NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Led by three titles, including individual crowns from
Sabriya Farquharson and
Samantha Brown and a 4x400-meter relay title, the College of Saint Benedict track and field team placed first of eight teams with 178.70 points at the Kelly Family Meet of the Heart. CSB also had nine top three finishes in another standout performance.
Sophomore
Sabriya Farquharson captured the triple jump with a season-best 10.76M – 35-03.75. First year
Maggie McCabe was fourth at 9.85M – 32-00.00. The Bennies also captured a title in the high jump as sophomore
Samantha Brown had a jump of 1.48M – 4-10.25. Sophomore
Anna Kemp was second in 1.43M – 4-08.25.
CSB finished with three of the four spots in the 400-meter dash as first-year
Ava Revoir finished second in a personal best of 1:00.34, which ranks eighth all-time at CSB while
Lauren Berg was third in 1:01.01 with
Emerson Knapp, fourth in 1:02.06. Revoir, Knapp, Berg and
Kalli Smith surpassed a season best in winning the 4x400-meter relay, clocking 4:07.20. St. Ben's had six of the top eight spots in the 800-meter run, led by senior
Kalli Smith in 2:26.13 in second and sophomore
Anabella Witschen in third at 2:26.62.
The Bennes also had a second-place finish from first year
Allison Banse in the shot put with a PR of 11.22M – 3609.75. Sophomore
Anya Adelgren was second in the 55-meter hurdles in 9.11 while
Chloe Ostrem took seventh in a PR of 9.65.
St. Benedict had another second-place finish in the pole vault as junior
Jaylyn Ahlberg had a vault of 3.37M – 11-00.75. In total, CSB had three vaulters in top sixth with first-year
McKenna Flinn, fourth, 2.82M – 9-03 and sophomore
Lili Raidt, sixth, tying for sixth at 2.82M – 9-03.
In the 55-meter dash, senior
Justus Floren was third with a personal-best 7.57 with sophomore
Grace Buntrock, fifth, 7.68.
First-year
Allee Feldman was fourth in the 200-meter dash in 27.81 with Buntrock taking seventh in 28.24.
Lucy Lyngen was sixth in the 3,000-meters by clocking a personal-best 10:39.39.
First-year
Karcyn Dose placed fifth in the 600-meter run in 1:50.78.
Junior
Brooke Verkinnes was fourth in the 1,000-meter run with a 3:13.61 clocking. Also for CSB, sophomore
Taylor Radaich was fourth in 5:25.36 with junior
Natalie Zielsdorf, sixth in 5:34.50 in the mile run. And, CSB's top placer in the weight throw was first-year
Erin Baker at 12.41M – 40-08.75.