Wayne State College Athletics

WSC Sunshine Invite Women's Results

The Wayne State College women’s track and field squad had four national provisional marks to go with one new school record and five first-place finishes Monday at the WSC Sunshine Invitational held at Cunningham Field in Wayne.  Other teams competing at the meet included Briar Cliff, Dakota State, Dakota Wesleyan, Dordt, Mount Marty, Northwestern, Univ. of Sioux Falls and South Dakota along with Wayne State College.

Senior hurdler Rachel Roebke won the 100 meter hurdles in an NCAA national provisional qualifying time of 14.20 seconds with teammate Kylie Herian right behind in second place at 14.45 seconds.  Senior Lacey Jensen extended her school record and NCAA national provisional qualifying mark by winning the hammer throw at 166’ 7” with teammate Katie Wilson in second place at 162’3”, also an NCAA provisional mark.  Wilson also had a NCAA provisional mark in the shot put, placing second at 46’ 11”.  Other first place finishers were Herian in the 100 meter dash (12.59 seconds), Sarah Thomsen in the 3,000 meter run (10:56.40) and Paige Pollard in the 400 meter hurdles (1:03.91).  The next meet for Wayne State will be the Sioux City Relays on Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19.

                The following is a listing of Wayne State finishers at the WSC Sunshine Invite in Wayne, Nebraska:

Women’s Events

100 Meter Dash: Kylie Herian, 1^st – 12.59

100 Meter Hurdles: Rachel Roebke, 1^st – 14.20 (NCAA prov. mark); Kylie Herian, 2^nd – 14.45

200 Meter Dash: Kylie Herian, 2^nd – 26.31; Christina King, 4^th – 27.01

400 Meter Hurdles: Paige Pollard, 1st - 1:03.91; Jade Lippman, 2^nd – 1:05.37

400 Meter Dash: Christina King, 3^rd  – 59.19; Paige Pollard, 4^th  – 59.69

1500 Meter Run: Melissa Schmit, 4^th – 5:05.87; Melissa McIntosh, 5^th – 5:11.80

3,000 Meter Run: Sarah Thomsen, 1^st – 10:56.40; Meghan Jacob, 2^nd – 11:28.88

3,000 meter steeplechase: Jenny McCoy, 3^rd -12:55.30

4 x 100 meter relay: 2^nd – 49.06 (Rachel Roebke, Kylie Herian, Paige Pollard, Christina King)

4 x 400 meter relay: 3^rd – 4:26.12

Shot Put: Katie Wilson, 2^nd – 46’ 11” (NCAA prov. mark)

Discus: Katie Wilson, 2^nd 139’ 9”; Lacey Jensen, 6^th – 116’2”

Hammer Throw:  Lacey Jensen, 1^st  – 166’ 7” (new school record and NCAA prov. mark); Katie Wilson, 2^nd – 162’ 3” (NCAA prov. mark); Shay Tullberg, 6^th – 139’ 2”

High Jump: Misty Rystrom, 3^rd  – 5’ 3 ¾”

Triple Jump: Danae Stuhr, 4^th  – 35’ 4”