University of Minnesota Athletics
Women's Track and Field Come Up Big at Parents' Day Open
2/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
The Gophers filled the rarely run 300-meter dash event with top ten performances. Harrigan finished first in 39.61 seconds, the third-fastest time in Minnesota school history. Amber Day (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) finished second in 40.28, the fourth fastest school time while sophomore Elizabeth Woolford (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) ran 41.20 for third place, the eighth fastest Minnesota time. Rachel Shutz (Hastings, Minn./Hastings) ran the school's tenth fastest time at 41.38 to take fourth place.
Woolford took first in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.99 seconds, the second fastest time this season. Julie Antczak (Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago) ran 9.32 seconds, while Sharyl Shutz (Hastings, Minn./Hastings) finished in 9.43 seconds followed her at third place.
In 800-meter run action, Minnesota was led by a first place finish from senior Jessica Shuster (Minneapolis, Minn./Washburn) who ran 2:14.34, the second-fastest time this season and the seventh-fastest school time. Finishing in a close second was junior Anita Menden (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie) with a time of 2:16.74.
The Gophers took the top four spots in the 600-meter dash led by sophomore Rachel Shutz who posted the fifth-best school time in 1:33.31. In a very close second place finish was junior Shani Marks (Apple Valley, Minn./Apple Valley) in a time 1:33.32, the school's sixth fastest time. Allison DeVries (Worthington, Minn./Worthington) and Melissa Steele (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie) took the third and fourth places in times of 1:34.81 and 1:35.24, respectively.
Junior Erica Findlay (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) set a new school record in the pole vault competition soaring 12-feet, 1 and 1/4-inches. Findlay's previous best was 12-feet, 1/4-inches set during the 2001 season.
Minnesota will next compete in the Big Ten Championships held at Penn State from Feb 23-24.
60 Meter Dash Round 1, Heat 1 1 Shannine Osbourne, Unattached 7.88Q 2 Delinda Tamagni, St. Kate's 8.34q 3 Laura Widen, St. Kate's 8.44q 4 Erin Ranta, St. Thomas 8.65 5 Danielle St. Louis, Hamline 8.69 6 Janine Wetzel, St. Olaf 9.04 Round 1, Heat 2 1 Amber Day, Minnesota 8.00Q 2 Erica Findlay, Minnesota 8.44 3 Marissa Lightbourne, Macalester 8.69 4 Monica Stearns, Minnesota 8.74 5 Reina Dee, St. Thomas 8.85 6 Anna Wykstra, St. Olaf 8.93 7 Rieanna Dee, St. Thomas 9.43 Round 