MARYVILLE, Mo. - The Winona State University track and field team was paced by a pair of first-place finishes at the Bearcat Invite, hosted by Northwest Missouri State University on Friday Feb. 4 and Saturday Feb. 5 in Maryville, Mo.
Kaylee Beyer and
Lindsay Cunningham both captured championship finishes in the mile race and 3000 meters, respectively, to lead a Warrior team that earned seven top-5 finishes at the competition.
Beyer won the mile with a time a 4:56.96, beating Hilda Chebet of Iowa Western who finished second at 4:57.14. Cunningham captured first place at 9:43.53 in a close race, finishing just ahead of Emporia State's Jenna Ramsey who came in second at 9:43.86. Both Beyer's time and Cunningham's mark are NCAA Division II provisional marks.
In the sprints, the 400 meter dash saw
Shereen Vallabouy (55.53) finish third and
Brooklyn Schyvinck (55.91) fifth, with both times meeting the NCAA Division II provisional standard. Vallabouy and Schyvinck joined
Maddy Pietz and
Kendall Zeman in the 4X400 relay, where the team also met NCAA Division II provisional marks with a time of 3:48.89, good for fourth place in the event.
Other top-five results included a 200-meter fifth place finish for Schyvinck at 25.01, and
Ashlie Lockington took fourth in the triple jump at 11.45 meters (37-06.75).
Beyer's mile run of 4:56.96 is the second-fasted all-time WSU effort in the event, with Anna Rogahn's time of 4:55.94 standing as the top Warrior mark. Cunningham shaved over 10 seconds of her WSU all-time best in the 3000-meters, with her 9:43.53 time replacing her 9:54.61 mark set earlier this year. For Schyvinck, her 400 meter mark of 55.91 moves her into fourth all-time in the Warrior record book and her 25.01 time is also fourth best ever in Winona State history.
Winona State is back in action on Saturday, Feb. 12 when they are scheduled to participate in the Minnesota State NSIC Indoor Challenge. The event in Mankato will mark the second to last regular season competition for the Warrior indoor track and field program.
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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.
