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Freshman Emily Asuncion (15.65 seconds) and sophomore Kaitlyn Jensen (15.98) each set personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles, finishing in second and third place, respectively, to lead the Warriors to a second-place finish out of eight teams at the Esten Challenge.
The poor weather, the extended delay at the beginning of the meet and the shorter stoppages throughout weren’t anything WSU wasn’t used to.
“The Augustana meet was cold and windy, the Oshkosh meed was cold, and the Eau Claire meet was canceled because of snow,” WSU coach Mason Rebarchek said. “Welcome to track and field in the Midwest.
“We had a lot of cold, wet people, but you have to do what you have to do.”
Nicci Johnson (58.7) placed second and Jennifer Bradford (58.35) third in the 400-meter dash. Jensen also finished third in the long jump (4.98 meters).
Chris Fisette placed second in the triple jump (13.26 meters), and John Vallez finished sixth in the 5,000 run (15:51.60) to lead the St. Mary’s University men’s team to a seventh-place finish.
Sara Harstad finished third in the shot put (11.68 meters), and freshman Brittan Kuehn placed seventh in the 400 dash (61.27) to lead the SMU women to an eight-place finish.
Women’s golf
NSIC Tournament
Yankton, S.D. — The Winona State Universy women’s golf team wrapped up the four-day — two in the fall and two in the spring — Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament with a third-place, 1,341-stroke finish.
Megan Placko shot an 81 Friday at the par 72 Fox Run Golf Club and finished third overall with a four-day total of 315. She shot 161 on the weeked.
Tara Christensen finished 10th overall (324).
Women’s tennis
SMU 6, UW-River Falls 3
In a nonconference matchup, SMU played just well enough to get by.
Toni Troumbly, Brittney Nielsen and Colleen Radermacher picked up singles wins, while the Cardinals swept doubles play. Val Meschke and Sara Clements won their match 8-0.