1, Heat 3 1 Melissa Woltman, Minnesota 7.90Q 2 Elizabeth Durney, Macalester 8.27q 3 Melissa Botzet, St. Olaf 8.65 4 Bonny Pastika, Hamline 8.74 5 Kristy Gloe, St. Olaf 8.77 6 Krista Isaacson, Bethel 8.79 7 Meghan McNamer, St. Thomas 9.13 8 Erin Vesperman, Northwestern College 9.15 Round 1, Heat 4 1 Elizabeth Woolford, Minnesota 7.97Q 2 Lynne Nacke, Unattached 8.01q 3 Jill Ylonen, St. Thomas 8.20q 4 Becky Seely, Northwestern College 8.79 5 Elaine Reeves, St. Thomas 9.01 6 Ali Taylor, Hamline 9.33 Final 1 Shannine Osbourne, Unattached 7.78 2 Melissa Woltman, Minnesota 7.83 3 Elizabeth Woolford, Minnesota 7.94 4 Lynne Nacke, Unattached 7.97 5 Elizabeth Durney, Macalester 8.22 6 Jill Ylonen, St. Thomas 8.33 7 Delinda Tamagni, St. Kate's 8.41 8 Laura Widen, St. Kate's 8.53 200 Meter Dash 1 Shannine Osbourne, Unattached 26.06 H1 2 Melissa Woltman, Minnesota 26.26 H1 3 Heidi Vogel, St. Thomas 26.43 H1 4 Elizabeth Durney, Macalester 27.14 H2 5 Sharyl Schutz, Minnesota 27.53 H1 6 Anne Sikorra, St. Kate's 27.62 H2 7 Katie Joyce, St. Thomas 27.88 H2 8 Julie Antczak, Minnesota 28.12 H2 9 Kirsten Fristad, Macalester 28.38 H6 10 Delinda Tamagni, St. Kate's 28.48 H3 11 Johanna Schreve, Macalester 28.64 H6 12 Tamra Thayer, Carleton 28.72 H3 13 Angie Lau, St. Olaf 28.73 H4 14 Pam Crall, St. Olaf 28.75 H3 15 Bretta Vrieze, Bethel 28.76 H5 16 Jean Johnson, Augsburg 28.78 H3 17 Becky Seely, Northwestern College 28.93 H6 18 Melissa Botzet, St. Olaf 28.94 H4 19 Erin Ranta, St. Thomas 28.96 H4 20 Mary Krauel, Northwestern College 28.98 H6 21 Sarah Paul, Carleton 29.21 H3 22 Kristina Isaacson, Bethel 29.28 H5 23 Mary McKee, St. Thomas 29.32 H4 24 Cori Quade, St. Kate's 29.36 H5 25 Kitty Torrison, St. Olaf 29.37 H5 26 Kristy Gloe, St. Olaf 29.62 H4 27 Elaine Reeves, St. Thomas 29.63 H6 28 Anna Wykstra, St. Olaf 29.81 H7 29 Janine Wetzel, St. Olaf 29.88 H6 30 Marissa Lightbourne, Macalester 29.93 H5 31 Sarah Margoles, Carleton 30.50 H7 32 Erin Vesperman, Northwestern College 31.72 H7 33 Katie Lindley, St. Olaf 32.22 H7 300 Meter Dash 1 Tahesia Harrigan, Minnesota 39.61 H1 2 Amber Day, Minnesota 40.28 H1 3 Elizabeth Woolford, Minnesota 41.20 H2 4 Rachel Schutz, Minnesota 41.38 H1 5 Allyson DeVries, Minnesota 41.52 H1 6 Melissa Steele, Minnesota 41.87 H2 7 Nadine Conboy, Minnesota 42.57 H2 8 Emily Bastyr, Minnesota 42.98 H2 9 Melissa Woltman, Minnesota 43.01 H1 10 Nicole Terlouw, Minnesota 44.71 H2 11 Emily Liddiard, St. Kate's 44.72 H2 12 Muggy Lee, Carleton 46.47 H3 13 Jess Rosenblatt, Carleton 47.89 H3 14 Katie Fuhrman, St. Kate's 48.18 H3 15 Kristen Winchell, St. Thomas 48.62 H3 16 Erika Miller, St. Thomas 50.19 H3 400 Meter Dash 1 Amber Day, Minnesota 