“It was such an honor for me to receive a nomination from Gustavus for this award, and I feel very fortunate to have received the scholarship,” said Voss.

Voss explains that since first she stepped foot on campus, athletics played a integral role in her life at Gustavus.  “I came in with some big goals and I knew that Gustavus had the coaching staff and environment to help me achieve them,” she said.  “But more than that, the lasting friendships and memories that I have created along the way were what got me through the tough times.  I know they will stay with me even when I can no longer pole vault.”

Ally Voss clears the bar at the MIAC Championships last spring.

To qualify, student-athletes must excel academically and athletically, be in their final year of eligibility and plan to pursue graduate study.  Student-athletes must also maintain at least a 3.2 grade-point average and be nominated by their institution’s faculty athletics representative.  Created in 1964, NCAA postgraduate scholarships promote and encourage education by rewarding the Association’s most accomplished student-athletes.

Voss is the 34th Gustavus student-athlete to receive an NCAA postgraduate scholarship since football player James Goodwin became the first in 1974.  She is also the second postgraduate scholarship winner from Gustavus this school year, as cross country runner Beth Hauer took home the award following her season in the fall.

Because Ally was nominated as a winter sports athlete, her indoor track and field accolades were taken into consideration.  Over her four-year collegiate career, Voss participated in the pole vault at 21 indoor track and field competitions.  She recorded 16 finishes inside the top three and has collected nine first place finishes.

During her senior season alone, Voss did not finish outside the top two, earning four gold medals out of the six meets she took part in.  With a first place performance at the 2013 MIAC Championships, Voss became the first Gustavus track and field athlete to win two MIAC indoor pole vault titles.  A three-time All-Conference performer, she placed third (10’ 11.75”) in 2010, and claimed the top spot on the podium in 2012 (11’ 0.75”) and 2013 (12’ 4.5”).  Her 12-foot 4.5-inch performance at this year’s indoor MIAC meet broke the meet and school records.  Both marks were held by Gustie Janna Castellano and were set in 2007.  Castellano’s meet record was 12-feet 2-inches while her school record stood at 12-feet 3.5-inches.

At the 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Voss narrowly missed All-America status with a ninth place finish after clearing a height of 12-feet 3.5-inches.

Although her accolades on the track are impressive, so are her accomplishments off the track.  In the spring of 2012, Voss received a Critical Language Scholarship to study the language of Urdu in India during the summer of 2012.  In late April of her senior year, she was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Grant to Spain for 2013.

After graduation she will head to Spain for nine and a half months to serve as an English Teaching Assistant within a Spanish school.

“I will be teaching English in a high school and have plans to start a running club in my community,” commented Voss on her post-graduation plans.  “After a year, I will return to the U.S. and move to Houston where I will be a bilingual education Teach for America Corp member – an opportunity which I am so excited for and very passionate about!”

Voss is the 34th Gustavus student-athlete to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

A double major who will graduate in June with degrees in Spanish and sociology and anthropology, Voss carries an impressive cumulative grade point average of 3.94.  If her commitment to her studies and being one of the top NCAA Division III pole vaulters wasn’t enough, the Wausau, Wis., product is also a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, and is a volunteer through the Big Partner Little Partner program.

“Every day I spend at Gustavus I feel so proud to be a part of this community,” concluded Ally.  “I constantly find myself inspired by both staff and students because there are so many unique ideas, interests, passions and conversations floating around. It truly is a place and a community devoted to vocation and engagement in the world.”

Ally Voss’s collegiate athletic career is not done yet, as the Black and Gold’s most decorated pole vaulter will look to cap her four-year tenure on a high note in her native Wisconsin on Thursday.  Voss, who is the only Gustavus All-American in the outdoor pole vault, looks to earn All-America status once again the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships being held his weekend at Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex in La Crosse, Wis.

Voss enters the competition ranked eighth in the country with a qualifying height of 12-feet 5.5-inches.  She took gold at the MIAC Championships for the second straight year, becoming Gustavus’s first four-time All-Conference performer in the outdoor pole vault.  Her performance at the MIAC meet on May 11th bested St. Thomas’s Karoline Bastiaens’s 2003 MIAC meet record of 12-feet 5.25-inches.

The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes in their final year or intercollegiate athletics competition that excels academically and athletically. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants of $7,500 that can be used for research, books, tuition and other educational expenses at any graduate school.

