WAVERLY, Iowa - The Winona State University women's track and field team did not miss a beat moving from their indoor season to the 2022 outdoor campaign, as several first-place finishes in both individual and relay events paced the Warriors to a third-place overall finish as a team at the Wartburg College Select Invitational on Friday, April 1.
NCAA Division II Indoor track and field 400-meter national champion
Shereen Vallabouy and Warrior sprint standouts
Michaela Pryor and
Brooklyn Schyvinck each earned championship honors in their respective events.
Pryor posted a time of 12.36 in the women's 100-meter dash, claiming the top time just ahead of teammate
Maddy Pietz who was second at 12.69.
Ashlie Lockington and
Jaidyn Brower both scored points for WSU in the 100-meters with times of 13.25 and 13.32, respectively. Pryor also won the 200-meter dash, delivering a time of 25.45.
Vallabouy and Schyvinck each were individual champions on the day, with Vallabouy running a 55.68 in the 400-meters and Schyvinck scoring a time of 1:03.76 in the women's 400-meter hurdles. Vallabouy was the only competitor to break the one-minute mark in the race and won the championship by nearly five seconds. Also in the 400-meters, WSU's
Jadyn Bennett finished sixth with a time of 1:02.37. In the women's 400-meter hurdles, Schyvinck was joined by
Kendall Zeman who finished third (1:03.02),
Lainey Lipschultz who finished fourth (1:06.85) and
Kylee Becker in sixth (1:08.97).
The Winona State 400-meter relay team claimed first place, clocking a time of 3:51.22, well ahead of the second place Wartburg team at 3:56.77. Zeman, Schyvinck, Pietz and Vallabouy's impressive outing was nearly matched by the Warriors' 4X100 relay squad which took second. That team, made up of
Michaela Pryor,
Brooklyn Schyvinck,
Maddy Pietz and
Kaylee Olson, turned in a time of 47.92, just .20 off the winning mark of 47.72.
In the women's 100-meter hurdles,
Xana Leum took home second place honors with a time of 15.11 in the finals, followed closely by teammates
Hanna Reichenberger in third place (15.71) and
Kylee Becker fourth (15.72).
In the field events,
Kaylee Olson claimed second place in the women's high jump, hitting a mark of 1.65 meters (5'-01".00), while teammate
Madison Rizner was fourth at 1.68 meters (4'-11".00) in the same event. Rizner also earned a third-place finish in the triple jump with an effort of 37-03.25.
Kaylee Patnode was fifth overall in the javelin with a toss of 34.21 meters.
As a team, Winona State earned 138 points overall, good for third place, with host Wartburg claiming the team championship at 196 and Loras College at 183.
Next up for the Winona State women's track and field team is the Ashton May Invite hosted by the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. The Ashton May is scheduled for Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 in Roger Harring Stadium at Veteran Memorial Field Sports Complex in La Crosse, Wis.
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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.
