ST. PAUL, Minn. – The University of Northwestern men's and women's track and field teams competed Sunday afternoon at the Hamline Invitational, which marked UNW's first outdoor meet of the 2016 spring season.
View the Hamline Invitational meet results HERE.
Women
On the track for UNW, Danica White (Maplewood, Minn./Concordia Academy) finishes with a time of 2:47.50 in the 800m run. White also concluded the meet with a 5:31.37 time for the women's 1500m run, while teammates Lisa Greenslade (Pine Island, Minn./Pine Island ) (6:34.49) and Dominique Ward (State Center, Iowa/Homeschool) (6:35.91) also competed in the 1500m for the Eagles.
Shot putter, Linnea Wagner (Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies), found her mark in the shot put, recording a career-best heave of 8.80m in the finals to place 16th. Wagner also concluded the meet with a 18.02m final hammer throw. Teammates Vanessa Whyte (Medina, Minn./Homeschool) and Emma Drazkowski also took part in the shot put competition, coming in 21st and 22nd place, respectfully.
Men
Northwestern's Jordan Spahr (Pine City, Minn./Pine City) ran a 11.79 100m sprint to end the opening outdoor meet. Elijah Hodgell (Lake City, Minn./Lincoln Secondary) also made the leaderboard by closing with a 12.06 time to conclude his 100m run.
Running the 200m was sprinter Brent Wipf (Shakopee, Minn. /Eagle Ridge Academy), who ran to a time 24.46 seconds in the finals.
Wil Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) turned in a strong performance in the 800m run, as Maki garnered a sixth place finish with a time of 1:56.11 in the finals. For the 400m dash, Kyle Anenson (Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen) closed with a 51.97 time for the Eagles.
UNW's 4x400m relay team (Garrett Crown (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Christian Academy), Anenson, Maki, and Hodgell) came in eighth place with their time of 3:34.86 in the finals.
In the discus competition, Chris Compton (St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park) had an impressive showing, recording a final throw of 37.90m for the Eagles. Cpmpton also placed sixth in the javelin throw, posting a throw of 47.87 meters - a mark that ranks eighth all-time at Northwestern. In the pole vault, Josiah Forker (Milaca, Minn./Milaca) finished with a final mark of 3.80m for the Eagles.
UNW's track and field teams will travel next to Decorah, Iowa for the Norse Relays on April 9. Start time is set for 12 p.m. Visit unweagles.com for more information.
