MARQUETTE, Mich. – After another successful performance at the rainy Ashton May Invite last weekend, the Northern Michigan Track & Field team will be back in action this Friday and Saturday, April 10-11, at the UW-Oshkosh Titan Invite in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The meet will open on Friday at 11:30 a.m. ET with the Heptathlon. On Saturday, the heptathlon will resume at 11 a.m., field events will begin at 11:30 a.m., and track events will start at noon.
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Last Time Out
The Wildcats competed at the Ashton May Invitational last week, where they delivered one victory and 14 top-five finishes under cold and rainy conditions.
NMU's victory came from senior
Beverly Harper in the 800m, while the Green and Gold collected three second-place finishes and five more in third.
In the 800m, Harper secured a victory with a time of 2:15.73.
Northern saw success in the 5000m, as
Madi Szymanski finished in second place with a time of 17:07.10. Right behind her was
Sophia Potter with a time of 17:12.23 in third. In the 1500m, Ella Debruyn finished in third with a time of 4:43.04.
In the 3000m steeplechase, Dani VanLente was third with a time of 11:35.02.
NMU also impressed in the triple jump. The 'Cats swept second through fifth as
Alayna Vandegriff had a distance of 10.49m, followed by
Allison Schinke at 10.05m.
In the hammer throw,
Danielle Lund finished in second place with a distance of 52.71m. In the discus throw, Lund threw a distance of 40.49m, which secured her third place.
Last Season at the Titan Invite
Northern collected eight first-place finishes at last season's Titan Invite.
Anya VanSweden (3000m steeplechase) was amongst the winners with a time of 11:36.94. She outran the rest of the competition by at least 40 seconds. The Green and Gold had 11 other top-three finishes throughout the meet.
The Wildcats dominated the 1500m by grabbing each of the top-five spots. The team also took home a first-place finish in the 4x100 relay, finishing at 49.10.
A Word From Coach Jenny Ryan
"Despite the conditions, our throwers actually performed very well. Normally, the performances would go down a little bit, especially in throwing and sprinting, because of the risk of injury and pulling a muscle in that cold weather, but they were all competing so hard in suboptimal conditions for those short events. Overall, we had some really good results, and a couple of distance runners did really well in the 5K despite the rain and cold throughout the duration of the events."