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St. Peter, Minn. - A pair of Gustavus Adolphus student-athletes are set to compete in the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships being held May 23-25 at Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.  Senior Josh Owens (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and senior Allyson Voss (Wausau, Wis.) will represent the Black and Gold in the respective men’s and women’s pole vault competitions.

Josh Owens

Josh Owens is no stranger to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships as he returns to the national stage for the second straight year.  Last season at the NCAA Championships held in Claremont, Calif., Owens went over the bar at 15-feet seven-inches to finish 17th overall.

According to the most recent USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Rankings released on Monday, May 20, Owens sits tied for fourth in the pole vault alongside four other competitors with a qualifying height of 16-feet 1.75-inches.  He recorded his season-best height just last week at the UW-La Crosse NCAA Qualifier.  Owens, who was the MIAC runner-up in the pole vault the previous two seasons, claimed the gold medal at the 2013 MIAC Championships.  The three-time All-Conference performer cleared a height of 15-feet 5.5-inches to take first in St. Paul on May 10.

Owens is the first Gustavus pole vaulter to qualify for the NCAA Championships since Josh Gysbers did so in 2003.  Gysbers is also Gustavus’s lone All-American in the event, placing seventh the same year with a height of 15-feet seven-inches.

Ally Voss

Allyson Voss is also making her second straight showing at the NCAA Championships.  As a junior, Voss made Gustavus track and field history by becoming the program’s first All-American in the outdoor pole vault.  Voss placed seventh last year at Claremont with a school-record height of 12-feet 7.5-inches.

The Wausau, Wis. product enters the competition ranked eighth in the country with a height of 12-feet 5.5-inches.  At the 2013 MIAC Championships, Voss became the first Gustavus athlete to win the pole vault in back-to-back seasons.  The senior did so in record breaking fashion as well, breaking the MIAC meet record with her NCAA qualifying height mentioned earlier.  Her mark bested St. Thomas’s Karoline Bastiaens’s 2003 record of 12-feet 5.25-inches.  Gustavus’s first four-time All-Conference performer in the pole vault, Voss is the second two-time MIAC Champion from Gustavus.  Janna Castellano was the first after winning titles in 2005 and 2007.

The finals for the women’s pole vault will begin on Thursday, May 23 at 2:40 p.m., while the finals for the men’s pole vault will start later that night at 6:10 p.m.

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Gusties Nicole Porath and Brenden Huber following their respective wins at the 2013 Fargo Marathon on Saturday.

St. Peter, Minn. - Battling the high humidity and unpredictable weather of the Red River Valley, a pair of runners with Gustavus ties made their mark at the ninth annual Fargo Marathon on Saturday.

Nicole Porath, a 2005 Gustavus graduate, crossed the finish line with a time of 2:50:49 in front of a roaring Fargodome crowd to win the women’s marathon.

“I’m not going to lie, the crowd is amazing,” said Porath about her finish. “It’s fabulous, one of the best I ever had. The course was flat and fast, although you had to be careful of some of the corners.”

Earlier in the day, Gustavus cross country and track and field assistant coach Brenden Huber won the men’s 10k race with a time of 33:41.

Huber also praised the finish line crowd, stating after the race that, “It’s my favorite finish of all the road races I do because you come into that tunnel and the crowd just lights up.  You get your third and fourth wind. It’s just electric in here when you hit the ramp. It’s a lot of fun.”

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La Crosse, Wis. – At Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Comlex on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, which also happens to be the site of the 2013 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships, select members of the Gustavus Adolphus men’s and women’s track and field teams took advantage of the last regular season meet of the 2013 season in an attempt to boost their NCAA qualifying times.

Erica Hett

Josh Owens

On the men’s side, senior Josh Owens (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) turned in a first place finish in the pole vault after going over the bar at 16-feet 1.75-inches.  The 2013 MIAC Champion in the pole vault bested his previous season-best mark of 15-feet 5.5-inches set at the Meet of the UnSaintly on May 3 in St. Paul.  Owens’s performance on Thursday will most certainly boost his national ranking heading into the NCAA Championships as the senior was ranked 18th heading into the weekend.

Gustavus’s next top finisher was senior Erica Hett (Burnsville, Minn.).  Hett crossed the finish line in 11:30.33 to place second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.  Hett’s top time of the season in the steeplechase was an 11:19.22 posted in a runner-up performance at the MIAC Championships last weekend.