57.39 H1 2 Nadine Conboy, Minnesota 59.23 H1 3 Heidi Vogel, St. Thomas 59.28 H1 4 Alicia Wakefield, Bethel 62.83 H2 5 Sarah Paul, Carleton 63.53 H2 6 Jessica Miller, Bethel 64.35 H3 7 Mary McKee, St. Thomas 64.44 H1 8 Jessica Reed, Northwestern College 64.83 H3 9 Liz Hajek, Macalester 65.29 H2 10 Mary Krauel, Northwestern College 65.47 H3 11 Taryn Weakly, St. Olaf 65.56 H2 12 Kristina Justiniano, Augsburg 67.52 H3 13 Laura Widen, St. Kate's 69.32 H2 14 Erin Davidson, St. Olaf 72.40 H3 600 Meter Dash 1 Rachel Schutz, Minnesota 1:33.31 H1 2 Shani Marks, Minnesota 1:33.32 H1 3 Allyson DeVries, Minnesota 1:34.81 H1 4 Melissa Steele, Minnesota 1:35.24 H1 5 Tanna Simmons, Minnesota 1:36.67 H1 6 Cali Smith, St. Thomas 1:42.34 H2 7 Emily Liddiard, St. Kate's 1:43.19 H1 8 Jen Davis, Hamline 1:45.38 H2 9 Liz Cassel, Carleton 1:45.98 H2 10 Andrea Carlson, Augsburg 1:46.02 H2 11 Katie Fuhrman, St. Kate's 1:48.69 H2 12 Amber Beck, St. Thomas 1:48.94 H3 13 Bonny Pastika, Hamline 1:50.41 H2 14 Kristen Winchell, St. Thomas 1:51.07 H3 15 Amy Mackner, Augsburg 1:53.98 H3 16 Jessica Rother, St. Olaf 2:06.31 H3 17 Jennifer Milverstedt, St. Olaf 2:18.10 H3 800 Meter Run 1 Jessica Shuster, Minnesota 2:14.34 H1 2 Anita Menden, Minnesota 2:16.74 H1 3 Tish Dusich, St. Thomas 2:17.96 H1 4 Carrie Stuart, Carleton 2:22.10 H1 5 Corrin Hoffman, Hamline 2:23.11 H1 6 Marit Grorud, St. Olaf 2:24.84 H1 7 Allison Brabec, Minnesota 2:26.70 H1 8 Linda Lindqvist, Minnesota 2:28.17 H1 9 Abby Love, St. Olaf 2:30.35 H2 10 Emily Hagen, St. Olaf 2:37.16 H2 11 Molly Watson, St. Thomas 2:37.34 H2 12 Heather Kargl, Northwestern College 2:39.21 H2 13 Karis Backstrom, Northwestern College 2:41.77 H2 14 Erika Miller, St. Thomas 2:49.96 H2 15 Katie Gruner, St. Olaf 2:52.86 H2 1000 Meter Run 1 Darja Vasiljeva, Minnesota 2:58.69 H1 2 Tracy Fleishhacker, Minnesota 3:01.60 H1 3 Kim Magee, Minnesota 3:02.26 H1 4 Muggy Lee, Carleton 3:03.10 H1 5 Jenny Moyland, Minnesota 3:04.04 H1 6 Victoria Moses, Minnesota 3:04.63 H1 7 Zoe Nagel, Minnesota 3:05.14 H1 8 Chrissy Baune, Augsburg 3:06.16 H1 9 Jessica Deutsch, Carleton 3:08.09 H2 10 Crystal Glenn, Minnesota 3:08.23 H1 11 Megan Call, St. Olaf 3:15.22 H2 12 Alana Lucio, St. Thomas 3:17.12 H2 13 Sarah Bird, St. Thomas 3:17.37 H2 14 Kat Palinski, Macalester 3:18.15 H3 15 Traci Bartz, St. Olaf 3:23.94 H2 16 Sara Kittelson, St. Thomas 3:26.91 H2 17 Amber Converse, Macalester 3:29.98 H3 18 Rachel Larson, Macalester 3:37.38 H3 19 Caitlin Mosman, St. Olaf 3:38.95 H3 20 Erin Milway, St. Olaf 3:39.59 H3 21 Kelly Boerner, St. Olaf 3:41.18 H3 22 Zoe Schirmer, Carleton 3:43.08 H2 23 Elizabeth Sutton, Carleton 3:43.33 H2 24 Lisa Wojahn, Hamline 3:51.84 