Mitchell, S.D. –
The DWU track and field team saw a stack of new personal bests, school records broken, and some new facility records. Abby Magnuson and Hunter Shanks brought out their best to claim titles and break records. Magnuson won the women's shot put as she rebroke the shot-put record for the third time this season as well as rewrite the record for the facility! Shanks grabbed the win in the 800m, broke the facility record, and was just shy of his personal best. Adaya Plastow added a pair of new personal bests in the 60m hurdles and in the 200m. Caleb Sayler cruised to 2nd place in the men's 3000m just behind an unattached runner.
Individual Standouts (School/Personal Records/Top finishes) –
Women –
Abby Magnuson – 1st place Shot Put 14.97m (New Indoor PR, NEW SCHOOL RECORD), 4th place Weight Throw 14.74m (Tied 4th in DWU Record)
Samantha Kludt – Weight Throw 13.62m (New Indoor PR)
Adaya Plastow – 60M Hurdles 10.73 (New Indoor PR), 200m 28.20 (New Indoor PR)
Hailey Oswald – 400m 1:04.57 (New Indoor PR)
Dani Deffenbaugh – 400m 1:05.13 (New Indoor PR)
Men –
Hunter Shanks – 1st place 800m – 1:54.24
Caleb Sayler – 2nd place 3000m – 8:48.89
Barrett Nielsen – 400m 54.69 (New Indoor PR)
4x400m Relay (Caleb Sayler, Barrett Nielsen, Nate Rupprecht, Hunter Shanks) – 3:31.82 (New Indoor PR)
Head Coach Matt Rosado's Thought's –
"It's always nice to be home in front of Tiger nation, the atmosphere was great, and the energy was flowing. We came away with two more school records and added facility records in those events. We are a few weeks away from piecing it all together, but still super proud of the total team effort. Days like today put the Tiger pride at an all time high!"
Up Next for the Tigers –
The DWU track teams will travel to Brookings, S.D. to compete in the SDSU Indoor Classic on February 9th and 10th.