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MSUM Track and Field Picks Up 14 Wins at Cobber Open

Nadir Yusuf, distance runners at Concordia
Jenna Britz
Nadir Yusuf, left, won the mile for MSUM. (Photo by Jenna Britz)

Track & Field | 1/19/2019 6:42:00 PM

Meet Results
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Minnesota State University Moorhead track and field teams picked up 14 wins at the Cobber Indoor Open which was held on Saturday at Concordia College in Moorhead. Senior Emily Waletzko and sophomore Chris Cook both recorded personal-bests on the day to lead the Dragons.
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Summer Storm, center, won the 60-meter hurdles. Photo by Jenna Britz


Waletzko won the women's shot put at 42-11 3/4 and added a win in the weight throw at 57-11 3/4, which was a personal-best and fourth-best in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference this season.

Cook won the men's high jump at 6-7, which was a personal-best and top mark in the NSIC this season.

Senior Kiarah Johnson won the women's 60-meter dash in 8.04 with Baylie Narum third in 8.32. Senior Marissa Carlson won the women's 1,000 in a time of 3:13.07. Junior Summer Storm won the 60-meter hurdles in 9.78.

MSUM swept the top five spots in the high jump with sophomore Kacia Guisinger winning at 5-3 1/4, which is third-best in the NSIC this season. Freshman Sophia Sowada was second at 5-2 1/4 while junior Nicole Kurtti was third at 5-1. Freshmen Caitlin Pritchett (5-1) and Tessa Schroeder (4-11 3/4) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Sophomore Anna St. Catherine won the pole vault at 10-5 1/2 with freshman Sydney Bahls taking third at 9-5 1/4

Freshman Ty Dawkins won the men's 60-meter dash in 7.08 with freshman Shaquiel Higgs taking third at 7.19.

Junior Nadir Yusuf won the mile at 4:29.37. Freshman Carson Speicher was second at 4:29.49 while Hunter Kjelshus was third at 4:29.54. Junior Zach Sweep won the 60-meter hurdles at 8.44.

MSUM's 4x400 relay, consisting of senior Evan Carlson, Dawkins, Higgs and sophomore Jacob Minnick, won in 3:31.54. Junior Tanner Berby won the weight throw at 50-10 3/4 while sophomore Logan Storm won the pole vault at 14-10 1/4.

Speicher was second in the 1,000-meter in 2:40.45 while Jay Biwer was third at 2:41.06. Sophomore Tyler Berby was second in the triple jump at 42-11 1/2

Freshman Baylie Narum was second in the long jump at 16-6 1/2. Kurtti was second at 34-1 1/4 in the triple jump with Tessa Schroeder third at 34-0 3/4.

MSUM will compete at the University of North Dakota Indoor Open on Jan. 25-26 in Grand Forks, N.D.





 
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Players Mentioned

Tyler Berby

Tyler Berby

Triple Jump
6' 1"
Junior
Jay Biwer

Jay Biwer

Distance
Senior
Evan Carlson

Evan Carlson

Sprints
5' 9"
Senior
Marissa Carlson

Marissa Carlson

Distance
5' 7"
Senior
Kacia Guisinger

Kacia Guisinger

High Jump
5' 9"
Sophomore
Kiarah Johnson

Kiarah Johnson

Sprints
5' 0"
Senior
Hunter Kjelshus

Hunter Kjelshus

Distance
Sophomore
Nicole Kurtti

Nicole Kurtti

Multis
Junior
Jacob Minnick

Jacob Minnick

Multis/Jumps
Sophomore
Anna St. Catherine

Anna St. Catherine

Pole Vault
5' 2"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Tyler Berby

Tyler Berby

6' 1"
Junior
Triple Jump
Jay Biwer

Jay Biwer

Senior
Distance
Evan Carlson

Evan Carlson

5' 9"
Senior
Sprints
Marissa Carlson

Marissa Carlson

5' 7"
Senior
Distance
Kacia Guisinger

Kacia Guisinger

5' 9"
Sophomore
High Jump
Kiarah Johnson

Kiarah Johnson

5' 0"
Senior
Sprints
Hunter Kjelshus

Hunter Kjelshus

Sophomore
Distance
Nicole Kurtti

Nicole Kurtti

Junior
Multis
Jacob Minnick

Jacob Minnick

Sophomore
Multis/Jumps
Anna St. Catherine

Anna St. Catherine

5' 2"
Sophomore
Pole Vault