Another Record Falls, PRs Plenty for the Bulldogs in the Mayday Classic Saturday
Another school record fell Saturday and there were plenty of PRs to go around for the University of Minnesota Duluth men's and women's indoor track meets at the Maday Classic in the Dr. Lydia C. Thering Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Superior in Superior, Wis.
The men's 4x1600 meter relay run by Owen Dickenson, Mikey Kvaal, Nick Jacobson and Jordan Gruenes set a Bulldog program record, as well as a facility record with a time of 17:38:00. That run was under UMD's previous record of 17:48:88 set six years ago on the very same track by Christian Leonard, Luke Lahr, Cody Sedbrook and Josh Peterson.
On the women's side, UMD went 1-2 in the 60 meter hurdles with both winner Chloey Evans (8.15) and runner-up Jacqi Rae (9.39) setting PRs in their race.
Overall, four runners from the women's track team won their events – Rachel Boelke in the 400 meters (1:01.46), Savannah Schley in the 800 meters (2:15:66), Megan Gilles in the 200 meters (26:23) and Julie Rademacher in the 5.000 meters (19:42:74). UMD also won the 4x4 relay with a time of 4:09:74, run by Kate Fitzgerald, Gilles, Aften Robinson and Marybeth Matthews.
In the field events, Erin Steinman won the women's long jump with a jump of 5.01m, while Rae won the shot put with a throw of 12.82.
On the men's track, two runners ran to the top of the podium, including Sam Blomberg in the 60 meter hurdles (8.59) and Nathan Brandt with a time of 2:40:63 in the 1000 meters. The men's 4x4 relay also ran to a first place finish – Ted Rogers, Brady Johnson, Bereket Loer and Alexander Croston ran a season best 3:26:53 in the win.
Eli Bickek added a Bulldog win in the men's weight throw with a throw of 18.03m.
Here is the full down of top-two finishes for the Bulldogs on Saturday –
Top 2 (Non-PR) Performances
Men's 4x1600 Meter Relay
Facility record: Dickenson, Kvaal, Jacobson, Gruenes (Event Winner)
Men's 1 Mile
Alex Heidorn 4:30.6 (Event Runner- Up)
Women's 400 Meter
Rachel Boelke 1:01.46 (Event Winner)
Men's 60m Hurdles
Sam Blomberg 8.59 (Event Winner)
Ian McKowen 9.03 (Event Runner-Up)
60m Hurdles
Emily Anderson 8.17 (Event Runner-Up)
Men's 1000m
Nathaniel Brandt 2:40.63 (Event Winner)
Women's 800 Meter
Savannah Schley 2:15.66 (Event Winner)
Francine Seidel 2:17.04 (Event Runner-Up)
Men's 800 Meter
Men's 200 Meter
Brady Johnson 22.71 (Event Runner-Up)
Women's 5000 Meter
Julia Rademacher 19:42.74 (Event Winner)
Men's 5000 Meter
Zack Anderson 16:43.53 (Event Runner-Up)
Women's 4x4 Meter Relay
Fitzgerald, Gilles, Robinson, Matthews 4:09.74 (Event Winner)
Men's 4x4 Meter Relay
Rogers, Johnson, Loer, Croston 3:26.53 (Event Winner)
Women's Long Jump
Erin Steinman 5.01m (Event Winner)
Women's Shot Put
Jacqi Rae 12.82m (Event Winner)
Sabrina Segar 11.82m (Event Runner-Up)
Men's Shot Put
Colton Kostynick 15.85m (Event Runner-Up)
Women's Weight Throw
Kayce Gielski 15.85m (Event Runner-Up)
Men's Weight Throw
Eli Bicek 18.03m (Event Winner)
Jackson Weston 16.9m (Event Runner-Up)
Saturday PRs –
Women's 60m Hurdles
Jacqi Rae 9.39 (Event Runner-Up)
Women's 60 Meter
Chloey Evans 8.15 (Event Winner)
Women's 800 Meter
Ellie Hanowski 2:20.95
Women's 5000 Meter
Katie McConkey 20:14.37
Women's High Jump
Jacqi Rae 1.48m
Women's Shot Put
Justine Carsrud 11.0m
Svea Smestad 10.95m
Women's Weight Throw
Madeline Klun 15.42m
Players Mentioned
Players Mentioned
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