The UMD men's and women's outdoor track and field teams competed in the Joe Sweeney Invite on Wednesday (May 3) hosted by the University of St. Thomas. UMD saw numerous first place podium finishes led by Franny Seidel in the 800m with a personal record of 2:12.98. Teammate Haleigh Reindl finished close behind in third with a time of 2:14.26. The UMD women also saw first place finishes in the 100m hurdles from Megan Gilles (15.03) (personal record), Savannah Schley in the 400m (58.52), and the women's 4x100m relay team of Boelke, Fitzgerald, Gilles, Schley (3:53.63).

On the men's side, the Bulldogs field events had a strong showing with the throws team recording a first place finish in the shot put (Jackson Weston - 15.48m) and discus (Colton Kostynick (47.93m). UMD's Jaden Johnson continued to impress in the high jump with a first place finish (1.99m) and personal record.

This was the Bulldogs final tune up before the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 11-13 in St. Paul, Minn. 

Joe Sweeney Invite

• Results

Top 10 Results from Wednesday's Meet

• Alexandra Bragg (3000m Steeplechase - 6th - 13:07.92)
• Nathaniel Brandt (3000m Steeplechase - 3rd - 11:19.69)
• Nick Jacobson (1500m - 9th - 4:03.45)
• Megan Gilles (100m Hurdles - 1st - 15.03)
• Bryn London (100m Hurdles - 2nd - 15.40)
• Jacqi Rae (100m Hurdles - 8th - 16.05)
• Samuel Blomberg (110m Hurdles - 5th - 15.93)
• Savannah Schley (400m - 1st - 58.52)
• Alexander Croston (400m - 4th - 49.88)
• Bereket Loer (400m - 8th - 50.51)
• Ted Rogers (400m - 10th - 51.43)
• Jordan Grell (100m - 4th - 12.49)
• Emily Anderson (100m - 8th - 12.74)
• Cole Brisbois (100m - 4th - 10.99)
• Franny Seidel (800m - 1st - 2:12.98)
• Haleigh Reindl (800m - 3rd - 2:14.26)
• Alaina Steele (800m - 9th - 2:19.75)
• Samuel Blomberg (400m Hurdles - 2nd - 57.79)
• Jacqi Rae (200m - 2nd - 25.34)
• Kate Fitzgerald (200m - 3rd - 25.53)
• Megan Gilles (200m - 4th - 25.64)
• Jordan Grell (200m - 7th - 26.02)
• Rachel Boelke (200m - 8th - 26.23)
• Morgan Radel (5000m - 9th - 18:24.79)
• Boelke, Fitzgerald, Gilles, Schley (4x400m - 1st - 3:53.63)
• Nelson, Loer, Rogers, Croston (4x400m - 4th - 3:21.31)
• Lindsey Root (Long Jump - 5th - 5.26m)
• Cooper Nichols (Long Jump - 9th - 6.00m)
• Bennett Nelson (Triple Jump - 4th - 13.10m)
• Jaden Johnson (High Jump - 1st - 1.99m)
• Luke Oberleitner (High Jump - 6th - 1.86m)
• Kyle Kucera (High Jump - 10th - 1.61m)
• Bryn London (High Jump - 3rd - 1.55m)
• Cora McCabe (High Jump - 9th - 1.45m)
• Emily Jones (High Jump - 9th - 1.45m)
• Libby Lommel (Pole Vault - 6th - 3.11m)
• Sabrina Segar (Pole Vault - 10th - 2.81m)
• Baden Bastian (Pole Vault - 8th - 4.02m)
• Eli Bicek (Hammer Throw - 2nd - 47.83m)
• Colton Kostynick (Hammer Throw - 5th - 44.88m)
• Jackson Weston (Hammer Throw - 7th - 40.57m)
• Connor Kostynick (Hammer Throw - 8th - 40.33m)
• Kayce Gielski (Hammer Throw - 3rd - 43.57m)
• Madeline Klun (Hammer Throw - 10th - 39.37m)
• Adrianne Thompson (Shot Put - 4th - 11.38m)
• Sabrina Segar (Shot Put - 10th - 10.64m)
• Jackson Weston (Shot Put - 1st - 15.48m)
• Colton Kostynick (Shot Put - 2nd - 15.31m)
• Eli Bicek (Shot Put - 3rd - 14.93m)
• Connor Kostynick (Shot Put - 8th - 13.14m)
• Kennedy Hawk (Javelin - 3rd - 36.63m)
• Bryn London (Javelin - 9th - 28.22m)
• Kennedy Hawk (Discus - 9th - 34.47m)
• Colton Kostynick (Discus - 1st - 47.93m)
• Eli Bicek (Discus - 3rd - 44.24m)
• Jackson Weston (Discus - 5th - 42.68m)
• Connor Kostynick (Discus - 8th - 39.92m)

Looking Ahead 
The Bulldogs will take the weekend off as they head to the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championships next week (May 11-13) in St. Paul, Minn.