H2 25 Rachel Smith, Northwestern College 4:09.58 H3 26 Angie Goldberg, Northwestern College 4:25.64 H3 Mile Run 1 Rasa Michniovaite, Unattached 4:52.74 H1 2 Megan Daymont, St. Olaf 4:59.46 H1 3 Kelly Keeler, Run n Fun 5:03.43 H1 4 Tina Poulsen, Run n Fun 5:11.27 H1 5 Chrissy Baune, Augsburg 5:14.00 H1 6 Paula Hoffert, Minnesota 5:17.54 H1 7 Christine Harper, Minnesota 5:19.26 H1 8 Angela Wolkowski, Bethel 5:20.54 H3 9 Krsitine Hartmark, Minnesota 5:21.17 H1 10 Laura Hudson, Carleton 5:21.29 H1 11 Brigid Franey, St. Olaf 5:24.08 H2 12 Jill McKiernan, Carleton 5:26.70 H2 13 Megan Call, St. Olaf 5:30.41 H2 14 Kristin O'Connell, Carleton 5:30.75 H2 15 Cassie Funke, Carleton 5:38.06 H2 16 Alison Traffanstadt, Carleton 5:41.84 H2 17 Kjersten Johnson, St. Olaf 5:52.42 H2 18 Elissa Berry, Macalester 5:55.66 H3 19 Jaclyn Malone, Bethel 6:00.81 H3 20 Sam Frey, Macalester 6:03.52 H3 21 Kris Koopman, Northwestern College 6:04.76 H3 22 Ellen Moore, St. Kate's 6:09.39 H3 23 Veronica Kremer, Northwestern College 6:10.66 H3 24 Louise Miltich, Carleton 6:11.07 H2 25 Berit Nelson, St. Olaf 6:11.95 H3 26 Tessa Pierson, St. Olaf 6:12.68 H3 27 Diane Krupski, St. Olaf 6:14.08 H3 28 Sara Knoll, Hamline 6:39.80 H3 29 Betsy Demien, Northwestern College 6:40.37 H3 3000 Meter Run 1 Staci Bennett, Unattached 10:04.62 H1 2 Kelly Keeler, Run n Fun 10:19.97 H1 3 Laura Bloedorn, Carleton 10:22.35 H1 4 Allison Mumbleau, Minnesota 10:23.01 H1 5 Jill Field, Minnesota 10:24.26 H1 6 Sara Hesser, Minnesota 10:38.76 H1 7 Emily Scotton, Carleton 10:46.08 H1 8 Krista Anderson, Minnesota 10:48.58 H1 9 Brigid Franey, St. Olaf 10:55.84 H1 10 Andrea Grunst, Carleton 10:58.71 H1 11 Melissa Grunst, Carleton 10:58.74 H1 12 Laura Grossman, Hamline 11:09.98 H1 13 Thea Strand, Hamline 11:10.02 H1 14 Jenny Maxted, Hamline 11:15.36 H1 15 Keren Schaalman, Carleton 11:18.96 H2 16 Taylor Page, Carleton 11:20.83 H2 17 Erica Clausen, St. Olaf 11:31.64 H2 18 April Graves, St. Olaf 11:41.43 H2 19 Mo Mullikin, Macalester 11:41.78 H2 20 Meg Duhr-Schlutz, Macalester 11:46.92 H2 21 Kris Koopman, Northwestern College 12:12.48 H2 22 Sarah Olson, St. Olaf 12:24.23 H2 23 Veronica Kremer, Northwestern College 12:39.78 H2 24 Vicki Patrek, St. Olaf 12:41.02 H2 25 Jen Bronson, St. Kate's 12:42.19 H2 26 Sam Guadagni, Macalester 12:49.49 H2 5000 Meter Run 1 Kristin Peterson, Northern State 18:41.74 2 Nicole Gurgel, St. Thomas 18:55.62 3 Lisa Cadmus, Carleton 19:09.21 4 Maren Flynn, St. Olaf 19:21.92 5 Megan MacArdy, Minnesota 19:58.17 6 Sarah Gradick, Carleton 20:29.67 7 Natalie Stork, St. Thomas 20:44.88 60 Meter Hurdles Round 1, Heat 1 1 Elizabeth Woolford, Minnesota 8.88Q 2 Julie Antczak, Minnesota 