University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota Wins Distance Medley Relay at Kansas Relays
4/19/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
The Golden Gopher distance medley relay of Nikki Swenson, Jamie Dittmar, Challis Larson and Gabriele Anderson captured the title at the Kansas Relays on Friday. The Minnesota contingent clocked a time of 12 minutes, 4.15 seconds.
Ruby Radocaj led the individual performances for the Gophers. Radocaj placed second in the javelin with a throw of 168 feet, 5 inches.
Gopher high jumpers Caitlin Roemhildt and Natalie Devine both cleared 5-7. Roemhildt finished third and Devine fifth as the number of missed attempts serving as the tiebreaker.
While most track events contested preliminary races on Friday, the 3,000-meter steeplechase ran its final. Megan Duwell placed third in her first steeplechase race of the season with a time of 11:18.36. Dani Ashford was 12th with a time of 11:54.76.
Liz Podominick added a sixth-place showing in the shot put with a toss of 48-10 3/4.
In preliminary rounds, Ekene Obi and a pair of relays advanced to Saturday’s final. Obi posted a time of 1:03.38 to finish second in her preliminary heat of the 400-meter hurdles. The 4x100-meter relay of Katie Grundman, Nicole Carroll, Dawn Solberg and Chioma Omeoga ran a time of 47.94 to advance in the 4x100 meters, while Obi, Rikita Butler, Julie Schwenger and Heather Dorniden ran a prelim-best time of 3:51.71.
The Kansas Relays conclude on Saturday.
Ruby Radocaj led the individual performances for the Gophers. Radocaj placed second in the javelin with a throw of 168 feet, 5 inches.
Gopher high jumpers Caitlin Roemhildt and Natalie Devine both cleared 5-7. Roemhildt finished third and Devine fifth as the number of missed attempts serving as the tiebreaker.
While most track events contested preliminary races on Friday, the 3,000-meter steeplechase ran its final. Megan Duwell placed third in her first steeplechase race of the season with a time of 11:18.36. Dani Ashford was 12th with a time of 11:54.76.
Liz Podominick added a sixth-place showing in the shot put with a toss of 48-10 3/4.
In preliminary rounds, Ekene Obi and a pair of relays advanced to Saturday’s final. Obi posted a time of 1:03.38 to finish second in her preliminary heat of the 400-meter hurdles. The 4x100-meter relay of Katie Grundman, Nicole Carroll, Dawn Solberg and Chioma Omeoga ran a time of 47.94 to advance in the 4x100 meters, while Obi, Rikita Butler, Julie Schwenger and Heather Dorniden ran a prelim-best time of 3:51.71.
The Kansas Relays conclude on Saturday.
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