MANKATO, Minn. – The Winona State University women's track and field team traveled to Mankato on Saturday to take part in the Minnesota State NSIC Outdoor Challenge, and several Warriors claimed first-place finishes on the day.
Shereen Vallabouy won the women's 400-meter dash with a time of 55.66, the fourth-fastest time ever recorded by a Warrior in the event.
Allison Waterman also competed in the race, running a 59.60, good for tenth place.
Lindsay Cunningham claimed first-place in the women's 5,000-meter run, recording a 18:04.02 time, nearly 45 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. WSU's
Katie Lorenz and
Carly Vandenhouten finished in fifth and eighth place, with times of 20:25.54 and 20:52.72, respectively. Cunningham's 18:04.02 puts her at fourth all-time in the Winona State record books.
The Winona State 4 X 400 team of
Maddy Pietz,
Kendall Zeman,
Shereen Vallabouy and
Brooklyn Schyvinck, also stood on the championship podium, winning the race with a time of 3:45.64. The Warrior mark was almost 15 seconds faster than the second-place time of 4:00.53 and is the third best 4X400 time ever in Winona State history.
Kendall Zeman earned a fifth-place finish in the women's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.04, while
Xana Leum ran a 14.57 in the women's 100-meter hurdle finals.
Maddy Pietz turned in a time of 12.15 in the women's 100-meter dash, good for sixth place.
Michaela Pryor was third in the women's 200-meters, running a 24.17 time in the event.
The women's 1500-meter run saw
Kaylee Beyer claim third place at 4:55.11, and
Natalie Nowatzke was sixth in the women's 800-meter race at 2:22.31.
In the field events,
Ashlie Lockington was third in the women's triple jump, earning a 37-10.50 (11.54m) mark, which was the seventh-best all-time in Warrior Track & Field history.
Xana Leum and
Kaylee Patnode had best efforts of 36-11. (11.25m) and 34-04.75 (10.48m) in the same event.
Next up for Winona State track and field is the Maverick Classic, also at Minnesota State – Mankato on May 7. It will be the final tune up before the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships held on May 14-15 in Duluth, Minn.
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About Winona State University Athletics:
The Winona State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, as an integral part of the educational mission of the institution, is committed to offering opportunities to experience academic and athletic excellence for our student-athletes through two simple words:
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Fourteen Warrior programs compete at the NCAA Division II level within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). Winona State University competes as an affiliate member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) in the sport of women's gymnastics.