9.25q 3 Linda Lindqvist, Minnesota 9.71q 4 Becky Seely, Northwestern College 10.17 5 Kirsten Fristad, Macalester 10.41 6 Kitty Torrison, St. Olaf 10.56 7 Julia Gray, Macalester 11.59 Round 1, Heat 2 1 Lynne Nacke, Unattached 9.27Q 2 Carrie Stuart, Carleton 9.71q 3 Anne Sikorra, St. Kate's 9.75q 4 Crystal Thomason, Hamline 10.02q 5 Jill Ament, St. Kate's 10.44 6 Johanna Schreve, Macalester 10.46 7 Sarah Paul, Carleton 12.59 Round 1, Heat 3 1 Sharyl Schutz, Minnesota 9.34Q 2 Becky Peterson, St. Olaf 9.42q 3 Stacy Heiling, Hamline 10.27 4 Mary McKee, St. Thomas 10.37 5 Angie Lau, St. Olaf 10.43 6 Cori Quade, St. Kate's 10.43 7 Kim Hayes, St. Kate's 10.55 Final 1 Elizabeth Woolford, Minnesota 8.99 2 Lynne Nacke, Unattached 9.19 3 Julie Antczak, Minnesota 9.32 4 Sharyl Schutz, Minnesota 9.43 5 Becky Peterson, St. Olaf 9.48 6 Carrie Stuart, Carleton 9.70 7 Anne Sikorra, St. Kate's 9.73 8 Linda Lindqvist, Minnesota 9.74 9 Crystal Thomason, Hamline 10.15 800 Meter Relay 1 St. Thomas 1:51.36 2 St. Kate's 1:52.49 3 St. Olaf 1:59.50 St. Olaf DQ 4X400 Meter Relay 1 St. Olaf 4:06.10 H1 2 Minnesota 4:08.13 H1 3 Macalester 4:14.17 H1 4 Carleton 4:19.53 H1 5 Minnesota 4:22.69 H3 6 St. Olaf 4:25.29 H2 7 Bethel 4:26.44 H2 8 Hamline 4:26.63 H1 9 St. Olaf 4:27.02 H2 10 St. Olaf 4:37.14 H2 11 St. Olaf 4:46.98 H3 12 St. Olaf 4:59.49 H3 13 St. Olaf 5:09.81 H3 14 St. Olaf 5:22.09 H3 Distance Medley Relay 1 Carleton 13:12.27 2 Bethel 13:21.37 3 Macalester 14:06.23 4 Northwestern College 14:26.61 Long Jump Round 1, Flight 1 1 Tahesia Harrigan, Minnesota 19-0 1/2 (5.80m)q 2 Erin Davidson, St. Olaf 14-0 1/4 (4.27m)q 3 Sarah Beggs, St. Olaf 13-11 1/2 (4.25m)q 4 Karolien Bastiaens, St. Thomas 13-10 1/2 (4.23m) 5 Leah Dvorak, St. Olaf 13-10 1/4 (4.22m) 6 Jennifer Levenhagen, St. Olaf 13-6 (4.11m) 7 Pam Crall, St. Olaf 12-11 1/4 (3.94m) Round 1, Flight 2 1 Carrie Stuart, Carleton 16-3 3/4 (4.97m)q 2 Jill Ylonen, St. Thomas 15-11 1/2 (4.86m)q 3 Nicole Meidl, St. Thomas 15-4 (4.67m)q 4 Anne Sikorra, St. Kate's 15-2 (4.62m)q 5 Jessica Reed, Northwestern College 15-0 1/2 (4.58m)q 6 Erin Ranta, St. Thomas 14-7 (4.44m)q 7 Kerby Carlson, St. Thomas 13-1 1/2 (4.00m) 8 Niki Kubicek, St. Thomas 12-4 1/2 (3.77m) Final 1 Tahesia Harrigan, Minnesota 19-0 1/2 (5.80m) 2 Carrie Stuart, Carleton 16-3 3/4 (4.97m) 3 Nicole Meidl, St. Thomas 16-1 1/2 (4.91m) 4 Jill Ylonen, St. Thomas 15-11 1/2 (4.86m) 5 Anne Sikorra, St. Kate's 15-2 (4.62m) 6 Jessica Reed, Northwestern College 15-0 1/2 (4.58m) 7 Erin Ranta, St. Thomas 14-11 1/4 (4.55m) 8 Sarah Beggs, St. Olaf 14-1 (4.29m) 9 Erin Davidson, St. Olaf 14-0 1/4 (4.27m) Triple Jump Round 1, Flight 1 1 Shani Marks, Minnesota 40-10 