Huskies split shift, find success at multiple meets

Wednesday, April 17

Lawrence, KS

St. Cloud State

Kansas Relays

Photo by: Concordia-St. Paul Athletics

4/20/2019 7:03:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Kansas Relay Results | CSP Lady Bear Twilight Results |

ST. CLOUD, MINN. – The St. Cloud State track and field team was certainly busy this past weekend. After having multiple outdoor meets cancelled due to the lingering winter weather in the Midwest, the Huskies were forced to compete in multiple meets over the same weekend. In fact, St. Cloud State sent student-athletes to both the Kansas Relays in Lawrence, Kansas and Concordia-St. Paul's Lady Bear Twilight to try and make up for some lost weekend. The Huskies found quite a bit of success in both meets, as they saw multiple student-athletes record high finishes and personal records (PR) in both locations.

At the Kansas Relays, Leighten Fischer (Iola, Wis. / Iola-Scandinavia) and Faith Lubner (Reedsville, Wis. / Reedsville) both recorded top-10 finishes in the heptathlon against some of the best athletes at the Division I level. Lubner finished in fifth behind a score of 4441 while Fischer took tenth thanks to her score of 4162.

Emilia Burris (Woodale, Ill. / Fenton), Emma Baynes (Mankato, Minn./ East), Claire Shae, Maya Taylor (Oswego, Ill. / East) and Natalie Gottschalk (Waukesha, Wis. / South) also competed at the Kansas Relays over the weekend. Burris was certainly impressive, as she finished fourth in the long jump behind her jump of 5.83m, 12^th in the 200m dash with a. time of 24.82 and 13^th in the 100m dash with a time of 12.08. Bayne finished just a few paces behind her in the 100, as she came in 18^th behind a time of 12.19. She also finished 22^nd in the 200 with a time of 25.39.

Gottschalk competed in long jump, high jump and 100m hurdles at the Kansas Relays. The super senior finished 15^th in long jump with a jump of 5.45m and 17^th in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.23. Shae made her collegiate debut in high jump, finishing in 14^th behind a jump of 1.55m, while Taylor finished 15^th in the triple jump thanks to her jump of 11.39m.

The Huskies put together multiple strong performances at the Lady Bear Twilight Friday afternoon and evening as well, as multiple student-athletes recorded top-8 finishes in their respective events. In the 100m dash, three student-athletes for St. Cloud State finished in the top-8, including Bailee Brazerol, Sydney Breden and Isabelle Simdorn. Brazerol was the top finisher for the Huskies, as she came in third behind a time of 12.89, while Breden and Simdorn came in sixth and seventh with times of 14.16 and 14.24 respectively.

In the middle distance events, Autum Shurbert-Hetzel (Stevens Point, Wis. / Stevens Point Area) came in tenth in the 800m run with a time of 2:28.94, while three runners recorded top-12 finishes in the 1500m run. Clara Welhouse (Green Bay, Wis. / Southwest) was the top finisher for St. Cloud State, as she finished in eighth with a time of 5:06.78. Isabella Kraft (Bismarck, N.D. / Bismarck) and Annika Juenemann (Eyota, Minn. / Dover-Eyota) were right behind her, as they finished in tenth and eleventh with times of 5:12.74 and 5:17.77.

St. Cloud State had two top-8 finishers in the hurdles events. Jocelyn Johnson (Lakeville, Minn. / Lakeville South) finished eighth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.99 while Bridget Brown (Elk River, Minn. / Elk River) finished fourth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:05.63.

Chrissy Lofgren (Stewartville, Minn. / Stewartville) finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase thanks to her time of 11:51.46 to round out the Huskies success on the track.

In field events, St. Cloud State once again had several top-8 finishers. In the pole vault, Kalli Jo Klocke finished third, while Haley Kelvington and Emma Gauert finished in seventh and eighth respectively.

Abby Jungwirth (Forest Lake, Minn. / Forest Lake) was impressive in both the long jump and triple jump competitions. The junior won triple jump at 11.28m and finished third in long jump with a jump of 5.25m.

Annie Falardeau continued her strong start to the season, as she finished second in shot put with a throw of 13.06m. Her teammate Dominique Buechel was third in discus with a throw of 39.53m.

St. Cloud State will return to action next weekend, as the team competes at the Drake Relays and at Saint Mary's University.