GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota will split up for three meets this week. A pair of Fighting Hawks will head to the Texas Relays to compete in the heptathlon, while the UND distance team will split up for two separate meets in California.

Tiffanie Magnusson and Malene Kollberg will compete in the heptathlon at the Texas Relays on Wednesday and Thursday. Live results of the meet will be available on TexasSports.com.

Most of the NoDak distance squad will see action at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic, which will run on Friday and Saturday. Live results from Hayward will be provided by Timer Hub.

Select Fighting Hawks from the distance team will also participate in the Stanford Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Live results from Stanford will be available at Record Timing. Portions of the meet will also be streamed on FloTrack and available with the purchase of a subscription.

Ranked in the Midwest Region
In the first USTFCCCA Rankings this outdoor season, the North Dakota men rank No. 11 in the Midwest Region, while the UND women sit No. 12 regionally.

Aleksa Milanovic is the top North Dakota student-athlete in the Midwest Region and is ranked No. 2 in the 1,500 meters, while Justin Jelaca is right behind him and is No. 3 in the 5,000 meters. The 4x100-meter relay team of Caleb Severson, Michael Mallory, Maxwell Roller and Jory Vasek have the No. 4 time in the region. Alec Nelson rounds out the top-five for UND and has the No. 5 time in the 1,500 meters.

Kenna Curry leads the Fighting Hawks on the women's side and has the No. 2 hammer throw regionally. The 4x100-meter relay team of Nadia Evans, Jerzie Finstad, Patricija Grosberga and Alimath Salou rank as the No. 7 relay team. Curry is the final Hawk in the top-10 of the Midwest Region and has the No. 9 shot put mark.

Last Time Out
A handful of North Dakota throwers from the women's team participated in throwing events at the Ole Miss Classic last week. Kenna Curry led the group both days, placing sixth in the hammer throw on Friday and taking eighth in the shot put on Saturday.

Curry made headlines at the meet on Friday, placing sixth in the hammer throw with a personal-best toss of 207-2 (63.14m), moving her up to No. 2 in school history in the event. Her new lifetime best is already better than the minimum mark required for the Olympic trials, which is 206-8 (63.00m). She also placed eighth in the shot put on Saturday with a distance of 49-9 (15.16m).

Julia Matthews also competed on Friday and had a personal-best throw of 151-10 (46.28m) in the hammer throw, which improved her previous best of 146-3 (44.58m). Kaylynn Red Tomahawk finished right behind her with a mark of 151-6 (46.18m).

Eve Goldstein and Matthews also took part in the shot put at the meet on Saturday. Goldstein finished just outside making finals and was 11th with a throw of 46-5 1/2 (14.16m). Matthews came in 14th and was just shy of making the UND top-10 list, recording a PR of 45-4 1/4 (13.82m) and beating her previous best of 42-8 3/4 (13.02m).

Top-10 Hawks
The Fighting Hawks have already achieved 10 new top-10 outdoor marks in school history this season, including one new program record:
* Jadyn Keeler – 3,000m Steeplechase (No. 1 – 10:42.85)
* Kenna Curry – Hammer Throw (No. 2 – 207-2, 63.14m)
* Alec Nelson – 1,500m (No. 4 – 3:53.52)
* Emily Ash – Pole Vault (No. 4 – 12-0 3/4, 3.68m)
* Ian Busche – 1,500m (No. 6 – 3:54.59)
* Justin Jelaca – 5,000m (No. 6 – 14:52.85)
* Frida Giersdorff – 3,000m Steeplechase (No. 7 – 11:14.11)
* James Weninger – High Jump (No. 7t – 6-3 1/4, 1.91m)
* Trenton Hanseder – Triple Jump (No. 8 – 44-7 1/2, 13.60m)
* Caleb Severson – 4x100m Relay (No. 10 – 42.85)
* Michael Mallory – 4x100m Relay (No. 10 – 42.85)
* Maxwell Roller – 4x100m Relay (No. 10 – 42.85)
* Jory Vasek – 4x100m Relay (No. 10 – 42.85)

On Tap
Next weekend, North Dakota will visit Vermillion for the USD Early Bird (April 5-6).