MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.- The University of Northwestern Women's Track and Field team competed in a midweek meet on Wednesday night. The team made the short trip to the University of Minnesota Campus to compete in the Running on Hope Open. It was a monumental day for the squad as they saw multiple career bests and some of the best performances in program history.  

Deanna Trucksess (Spirit Lake, Iowa/Spirit Lake) made program history in the 200m dash when she broke the school record with a time of 26.26 seconds. The performance was the best of Trucksess' career and was the fastest outdoor time in the 200m dash in UNW history. She also finished in 11^th place overall in the 400m dash with a time of 1:00.75. This was also a season best time.

Emily Ashton (Camas, Wash./St. Mary's Academy) continued her great run in the javelin throw. After finishing second in the event at Concordia-St. Paul's meet last week, she picked up another second place finish on Wednesday. Her distance of 37.69m was a personal best and is the second best result in program history. She was in first place in the event for a majority of the afternoon, until the winner of the event put up the winning distance in her sixth throw of the day.

Winona Warden (Jordan, Minn./Jordan) ran in the 200m dash and finished with a time of 29.58 seconds, which was a career best.

Caroline Ringsmuth (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) ran the 800m race in 2:39.91 which was the best college performance of her career in that event.

The Eagles will compete in their second race of the week on Saturday, April 29^th when they travel to Macalester College for the Rider/Bolstorff Open.