Records fall as 17 Blue Hawks earn All-Conference honors
DICKINSON, N.D. – The Dickinson State Women’s outdoor track and field team picked up some more hardware to go along with their sixth consecutive North Star Athletic Association title as 17 Blue Hawks combined to collect 35 All-Conference awards for their efforts at the conference meet.
Wrenzi Wrzesinski and Kaitlyn McColly led the way with five All-Conference awards each as they both continued their dominant season. Grace Timm, Kori Nagel and Jewel Olson all netted three All-Conference awards while Jocelyn Ott, Adarra Haglund, Lauren Taylor, and Tori Nygard received two to round out the Blue Hawks with multiple awards.
Natalie Lile, Morgan Aune, Kyley Barnett, Elizabeth Widmer, Madison Wahl, Cassidy Jorenson, Alyssa Andress, and Katya Baranko all earned one All-Conference selection.
In addition to the huge number of All-Conference selections, the Blue Hawks also set or tied nine conference meet records last week.
NSAA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Conference Meet Records Broken (old record in parenthesis)
400-meter dash: Jewel Olson – Dickinson State (N.D.) – 57.01 seconds (Taylor Ludwig – Dickinson State – 58.10
seconds – 2019)
100-meter hurdles: Wrenzi Wrzesinski – Dickinson State (N.D.) – 14.38 seconds (Wrenzi Wrzesinski – Dickinson State –
14.44 – 2022)
400-meter hurdles: Kaitlyn McColly – Dickinson State (N.D.) – 1:04.75 (Mackenzie Grubbs – Dickinson State – 1:04.81 –
2018)
High Jump: Adarra Haglund – Dickinson State (N.D.) – 1.65 meters – 5 feet, 5 inches (Kaiann Arellano – Jamestown –
1.60 meters – 5 feet, 3 inches – twice in 2017 and 2018); Aubrey Aspen – Viterbo – 1.60 meters – 5 feet, 3 inches – 2016)
Pole Vault (tied): Madison Wahl – Dickinson State (N.D.) – 3.55 meters – 11 feet, 7.75 inches
Long Jump: Jocelyn Ott – Dickinson State (N.D.) – 5.66 meters – 18 feet, 7 inches (Brooke Malsom – Valley City State –
5.56 meters – 18 feet, 3 inches – 2021)
Shot Put: Kori Nagel – Dickinson State (N.D.) – 14.86 meters – 48 feet, 9 inches (Seri Geisler – Valley City State – 13.36
meters – 43 feet, 10 inches – 2017)
Discus Throw: Kori Nagel – Dickinson State (N.D.) – 44.57 meters – 146 feet, 3 inches (Traia Hubbard – Dakota State –
43.73 meters – 143 feet, 6 inches – 2021)
Points: Dickinson State (N.D.) – 300.5 points (Dickinson State – 258 points – 2022)
The Blue Hawks will be back in action when they travel to Marion, Indiana for the NAIA National Championships May 24-26.