TRACK AND FIELD COMMENCES OUTDOOR CAMPAIGN WITH HANDFUL OF EVENT TITLES AT BVU OUTDOOR INVITE

STORM LAKE, Iowa – Fresh off a successful indoor campaign, the Dakota Wesleyan University track and field program commenced the 2021-22 outdoor docket at the BVU Outdoor Invite on Saturday, and Dakota Wesleyan dialed several impressive first-place finishes along with an NAIA 'B' standard and a meet record.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Caden Milmine, the 2021 NAIA outdoor qualifier, opened the competition for Dakota Wesleyan with both an NAIA 'B' standard and new meet record in the men's shot put competition. The Buffalo, Wyo., native swept the field with a toss of 15.54 meters. Also in the throwing events, Katlyn Briggs and Lila Gronseth went back-to-back in the women's discus as the DWU duo ended the day first and second, respectively.

Ashtyn Evans claimed the event title in the triple jump with a leap of 10.28m while Ryley Johansen cleared a height of 1.88m to win the men's high jump field. Senior jumps specialist Lia Guigui meanwhile posted a distance of 5.41m in the long jump for the event victory.

Annika Vermeulen and Caleb Sayler shined bright for the DWU distance program with wins in the 1500 and 5,000. Vermeulen, the junior from Mitchell, logged a time of 5:34.81 minutes while Sayler crossed the finish line in 16:43.41 for the win in the 5k.

UP NEXT

Head coach Matthew Rosado and the Tigers continue the outdoor campaign with an in-state competition next at the USD Early Bird Invite on Saturday in Vermillion, S.D.  

Full DWU Women's Results
100m Dash
3^rd – Lia Guigui – 13.02  

100m High Hurdles

4^th – Avany Long – 17.63
6^th - Adaya Plastow – 18.39  

200m Dash
6^th – Taylor Pourier- 29.37

7^th – Avany Long- 29.70
 
400m Dash

4^th – Taylor Pourier- 1:08.45
6^th – Abby Ferris – 1:13.75

400m High Hurdles
4^th – Adaya Plastow – 1:14.59

1500m Run

1^st - Annika Vermeulen – 5:34.81

4x100m Relay

2^nd - Ashtyn Evans, Lia Guigui, Avany Long, Taylor Pourier – 53.92  

Long Jump
1^st – Lia Guigui- 5.41m

6^th  – Avany Long – 4.83m
7^th – Taylor Pourier– 4.55m

Triple Jump
1^st – Ashtyn Evans – 10.28m
 
Shot Put
2^nd – Lila Gronseth – 12.02m  

7^th – Abbigail Magnuson – 9.94m  

Discus

1^st - Katlyn Briggs – 38.22m

2^nd – Lila Gronseth – 38.17m

5^th - Darby Deffenbaugh – 35.06m

8^th – Abbigail Magnuson – 31.78m

9^th – Morgan Taft – 31.22m

Hammer Throw 

5^th – Lila Gronseth – 38.38m

6^th – Darby Deffenbaugh – 38.14

 Full DWU Men's Results

100m Dash
8^th – Cobey Carr- 12.18
9^th – Cale Strong – 12.46

110m High Hurdles
6^th – Nate Rupprecht – 17.88   

200m Dash

5^th – Ryley Johansen – 23.46

11^th– Justin Schumacher – 26.78

400m Dash

2^nd – Nate Rupprecht – 54.03
8^th – Justin Schumacher – 59.63

800m Run
8^th – Zach Fieber – 2:16.08
1500m Run
4^th – Justin Sorensen – 4:29.60

6^th – Hunter Shanks – 4:34.34

5,000m Run
1^st - Caleb Sayler – 16:43.41
3^rd – Wyatt Baldauf – 17:04.05

6^th – Layne Lewis – 17:56.13

4x100m Relay

2^nd - Cobey Carr, Ryley Johansen, Nate Rupprecht, Cale Strong – 46.40

4x400m Relay

3^rd - Zach Fieber, Ryley Johansen, Nate Rupprecht, Justin Schumacher - 3:35.62

High Jump
1^st – Ryley Johansen – 1.88m
Long Jump

7^th - Nate Rupprecht – 5.59m

Triple Jump
2^nd – Cale Strong – 12.75m
Shot Put
1st – Caden Milmine – 15.54m

3rd – Chris Zanotto – 13.29m

Hammer
3^rd – Chris Zanotto – 49.38m

Javelin
4^th – DJ Rediger – 29.48m