Buechel’s record-shattering day paces Huskies at Maverick Classic

Friday, May 7

Mankato, MN

St. Cloud State

Maverick Classic

Photo by: Thomas Breach

Buechel’s record-shattering day paces Huskies at Maverick Classic

5/7/2021 10:40:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

St. Cloud State Women's Track and Field thrower Dominique Buechel broke two program records as part of a fifth-place Huskies finish at the Maverick Classic in Mankato on Friday. The Huskies landed fifth in a fourteen-school field, competing in their final regular-season meet of the Outdoor season.

"It was another really good day for our groups down in Mankato," said head coach Sam Kettenhofen, "Very pleased with the performances in our final tune up prior to the Conference Championships."

Buechel began her performance by winning the Discus with a whopping 52.21m throw, breaking Sandy Fuchs' 1995 mark of 51.51m and earning herself the No. 6 rank in NCAA-DII at the time of the event. She placed sixth in the Hammer Throw, unleashing a 52.60m toss that shattered Rebecca Kitzman's 52.24m mark set in 2012.

"Very excited and happy for Dom!" Kettenhofen continued, "She has had an excellent season and for her to break two School Records in the same meet is an incredible accomplishment."

Field Events

Following Buechel's incredible effort in the throws, Emelia Burris placed second in the Long Jump with a 5.87m leap. Gracie Elsenpeter cleared a personal best 3.37m to finish sixth in the Pole Vault while Emma Gauert added to the scoring by tying for seventh. Julia Rowles starred in the High Jump, placing fourth while tying a career-best and setting a season-best by clearing 1.58m. Jocelyn Johnson joined Rowles in the top-ten.

Track Events

Isabella Kraft began the Huskies' afternoon on the Track side of things by placing top-five in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase. Another SCSU personal best was earned in the 800 Meter Run as Leighten Fischer finished fifth with a 2:19.75 time. Gracie Elsenpeter earned a trip to the 100 Meter Hurdles with a 14.79s finish in the Preliminaries, going on to take fourth in the Finals at 14.97s.

Makayla Rice became St. Cloud State's second event winner of the evening by coming out on top of the 400 Meter Hurdles, finishing in 1:04.02 and joined in the top-eight by Karla Encarnacion. In the 1500 Meter Run, Cheresa Bouley finished top-fifteen while Katherine Todd landed top-twenty with a personal best 4:52.66 time.

Up Next

St. Cloud State will compete at the 2021 NSIC Outdoor Championships next week in Duluth, Minnesota. The conference championships begin Thursday, May 13 and run through Saturday, May 15.

"This time of year you are looking for some specific things – high level performances, consistency, and confidence – overall our group showed some of all three today," concluded Kettenhofen, "Based on that, we should be ready to go for next week's conference meet."

Team Scores

1. Minnesota State (190)
2. Augustana (104)
3. Bemidji State (100)
4. Winona State (71)
5. St. Cloud State (54.50)
6. Concordia-St. Paul (47)
7. Gustavus Adolphus (43.50)
8. Sioux Falls (38)
9. St. Thomas (26)
10. Minnesota-Duluth (21)
11. U-Mary (6)
12. Black Hills State (4)
13. Hamline (4)
14. Indian Hills CC (2)