University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Women Compete at the UW-Stout Invitational
2/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
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The Gopher women sent four into the pole vault competition and came back with the top four spots. Senior Andrea Smith took first place with a mark of 13 feet 1 inches followed by senior Ashley Nord (12-1 ) in second. Freshman Samantha Sonnenberg (12-1 ) and junior Laura Massey (11-7 ) followed with a third and fourth-place showing. Sonnoenberg's mark put her seventh on
Sophomore Clarissa Bootsma won the mile run with a career-best time of 5 minutes, 13.79 seconds. Fellow Gopher Dagmura Handzlik placed fourth (5:18.41).
In the 200-meter run, sophomore Jessica Strong finished second with a time of 26.67 seconds. Behind her, placing fifth in the 200 meters, was freshman Kate Baillon (27.59).
Another Gopher who placed was freshman Shannon Daggat who ran a time of 59.61 seconds in the 400 meter dash to finish second.
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