Also on the women’s team, Elizabeth Weiers (So., Le Center, Minn.) continued her already stellar outdoor season with a sixth place finish in the hammer throw with a toss of 164-feet 10-inches.  Weiers, who placed second in the hammer last weekend with a throw of 153-feet 11-inches at the MIAC Championships, improved her season-best mark by more than two feet in La Crosse.  Her previous season-best of 162-feet five-inches recorded at the MSU Twilight Meet on April 30 broke April Felt’s 1999 school record throw of 160-feet two-inches.  With her toss on Thursday, she once again bested the school record – this time her own.  Heading into yesterday, Weiers was ranked 28th in the country with her performance in Mankato.

Elizabeth Weiers

Ryan Ness

Rounding out the Gustavus competitors in La Crosse was senior Ryan Ness (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).  Ness placed sixth in the javelin with a throw of 169-feet six-inches.  Ness was the MIAC Champion in the event last weekend with a throw of 182-feet 10-inches.  His top mark of the season is 188-feet nine-inches set at Wartburg College on April 5.

The Gusties will now await their fate as the NCAA Championship field is selected later this weekend.  The 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held May 23-25 in La Crosse.

Complete Results

Allyson Voss won the pole vault for the second straight year on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Jeff Hunt.

Allyson Voss won the pole vault for the second straight year on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Jeff Hunt.

St. Paul - The Gustavus women’s track and field team placed sixth in a field of 12 teams at the 2013 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championships on Saturday afternoon at the University of St. Thomas.  St. Thomas finished first to take the conference title with a total of 140.5 team points.  The Gusties finished with 81.5 team points.

Highlighting the second day of competition for the Gusties was Ally Voss (Sr., Wausau, Wis.).  Voss successfully defended her 2012 title by winning the pole vault competition after clearing 12-feet 5.5-inches to break the former MIAC meet record held by St. Thomas’s Karoline Bastiaens.  Bastiaens’ record set in 2003 was 12-feet 5.25-inches.  With her gold medal performance, Voss becomes the first Gustie pole vaulter to earn All-Conference honors in all four years of competition.  She is also the school’s second two-time MIAC Champion in the event, as Janna Castellano took first in 2005 and 2007.

Also taking home All-Conference honors in the field events was Elizabeth Weiers (So, Le Center, Minn.) and Lauren Rothschiller (Sr., Chaska, Minn.).  Weiers finished runner-up in the hammer throw after posting a toss of 153-feet 11-inches.  Rothschiller tallied her second All-MIAC honor of the weekend with a third place showing in the triple jump after leaping 36-feet 11-inches.

Also in the field events, Nevada Wendlandt (Jr., Maplewood, Minn.) added a fourth place finish in high jump after going over the bar at 5-feet 2.5-inches.  In the discus, Jill Kalis (So., Waseca, Minn.) finished eighth with a throw of 119-feet 10-inches, while Kara Helgeson (Fy., Ortonville, Minn.) took ninth with a toss of 116-feet 10-inches.

It was senior Erica Hett (Burnsville, Minn.) leading the Gusties on the track.  Hett came in runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase after crossing the finish line in 11:19.22.

Also on the track, senior Amanda Iverson (Waconia, Minn.) turned in a fifth place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.37. Caitlin Fermoyle (So, Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Beth Hauer (Sr., Little Falls, Minn.) provided the Gusties with seventh place showings – Fermoyle in the 1,500-meter run (4:55.38) and Hauer in the 5,000-meter run (18:36.03).

The top three individuals in each event and the first-place relay team automatically earned All-Conference honors, and the fourth- through sixth-place finishers in each open event and second- through sixth-place relay teams will all be named All-Conference Honorable Mention. Top individual honors will be announced later this week.

Results

Lauren Rothschiller led the Gusties on day one with an All-Conference performance in the long jump.

Lauren Rothschiller led the Gusties on day one with an All-Conference performance in the long jump.

St. Paul – The Gustavus women’s track and field is currently in a three-way tie for fourth place after scoring 22 points on a gorgeous opening day of the 2013 MIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.  Leading the way and jumping out to a big lead was Concordia who scored 71 points.  St. Olaf is in second place with 36 points, while Carleton rounds out the top three in third with 24 points.

Headlining Gustavus’s top performers on day one was senior Lauren Rothschiller (Chaska, Minn.) who earned All-Conference distinction after placing third in the long jump.  Ranked 11th in the event entering the weekend, Rothschiller recorded a season-best leap of 17-feet 8.25-inches to finish third.

