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Jack Johnson Classic
Gophers Kick Off Jack Johnson Classic
1/27/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
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MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota women's track & field team competed in the pentathlon and pole vault on day one of the Jack Johnson Classic at the Minnesota Fieldhouse Friday.
Cami Gilson finished as pole vault runner-up with her second-best mark of the season at 3.96m (12-11.75). Meanwhile, Lexi Kiefer tied for fourth with a season-best mark of 3.81m (12-06.00) and moved into a tie for 10th on the Gophers' all-time top-10 list as she set her collegiate-best mark of 3.90m (12-09.50) while competing unattached as a true freshman last season. In addition, Macy Narr took seventh at 3.66m (12-00.00). South Dakota's Emily Brigham won the pole vault, clearing 3.96m (12-11.75) on her first attempt while Gilson made the height on her second jump.
Minnesota went three-four-five, unofficially, in the pentathlon as Gopher rookies Hannah Arason (3,329) and Ashley Ramacher (3,217) took third and fourth while competing unattached, finishing just ahead of redshirt freshman Kayla Nelson (3,184) in fifth. Arason's score was a collegiate-best mark. Meanwhile, South Dakota's Shanice Cannigan won the pentathlon title with 3,832 points.
Nelson's pentathlon showing included recording a personal-best mark in the long jump at 5.11m (16-09.25) to finish fourth. Her highest finish in the pentathlon was a third-place showing in the shot put at 9.85m (32-03.75). Nelson clocked a time of 2:30.50 in the 800m for fifth and placed eighth in both the 60m hurdles (9.77) and the high jump (1.51m, 4-11.50).
Arason set collegiate-best marks in two pentathlon events, finishing third in high jump at 1.66m (5-05.25) and fourth in the 800m (2:30.45). She was the pentathlon shot put runner-up at 9.99m (32-09.50), took sixth in long jump (5.00m, 16-05.00), and was ninth in the 60m hurdles (9.81) en route to her career-best score of 3,329.
Ramacher also set two collegiate-best marks in her second career pentathlon appearance. She was fifth with a long jump PR of 5.04m (16-06.50) and tied her career best in the shot put at 8.42m (27-07.50) for eighth. She tied for fourth in the pentathlon high jump (1.60m, 5-03.00), took fifth in the 60m hurdles (9.30), and was seventh in the 800m (2:34.64).
Fellow Gopher multi-event athlete Sofie Albrechtsen started the pentathlon, placing sixth in the 60m hurdles in 9.41 and tying for first place in high jump with a leap of 1.69m (5-06.50), but she did not finish the pentathlon.
The Jack Johnson Classic resumes at 10 a.m. CT Saturday, beginning with the heptathlon 60-meter hurdles. The first women's event on the track is the 5,000-meter run at 10:30 a.m., and women's shot put gets underway at 11 a.m. at the Minnesota Fieldhouse.
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