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Bulldog Indoor Track and Field Teams Finish First on the Men's Side and Second on the Women's Side in the UW River Falls Winter Invite

The University of Minnesota Duluth indoor track and field teams competed Saturday in the University of Wisconsin River Falls Winter Invite Saturday in River Falls, Wis., with the men taking first place overall (182 points), the women earning second place and the Bulldogs pulling out a first place finish in mixed results.

 

On the men's side, senior Brock Unger ran a 6.93 60m time to first place and facility record, while junior Sam Blomberg finished first in the 60m men's hurdles with a facility record and personal record time of 8.24.

 

Junior Brayden Brakke won the men's 200m race, while junior Brady Johnson took home first place with a season-best time of 50.96 in the men's 400m. The longest race that was won by a Bulldog belonged to freshman Isaac Dickenson, who posted a PR in the 3,000m with a 8:42.33 first place run.

 

On the field side, senior Jackson Weston threw the shot put to a first place finish of 16.95, while freshman Daniel Wynter won the triple jump with a jump of 13.28.

 

Senior Kate Fitzgerald had a strong performances of the day in the women's 60m, winning in a time of 7.73, fastest enough for a PR and the 100th quickest time so far this season in all of Division II.

 

One of the biggest highlights of the meet from a UMD perspective came from sophomore Lillian Wanzek, who won the 60m hurdles, but in prelims, ran the NCAA Division II's 56th fastest time of the season, a PR and set a facility record of 8.84.

 

Sophomore Avary FItzpatrick won the 200m in 26.46, while freshman Emily Beaham took first place in the women's 400m with a PR time of 1:00.08. In the women's 800m, senior Madeline Verkerke ran to a season best time of 2:15;29, while senior Elizabeth VanLoon had a PR in the 3,000m, a first place time of 10:16.71.

 

On the field, sophomore Sophie Mahnke had a 1.58m jump in the high jump, and Wanzek took home first place in the long jump with a jump of 5.38. Freshman Ilm'aime Ntambwe won the women's triple jump with a distance of 11.19m.

 

UMD won the 4x400 mixed relay with a facility record of 3:40.49 – that group was made up of Unger, Fitzgerald, Fitzpatrick and Blomberg.

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Players Mentioned

Brayden Brakke

Brayden Brakke

Sprints
Junior
Brady Johnson

Brady Johnson

Long Sprints
Junior
Brock Unger

Brock Unger

Sprints
Senior
Jackson Weston

Jackson Weston

Throws
Senior
Kate  Fitzgerald

Kate Fitzgerald

Sprints
Senior
Sophie Mahnke

Sophie Mahnke

Pole Vault/Jumps
Sophomore
Elizabeth VanLoon

Elizabeth VanLoon

Distance
Senior
Lillian Wanzek

Lillian Wanzek

Hurdles/Jumps
Junior
Daniel Wynter

Daniel Wynter

Jumps
Freshman
Emily Beaham

Emily Beaham

Sprints/Hurdles
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Brayden Brakke

Brayden Brakke

Junior
Sprints
Brady Johnson

Brady Johnson

Junior
Long Sprints
Brock Unger

Brock Unger

Senior
Sprints
Jackson Weston

Jackson Weston

Senior
Throws
Kate  Fitzgerald

Kate Fitzgerald

Senior
Sprints
Sophie Mahnke

Sophie Mahnke

Sophomore
Pole Vault/Jumps
Elizabeth VanLoon

Elizabeth VanLoon

Senior
Distance
Lillian Wanzek

Lillian Wanzek

Junior
Hurdles/Jumps
Daniel Wynter

Daniel Wynter

Freshman
Jumps
Emily Beaham

Emily Beaham

Freshman
Sprints/Hurdles