WINONA, MINN. -  The University of Northwestern men's and women's track and field teams took advantage of competing at the St. Mary's Open Saturday afternoon in Winona, as they brought home five top-ten finishes and many career-best performances on the day's competition.

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MEN'S RESULTS
Starting the morning off successfully, Freshman Kevin Blanksma (Belgrade, Mont./Manhattan Christian) captured a third place in the high jump, clearing 1.86m [6-01.25] with ease.

Freshman Trevor Lundberg (Houston, Minn./Houston) had an impressive performance in the shot put, setting a new career-best with a toss of 13.66m [44-09.75] to place eighth overall. His throw also marked eighth-best in school history, respectively.

Finishing fourth in the 800-meter run, Junior Wil Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) came through the line at 1:57.13 to record a season-best time in the event.

Junior Adam Molohon (North St. Paul, Minn./North St. Paul) grabbed 10^th place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.70 seconds.  He then went on to finish just shy of his personal best time in the 200-meter dash at 23.15 seconds while Junior LeRoy Malone (Stewartville, Minn./Stewartville), coming back from a hamstring injury, followed closely behind with a career best time of 23.18 seconds.

In his fastest time of the season, Freshman Dillon Clark (Plainview, Minn./Plainview-Elgin-Millville) completed the 1500-meter run in 4:47.59, respectively.

To close out the evening, the 4x400-meter relay team of Molohon, Malone, Maki, and Clark raced through the finish line [3:42.53] to snatch a fifth place as a collective group.


WOMEN'S RESULTS
Showing grit and determination, Sophomore Linnea Wagner (Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies) tossed the hammer 25.74m [84-05] to mark a new personal-best record in the event.

Persevering through the cold, Junior Danica White (Maplewood, Minn./Concordia Academy) capped off her steeplechase race with a fourth place finish, crossing the finish line at 12:40.99. 

Freshman Chloe Gault (Temecula, Calif) [15.33] and Freshman Elizabeth Moller (Princeton, Minn./Homeschool) [15.34] both set new personal-bests in the 100-meter dash, respectively/ Moller went on to run the 200-meter dash, bolting to a new career-best time of 33.07.

In the 1500-meter race, Junior Dominique Ward (State Center, Iowa/Homeschool) [6:01.88] and Freshman Ivelyn Christianson (Corcoran, Minn./Buffalo ) [6:03.04] pushed each other to their best performances of the season.

Taking on the 5000-meter run, Ward dropped an impressive six seconds for a new personal-best time in the event, finishing in 22:26.30 to close out the night.

The Eagles will be back in action on Friday, May 5th, for a day one of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference [UMAC] Outdoor Championship meet in Morris, Minn. For more information on the men's and women's track programs, fans can visit www.unweagles.com.