TRACK AND FIELD COMMENCES OUTDOOR CAMPAIGN WITH A 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
3rd – Lia Guigui – 13.02  

100m High Hurdles

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

200m Dash
6th – Taylor Pourier- 29.37

7th – Avany Long- 29.70
 
400m Dash

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

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

1500m Run

1st - Annika Vermeulen – 5:34.81

4x100m Relay

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

Long Jump
1st – Lia Guigui- 5.41m

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

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

7th – Abbigail Magnuson – 9.94m  

Discus

1st - Katlyn Briggs – 38.22m

2nd – Lila Gronseth – 38.17m

5th - Darby Deffenbaugh – 35.06m

8th – Abbigail Magnuson – 31.78m

9th – Morgan Taft – 31.22m

Hammer Throw 

5th – Lila Gronseth – 38.38m

6th – Darby Deffenbaugh – 38.14

 Full DWU Men's Results

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

110m High Hurdles
6th – Nate Rupprecht – 17.88   

200m Dash

5th – Ryley Johansen – 23.46

11th– Justin Schumacher – 26.78

400m Dash

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

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

6th – Hunter Shanks – 4:34.34

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

6th – Layne Lewis – 17:56.13

4x100m Relay

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

4x400m Relay

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

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

7th - Nate Rupprecht – 5.59m

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

3rd – Chris Zanotto – 13.29m

Hammer
3rd – Chris Zanotto – 49.38m

Javelin
4th – DJ Rediger – 29.48m