University of Minnesota Athletics
Multis Head to Mt. SAC Relays
4/11/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
| Mt. SAC Relays/California Invitational Heptathlon | |||||||||||
| Date | Wednesday-Thursday, April 13-14, 2016 | ||||||||||
| Location | Cougar Athletic Stadium | Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, Calif. | ||||||||||
| Meet Info | Meet Info/Schedule | Accepted Entries | Heat Sheets | ||||||||||
| Coverage | Live Results | @GopherWCCTF | ||||||||||
| Holst Invitational | |||||||||||
| Date | Saturday, April 16, 2016 | ||||||||||
| Location | Sea Foam Stadium | Concordia-St. Paul | St. Paul, Minn. | ||||||||||
| Meet Info | Schedule | Meet Info | Heat Sheets | ||||||||||
| Coverage | @GopherWCCTF | ||||||||||
April 11, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS - The Gopher multis are set to make their 2016 heptathlon debuts at the Mt. SAC Relays/California Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific this Wednesday and Thursday while the rest of the team competes locally at the Holst Invitational hosted by Concordia St. Paul on Saturday.
About the Mt. SAC Relays/California Invitational Heptathlon
Jess Lehman is one of 19 competitors entered in the Mt. SAC Relays heptathlon, scheduled to begin at 1:15 p.m. CT Wednesday and 3 p.m. CT Thursday, while Sofie Albrechtsen, Alex Beckman, Amanda Beckman, and Audra Winter will compete in the California Invitational heptathlon at 10:30 a.m. CT both Wednesday and Thursday.
A total of 125 male and female entries were accepted for the meet, with 56 entered in the men's decathlon and 69 in the women's heptathlon, including 19-athlete fields in the Mt. SAC Relays section of each event.
About the Holst Invitational
Concordia-St. Paul is set to host its annual Holst Invitational at Sea Foam Stadium on Saturday. Select field events are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. CT with running events set for 11 a.m. CT.
Last Time Out: Sun Angel Classic, Mesa Classic & Ashton May Invite
The Gophers won five titles at three meets over the weekend. At the Mesa Classic, Titania Markland won the 800m in a career-best 2:08.52 and Taylor Mikkalson won the 3,000m steeple chase in a career-best 10:29.48. At the Sun Angel Classic, Heta Tuuri won the high jump with an outdoor career-best leap of 1.75m, the 4x100m relay team of Kat Keller, Kimberly Golding, Emma Spagnola, and Emerald Egwim won in 45.69, and Angie Guenther won the open section of the hammer throw at 58.87m. The Gophers finished the weekend with 17 personal records and six runner-up finishes along with five event titles.
Outdoor Records Fall
Eleven Gophers have posted all-time top-10 individual performances already this outdoor season. Kimberly Golding (13.46) and Emma Spagnola (13.53) ran the top two times in the 100m hurdles in program history while Spagnola improved her seventh-ranked 400m hurdles time to 59.68 seconds. Madeline Strandmo ranks sixth (10:21.84) and Taylor Mikkalson ranks eighth (10:29.48) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Also on the track, Ally McSherry climbed one place to sixth all-time at 2:07.17.
In the field events, two jumpers have made their marks in the all-time ranks as Shanique Wright is tied for fourth all-time in the triple jump (12.41m, 40-08.75) and Heta Tuuri is seventh in high jump (1.75m, 5-08.75). Likewise, two Gophers are in among the top-10 hammer throwers as Lyndsey Thorpe moved into a tie for second all-time at 60.86m (199-08) and Agnes Esser is fifth (59.55m, 195-04). Kiley Sabin is eighth in the shot put (15.32m, 50-03.25) as well.
Gophers Break Four Indoor Records
The Gophers broke four program records during the 2016 indoor season, including the 400-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, 4x400-meter relay, and pentathlon. Emerald Egwim (53.41) and Titania Markland (54.34) both broke the previous record in the 400m this indoor season. In the 60m hurdles, Kimberly Golding improved upon her own record (8.18 seconds). She and Emma Spagnola, ranked second in program history at 8.33 seconds, further improved Minnesota's top two times this season after both breaking the record for the first time last season.
Minnesota's 4x400-meter relay record fell this season as well. The team of Kat Keller, Emerald Egwim, Erin Hawkins, and Titania Markland clocked a time of 3:35.33 to improve on the mark of 3:36.67 set by the team of Markland, Alena Brooks, Jessica Waldvogel, and Megan Geyen, which set the record and placed third at the 2014 Big Ten Indoor Championship.
Jess Lehman (Herauf) broke her own record in the pentathlon, scoring 4,393 points to win the pentathlon title at the Big Ten Championship. Lehman first broke the pentathlon record last season, improving on the mark of 4,218 points held by Liz Roehrig from 2008 to 2015.
2016 Indoor Season Ends with B1G Fourth-Place Finish
The Gophers capped the 2016 indoor season with a fourth-place showing at the Big Ten Conference Indoor Championship led by Titania Markland's 600-meter title and Jess Lehman's pentathlon title. Minnesota scored 89 points to finish fourth, its highest indoor team finish since also placing fourth in 2014. Michigan took home the team title with 109 points, followed by Purdue (102 points) and Penn State (96.50 points) in the top three.
Up Next: Virginia Challenge
Minnesota heads to Charlottesville, Va., for the Virginia Challenge on Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23.
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