DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's and women's track & field teams will be at the Blue Devil Open on Saturday, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Meet Time
Saturday at Noon
Competing Teams: UW-Stout, Bethany Lutheran, Viterbo, St. Scholastica, Concordia-St. Paul, Northern Michigan (club men, varsity women), Lakeland
-The Saints won five events at last week's Super 8 Open at Bemidji State University.
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Jeremy Peterson (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown HS) won two of those five events, sweeping the throwing competitions. In doing so, he was named the UMAC Athlete of the Week.
- His winning mark in the shot put was 48'1.75" (14.67m), which was only four centimeters shy of tying the program record. He also had a career best mark in the weight throw with a toss of 51'3.5" (15.63m).
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Josh Simmons (Houston, Texas/Jack Yates HS) (60m dash),
Kevin Wagner (Cleveland, Minn./Cleveland HS) (60m hurdles) and
Corey Anderson (Duluth, Minn./Hermantown HS) (high jump) were the other winners for the Saints.
Saints on National List
K. Wagner – 1st (heptathlon)
J. Simmons – 28th (60m dash)
J. Peterson – 32nd (weight throw)
C. Fernow – 35th (weight throw)
C. Anderson – 37th (high jump)
J. Peterson – 46th (shot put)
Blue Devil Open:
-This will be the first time the Saints are competing in this meet since the 2007 season. Some will be back at Stout next weekend for the Warren Bowlus Open. |
-The Saints won seven events last week at the Super 8 Open.
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Becky Huberty (Lena, Wis./Lena HS) swept the shot put and weight throw competitions. She broke her own school record in the shot put with a mark of 44'3.5" (13.50m). That is currently ranked fourth in NCAA Division III. Her toss in the weight throw of 56'6.75" (17.24m) was just shy of the school record and currently ranks third in the nation.
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Maggie Bair (Ham Lake, Minn./Blaine HS) was victorious in the 60m hurdles as was
Brianna Buske (Bloomer, Wis./Bloomer HS) in the 600m dash.
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Taylor Gibson (La Crescent, Minn./La Crescent HS) won the 3000m run and
Nicole Christianson (Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids HS) won the high jump.
-The 4x400m relay team of
Maggie Kurtovich (Andover, Minn./Andover HS),
Laurel Ohaju (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central HS), Buske and
Andrea Mogren (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) were the seventh winners on the day.
Saints on National List
C. Johnson – 1st (5000m)
B. Huberty – 3rd (weight throw)
B. Huberty – 4th (shot put)
E. Schwantke – 11th (pentathlon)
L. Ohaju – 17th (400m)
Kurtovich, Ohaju, Buske, Mogren – 17th (4x400m relay)
N. Christianson – 18th (high jump)
K. Roetering – 18th (triple jump)
M. Bair – 25th (60m hurdles)
Blue Devil Open:
-This will be the first time the Saints are competing in this meet since the 2007 season. Some will be back at Stout next weekend for the Warren Bowlus Open. |