Also in the field events, Gustavus names filled up the top nine spots in the shot put.  Rookie Hayley Solheim (Crookston, Minn.) led the group with a fourth place performance after registering a toss of 42-feet 0.5-inches.  Sarah Swanson (Fy., Fairbanks, Alaska) was next in line with an eighth place throw of 39-feet 11.25-inches, and Emily Ford (So., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) came in behind her in ninth with a toss of 39-feet 9.75-inches.

Rounding out Gustavus’s top finishers in the field events was sophomore Rachel Colter (Eagan, Minn.) with a fifth place showing in the javelin after a throw of 111-feet 11-inches.

Amanda Iverson put herself in solid position to make a run at the podium in the 800-meter.

Senior Beth Hauer (Little Falls, Minn.) led the way for the Gusties on the track with a fifth place run in the 10,000-meter after crossing the finish line in 37:56.51

The 4×800-meter relay also scored Gustavus points on the track with a seventh place finish in 9:36.94.  Making up the relay was Jenny Hendricks (Sr., New Prague, Minn.), Courtney Branch (Fy., Minnetonka, Minn.), Lyndsi Schwichtenberg (Jr., Owatonna, Minn.), and Amanda Iverson (Sr., Waconia, Minn.).

Gustie track competitors poised to make a run and score points in the finals on Saturday include Caitlin Fermoyle (So., Mendota Heights, Minn.), Amanda Iverson, and the 4×100-meter relay made up of Hana Fischer (So., Eden Prairie, Minn.), Haley Kemper (So., Prior Lake, Minn.), Leah Brossoit (Jr. Rochester, Minn.), and Kaitlin Bembenek (So., Prior Lake, Minn.).  Fermoyle ran a 4:55.62 in the 1,500-meter run, Iverson went 2:18.62 in the 800-meter run, and the 4×100-meter relay ran a 50.30.

The 2013 MIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will conclude Saturday, May 11. Saturday’s action will start with the National Anthem at 11:50 a.m. The day two field events start at 12:00 p.m. and the track events will begin at 1:00 p.m. The full schedule of events is available online.

Saturday’s final event begins at 4:35 p.m., and there will be a short awards ceremony following the conclusion of the meet to honor both team champions. The top three individuals in each event and the first-place relay team will automatically earn All-Conference honors, and the fourth- through sixth-place finishers in each open event and second- through sixth-place relay teams will all be named All-Conference Honorable Mention.

The MIAC has a Web page dedicated to the event, and complete results, recaps, and multimedia coverage of the championships will be available on that site throughout the event. There will be live results available for all events courtesy of Apple Raceberry Jam and fans can also find entries and heat sheets on the MIAC’s event page as they become available.

Complete Women’s Results

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St. Peter, Minn. –

The 2013 MIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships began with last weekend’s multi-event competitions at Saint John’s. The full event will begin Friday at St. Thomas with field events beginning at 3:00 p.m. and track events starting at 3:30 p.m. Saturday’s action will start with the National Anthem at 11:50 a.m. The day two field events start at 12:00 p.m. and the track events will begin at 1:00 p.m. The full schedule of events is available online.

Saturday’s final event begins at 4:35 p.m., and there will be a short awards ceremony following the conclusion of the meet to honor both team champions. The top three individuals in each event and the first-place relay team will automatically earn All-Conference honors, and the fourth- through sixth-place finishers in each open event and second- through sixth-place relay teams will all be named All-Conference Honorable Mention.

The MIAC has a Web page dedicated to the event, and complete results, recaps, and multimedia coverage of the championships will be available on that site throughout the event. There will be live results available for all events courtesy of Apple Raceberry Jam and fans can also find entries and heat sheets on the MIAC’s event page as they become available

On the men’s side, Gustavus will look to its standout Blair Riegel (Jr., Lakeville, Minn.) for big points.  The reigning MIAC Champion in the long jump and member of last year’s first place 4×100-meter relay, Riegel is set to leave his mark both on the track and in the field events.  Heading into the weekend, the junior ranks second in the triple jump (45’ 3.5”), sixth in the long jump (21’ 4”), seventh in the 100-meter dash (11.08), and eighth in the 200-meter dash (22.58).  Riegel was named the Outstanding Field Athlete at MIAC Championships last season.

Also on the track, Matt Flotterud (Jr., Cannon Falls, Minn.) is poised to score in the 110-meter hurdles, ranking fifth with a time of 15.95.

