Stingle ran a personal-best 400m time of 57.61.