COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – In the first outdoor home meet of the season, the College of Saint Benedict outdoor track and field team won nine titles, had a pair of top-10 program marks, recorded 23 top-three finishes and 41 in top-eight results at the CSB/SJU Invitational/Heptathlon on Saturday (April 20).

With four events of the heptathlon concluded, Justus Floren of CSB is second with 2,362 points. The event will conclude on Sunday (April 21) with three more events. Bryn London of DII Minnesota-Duluth leads with 2,595 points. In the events today, Floren was second in the 100-meter hurdles (:16.36) for 671 points. She was second in the 200-meters (28.77) for 571 points. Floren was third in the high jump (1.47m – 4-09.75) for 621 points and second in the shot put (10.04m – 32-11.25) for 532 points.

Sophomore Jaylyn Ahlberg set a meet record in winning the pole vault by going 3.63m – 11-10.75 and matching her outdoor best, which ranks third all-time in program history outdoors. First-year Ming Li Raidt was third at 3.33m – 10-11.00 with junior Sabrina Buffetta was sixth in 2.73m – 8-11.50.

Senior Ellie Selisker, who finished third in the high jump at 1.50m – 4-11.00, won pair of field events, including long jump in 5.33m – 17-06.00, which is a personal-best and ranks eighth in program-history. She was first in the triple jump with a personal-best of 10.72m – 35-02.00.
In the 10,000-meters, senior Annie Kiolbasa won the competition in 38:29.54 with two others in the top-eight including senior Bridget Tetmeyer, third in 39:01.32 and sophomore Rachel Olinger, seventh in 45:22.72.

Junior Kalli Smith captured the title in the 1,500-meter run by clocking 5:02.37. CSB also had a title from senior Sidela Nyuga with a time of 1:00.24 in the 400-meters.

Sophomore Lauren Berg set a meet record in the 400-meter hurdles with a clocking of 1:06.24. The Bennies had five in the top-eight of the event, including Anya Adelgren, fourth, 1:11.46; Samantha Richardson, sixth, 1:16.10; first-year Chloe Ostrem, seventh, 1:16.69; and Emma Schuele, eighth, 1:21.56.

Ella Young won the 800-meters in 2:24.86 and led three in the top-eight. First-year Taylor Radaich was third in 2:26.68 while senior Lucy Lyngen, seventh, 2:31.73 to round out the other top CSB placers in the 800-meters.

In the 200-meter dash, senior Tiana Johnson won the event in 26.20. The Bennies also placed three in the top-eight of the 100-meter dash, led by senior Kate Gallagher, who clocked 12.61. Senior Tiana Johnson was third at 12.70 with sophomore Myah Nelson, eighth, in 13.28.

CSB had four teams place in the top seven of the 4x400-meter relay, including the winning squad of Nyuga, Emerson Knapp, Mirijana Ganley and Berg with clocking of 4:10.93. Finishing third was a team of Kalli Smith, Anabella Witschen, Radaich and Young in 4:13.20. 

In the long jump Sabriya Farquharson was second in 5.08m – 16-08.00 and she finished second in the triple jump at 10.59m – 34-09.00 with Danielle Anderson, fifth at 9.37m – 30-09. In the long jump, first-year Sami Solheid, eighth in 4.61m – 15-01.50.

In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, CSB had four of the top placers including senior Keiley Maahs who was second in 12:04.47. Sophomore Mary Kenney was third in 12:15.86 with first-year Anabella Witschen, fifth in 12:44.59 and Emily Koch, eighth in 13:00.43.

First year Anya Adelgren was one of two to place in the 100-meter hurdles. Adelgren finished second by clocking 16.00 with sophomore Emma Schuele finishing eighth in 18.01.

First-year Abby Bufkin was eighth in the 5,000-meters in 20:30.50.