Josh Owens (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.), a two-time All-Conference performer in the pole vault, seeks a breakthrough in 2013 after finishing second in the event the past two seasons.  Owens is currently the top contender for the title, coming in with a height of 15-feet 8.25-inches, which he cleared at the Meet of the UnSaintly last weekend.

Other top competitors include thrower Ryan Obele (Jr., Le Sueur, Minn.) and javelin specialist Ryan Ness (Sr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).  Obele ranks second in the hammer throw (161’) and fourth in the discus (148’ 4”), while Ness holds the top javelin toss in the league by more than eight feet with a mark of 188-feet 9-inches.  Brody Ziegler (Fr., Mankato, Minn.) and Isaac Tapp (So., Stewartville, Minn.) round out the top field competitors.  Both will compete in the high jump where Ziegler ranks third (6’ 6.75”) and Tapp ranks sixth (6’ 6”).

Leading the way for the Gustie women will be 2012 All-American Ally Voss (Sr., Wausau, Wis.) who looks to score her second straight MIAC title in the pole vault this weekend. A three-time All-Conference performer, Voss is the top contender with height of 12-feet 0.5-inches turned in at the MSU Twilight Meet on April 30.

Beth Hauer (Sr., Little Falls, Minn.) is the squad’s top competitor on the track, coming off a fourth place finish in the 5,000-meter run and a fifth place finish in the 10,000-meter run at the 2012 MIAC Championships.  She is currently ranked sixth in the 5,000 with a time of 18:04.27.  After a strong run last weekend at the Meet of the UnSaintly, Amanda Iverson (Sr., Waconia, Minn.) looks to score points in the 400-meter dash in which she ranks fifth with a time of 59.24.

Also in the field events, Gustavus expects a big weekend from Lauren Rothschiller (Sr., Chaska, Minn.) who ranks second in the triple jump (36’ 8.5”) and 11th in the long jump (16’ 8.5”).  Thrower Elizabeth Weiers (So., Le Center, Minn.) will make a run at the podium as well, coming into the meet with the second-ranked hammer throw of 162-feet 5-inches turned in on April 30 at the MSU Twilight Meet.

The Gustavus women’s team has three throwers who rank inside the top 10 in the shot put.  Haley Solheim (Fy., Crookston, Minn.) leads the group in sixth (40’ 11.75”), while Sarah Swanson (Fy., Fairbanks, Alaska) and Emily Ford (So., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) sit in ninth (39’ 8”) and tenth (39’ 6.75”), respectively.

Admission for the event is $7 for adults and $3 for students per day, with children ages 5 and under admitted free. MIAC passes will be honored. The MIAC would like to thank the University of St. Thomas, its coaches, and its staff, for its efforts as the host school. Stay tuned to St. Thomas’ athletic web site for complete details and meet information.

St. Paul – The Gustavus Adolphus track and field team got its last taste of competition before the MIAC Championships at the Meet of the UnSaintly held on Saturday at Hamline University.

Leading the Gustie women in the field events was Nevada Wendlandt (Jr., Winona, Minn.) and Ally Voss (Sr., Wausau, Wis.).  Wendlandt placed fourth in the high jump after clearing 5-feet one-inch, while Voss went over the bar at 11-feet seven-inches.  Lauren Rothschiller (Sr., Chaska, Minn.) turned in a fifth place finish in the triple jump after a mark of 34-feet 9.75-inches.

Amanda Iverson (Sr., Waconia, Minn.) recorded Gustavus’s top finish on the track with a fifth place performance in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.24.

On the men’s side, Josh Owens (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) cleared 15-feet 9.75-inches to take fourth in the pole vault, and Jesse Scheiterlein (So., Owatonna, Minn.) threw the hammer 145-feet nine-inches to finish fourth.

The Gustavus track and field team will be in action this upcoming weekend at the 2013 MIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships being held at the University of St. Thomas May 10-11.

Complete Results

Mankato, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus men’s and women’s track & field teams got some mid-week competition in on Tuesday when they competed in the Minnesota State University, Mankato Twilight Meet.  No team scores were kept at the event.

Leading the Gustavus men was junior Blair Riegel (Lakeville, Minn.) who recorded three top three finishes.  Riegel finished runner-up in the triple jump after a mark of 45-feet 3.5-inches, and also placed third in both the 100-meter (10.75) and 200-meter dash (22.58).

Joseph Renier (Jr., Cambridge, Minn.) turned in Gustavus’s top finish on the track with a win in the 5,000-meter run after posting a time of 15:44.36.