1/4 (12.45m)q 2 Allyson DeVries, Minnesota 35-8 1/2 (10.88m)q 3 Sarah Beggs, St. Olaf 31-1 1/4 (9.48m)q 4 Petra Velander, Augsburg 30-9 3/4 (9.39m)q 5 Sonja Moe, St. Olaf 30-5 (9.27m) 6 Kerby Carlson, St. Thomas 30-1 1/2 (9.18m) 7 Angela Van Binsbergen, Augsburg 30-1 1/2 (9.18m) 8 Sarah Margoles, Carleton 29-9 1/4 (9.07m) Round 1, Flight 2 1 Saree Zweifel, Minnesota 37-3 (11.35m)q 2 Shiah Damyanovich, Minnesota Duluth 36-9 1/2 (11.21m)q 3 Heidi Vogel, St. Thomas 34-0 3/4 (10.38m)q 4 Greta Schutte, Bethel 34-0 (10.36m)q 5 Cori Quade, St. Kate's 31-1 1/4 (9.48m)q Final 1 Shani Marks, Minnesota 40-10 1/4 (12.45m) 2 Saree Zweifel, Minnesota 37-3 (11.35m) 3 Allyson DeVries, Minnesota 36-11 3/4 (11.27m) 4 Shiah Damyanovich, Minnesota Duluth 36-9 1/2 (11.21m) 5 Heidi Vogel, St. Thomas 34-0 3/4 (10.38m) 6 Greta Schutte, Bethel 34-0 (10.36m) 7 Sarah Beggs, St. Olaf 31-1 1/4 (9.48m) 8 Cori Quade, St. Kate's 31-1 1/4 (9.48m) 9 Petra Velander, Augsburg 30-9 3/4 (9.39m) Shot Put Round 1, Flight 1 1 Ellen Crow, St. Thomas 33-1 3/4 (10.10m) 2 Emily Uzzell, St. Olaf 32-3 1/2 (9.84m) 3 Kate Moran, 29-7 1/4 (9.02m) 4 Becky Peterson, St. Olaf 28-9 1/4 (8.77m) 5 Holly Spencer, Northwestern College 28-4 1/4 (8.64m) 6 Marghet Hager, St. Olaf 28-1 (8.56m) 7 Tara Robillard, St. Thomas 27-0 (8.23m) 8 Amy Conboy, Bethel 26-5 (8.05m) 9 Kelly Christopherson, St. Thomas 25-8 3/4 (7.84m) 10 Michelle Ashleson, Bethel 15-7 (4.75m) Round 1, Flight 2 1 Alean Frawley, Minnesota 44-11 (13.69m)q 2 Amy Netland, Minnesota 43-9 1/4 (13.34m)q 3 Megan Johnson, Minnesota 42-6 3/4 (12.97m)q 4 Jackie Luehmann, Gustavus Adolphus 41-11 1/4 (12.78m)q 5 Nicole Kopari, Minnesota 41-10 (12.75m)q 6 Crystal Baloun, St. Thomas 36-4 3/4 (11.09m)q 7 Kirsten Gulbro, Augsburg 35-9 1/2 (10.91m)q 8 Robin Schuette, Hamline 34-5 1/2 (10.50m)q 9 Becky Martinson, Hamline 33-7 1/4 (10.24m)q 10 Jennifer Levenhagen, St. Olaf 33-3 1/4 (10.14m) 11 Melissa Logan, Carleton 33-3 (10.13m) 12 Ali Taylor, Hamline 32-10 1/2 (10.02m) Final 1 Alean Frawley, Minnesota 47-6 1/4 (14.48m) 2 Jackie Luehmann, Gustavus Adolphus 43-11 1/4 (13.39m) 3 Amy Netland, Minnesota 43-9 1/4 (13.34m) 4 Megan Johnson, Minnesota 42-6 3/4 (12.97m) 5 Nicole Kopari, Minnesota 41-10 (12.75m) 6 Crystal Baloun, St. Thomas 36-11 3/4 (11.27m) 7 Kirsten Gulbro, Augsburg 35-9 1/2 (10.91m) 8 Becky Martinson, Hamline 35-1 (10.69m) 9 Robin Schuette, Hamline 34-5 1/2 (10.50m) Weight Throw Round 1, Flight 1 1 Reina Dee, St. Thomas 39-2 1/4 (11.94m)q 2 Becki Madvig, Bethel 37-1 3/4 (11.32m)q 3 Sara Folsted, Hamline 36-7 (11.15m)q 4 Ellen Crow, St. Thomas 33-1 3/4 (10.10m) 5 Melissa Logan, Carleton 32-3 1/2 (9.84m) 6 Amanda Jacobson, St. Olaf
