ST. PAUL, MINN - The University of Northwestern men's and women's track and field teams competed well at the Holst Invitational at Concordia University- St. Paul Saturday afternoon, setting career-best times and marks on the day's competition. 
 
Click HERE for the compiled men's and women's results.

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Junior Chris Compton (St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park) came out determined to be on point both mentally and physically in his events. He succeeded in doing so, throwing his best mark of the day in javelin finals to secure a seventh place finish [38.34m/125' 9"] overall. He then went on to capture a season-best mark in the discus [43.34m/142' 2"] to finish ninth. Teammate Trevor Lundberg (Houston, Minn./Houston), equally determined, locked in a 13^th place finish in discus at [39.01m/128' 0"], respectively. 

The field events continued to excite the UNW spectators as Freshman Kevin Blanksma (Belgrade, Mont./Manhattan Christian) set a new personal-best in the high jump, clearing 1.90m [6'2.75"] for fifth place. The impressive leap also slated Blanksma fourth on the UNW all-time list.

In the 1500-meter race, both Junior Wil Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) and Sophomore Garrett Crown (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Christian Academy) clocked in new career-best times. Dropping more than a second, Maki won his heat with a time of 4:03.01, two seconds off the UNW school record. Crown, shaving two seconds off his previous record, came through the line at 4:12.00 to finish fourth-best school history. 

Junior Adam Molohon (North St. Paul, Minn./North St. Paul) had one of his best days of competition, running a season-best in the 100-meter dash [11.71]. Molohon also won his heat in the 200-meter dash with a career-best time of 23.01, respectively.  
 

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Making their debut in the 3000-meter steeple chase, Junior Danica White (Maplewood, Minn./Concordia Academy) and Freshman Jane Hulterstrum (Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield) both found success in the event as White finished in 10^th place overall at [12:39.88], while Hulterstrum ran through the line in 13:02.05 to capture 12^th place.

Coming off a knee injury, Freshman Ivelyn Christianson (Corcoran, Minn./Buffalo ) returned to competition, running the 1500-meter race in 6:14.87.

Freshman Elizabeth Moller (Princeton, Minn./Homeschool) and Freshman Chloe Gault (Temecula, Calif) continued to show improvement in their events, as they pushed each other to drop time in the 100-meter dash.  Running neck to neck, Gault finished first in the heat [15.58], while Moller trailed right behind at 15.81.  Moller went on to run a season-best time in the 200-meter dash [33.98]. 

The quartet of Sarah Miller (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview), White, Christianson, and Gault collected a 5:04.86 finish in the 4x400-meter relay for the Eagles.

In the field events, Freshman Madeleine Buland (Chaska, Minn./Southwest Christian ) threw her second-best mark of the season in the hammer [30.83m/101' 2"], while Freshman Lydia DeBuhr (Centennial, Minn./Centennial) snagged eighth place in the pole vault with a final leap of 2.61m [8' 6.75"].

The men's squad will be back in action on Thursday, April 27, at the Bolstorff Men's Twilight in St. Paul, Minn. Both team will then compete the following Saturday, April 29, at the St. Mary's Open in Winona, Minn. For more information on the men's and women's programs, fans can visit www.unweagles.