In the mid-distance races, Sam Fransen (Jr., Jackson, Minn.) came in second in the 800-meter run (2:01.13), and Tanner Davenport (Jr., Ham Lake, Minn.) crossed the finish line in third in the 1,500-meter run (4:18.34).

Ryan Obele (Jr., Le Sueur, Minn.) had a good evening in the throws, placing second in the hammer with a toss of 161-feet and third in the discus with a throw of 138-feet 9-inches.  Pat Tracy (Jr., St. Louis Park, Minn.) added a runner-up performance in the shot put (43-4.25).

Ryan Ness (Sr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and Josh Owens (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) rounded out the night’s top performers.  Ness won the javelin competition with a throw of 182-feet 7-inches, while Owens won the pole vault after clearing the bar at 15-feet 1.5-inches.   Brody Ziegler (Fr., Mankato, Minn.) also turned in a second place showing in the high jump after clearing 6-feet 4.75 inches.

Recording wins on the women’s side was Beth Hauer (Sr., Little Falls, Minn.) and Elizabeth Weiers (So., Le Center, Minn.).  Hauer had the team’s top performance on the track with first place run in the 5000-meter in 18:45.55.  Weiers was the top Gustie in the field events with a first place throw of 162-feet 5-inches in the hammer.

Also on the track, Caitlin Fermoyle (So., Mendota Heights, Minn.) placed second in the 1,500-meter run (4:51.06), as did Marit Henckel (So., Viroqua, Wis.) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:21.93).  Amanda Iverson (Sr., Waconia, Minn.) finished third in the 800-meter run (2:19.49), and Shelbie Walsh (Fy., Litchfield, Minn.) took third in the 110-meter hurdles (17.08).

To round out the Gustavus women’s team’s top competitors, Allyson Voss (Sr., Wausau, Wis.) cleared the bar at 12-feet 5-inches to finish second in the pole vault, Emily Ford (So., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) came in runner-up in the shot put with a throw of 39-feet 5.25-inches, and Rachel Colter (So., North St. Paul, Minn.) placed third in the javelin with a throw of 100-feet 2-inches.

Select members of the Gustavus track and field team will take part in the MIAC Multi’s set to begin on Thursday.  The two-day event originally scheduled to take place at Carleton College in Northfield has been moved to Saint John’s University in Collegeville.

Completer Men Results

Complete Women’s Results

Photo courtesy of Jeff Hunt.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Hunt.

St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus women’s track and field team competed in the Drake Alternative on a bright and sunny Saturday afternoon at the Gustavus Outdoor Track and Field complex.  Although there were no team scores kept at the meet, the Gusties hosted 21 regional teams that spanned Divisions I, II and III.

Gustavus’s top performer on the track was senior Beth Hauer (Little Falls, Minn.).  Hauer ran an 18:25.59 to finish runner-up in the 5,000-meter run.

Erica Hett (Sr., Burnsville, Minn.) also posted a finish on the podium by taking third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:52.23.  She also added a sixth place finish in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 5:00.76.

Rebecca Hare (So., Albany, Minn.) and Caitlin Fermoyle (So., Mendota Heights, Minn.) rounded out the squad’s top competitors on the track.  Hare placed fourth in the 1,500-meter run (4:57.79) and Fermoyle took fourth in the 5,000-meter run (18:51.33).

Senior Ally Voss (Wausau, Wis.) paced the Black and Gold in the field events.  Voss took runner-up in the pole vault after clearing 11-feet 6.5-inches.

Lauren Rothschiller (Sr., Chaska, Minn.) turned in a pair of podium finishes in the jumps.  She placed third in the long jump after a leap of 16-feet 8.50-inches and third in the triple jump with a mark of 36-feet 8.50-inches.  Nevada Wendlandt (Jr., Maplewood, Minn.) contributed a fourth place finish in the high jump (5-1.75) and a ninth place showing in the pole vault (10-6.75).

Elizabeth Weiers (So., Le Center, Minn.) led the Gusties in the throws with a thirf place performance in the hammer throw with a toss of 159-feet 3-inches.  Hayley Solheim (Fy., Crookston, Minn.) finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 40-feet 11.75-inches, and Rachel Colter (So., North St. Paul, Minn.) came in fourth in the javelin with a throw of 112-feet 10-inches.

The Gustavus track and field team will be in action next on Wednesday, May 1 when it takes part in the Mankato Twilight Meet in Mankato, Minn.

Complete Results