GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota will travel to Minneapolis and Fargo for a pair of meets this week.

Select Fighting Hawks will make the trip to Minneapolis for the Gary Wilson Invitational on Wednesday. Live results from that meet will be provided by Wayzata Results.

North Dakota will also be in action at the Bison Open on Thursday and Friday, with the throwers beginning the competition on Thursday afternoon. Live results will be available at Hero's Timing.

National Poll
In the most recent national poll released by the USTFCCCA, the UND women jumped up 21 spots and now rank No. 44 nationally.

The No. 44-ranking is the best the Fighting Hawk women have ever been ranked since the creation of the poll in 2011. UND is also the second-best ranked team from the Summit League in the poll, only trailing South Dakota (No. 38).

As a whole, North Dakota also has three student-athletes ranked in the top-15 of their respective events nationally. Kenna Curry (hammer throw) and Jadyn Keeler (10,000 meters) lead the women and are both No. 6 nationally, while Ethan Thomas leads the men and is No. 14 in the country in the shot put.

Ranked in the Midwest Region
In the latest USTFCCCA Midwest Region rankings, the Fighting Hawk women are No. 12 and the North Dakota men are No. 19.

On the women's squad, five Fighting Hawks sit in the top-10 regionally. Jadyn Keeler paces the group with the No. 1 time in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters. Kenna Curry (No. 3 in the hammer throw) and Malene Kollberg (No. 4 in the heptathlon) are also in the top five. Frida Giersdorff rounds out the top-10 in the region and is No. 9 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

For the men, Ethan Thomas has the top ranking for the squad and has the No. 5 shot put mark in the region. Henrik Lindstrot is the next-best ranked Hawk and is just outside the top-10 with the No. 11 time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

North Dakota Performs Well in USTFCCCA #EventSquad Rankings
In the fourth USTFCCCA #EventSquad rankings, the Fighting Hawks have four groups ranked highly. The ranking system uses the best qualifying marks from a team's top-four ranked athletes in an event.

• #8 Heptathlon
• #11 Women's Shot Put
• #11 Women's Hammer Throw
• #15 Men's Triple Jump

Summit League Accolades
Kwik Star Peak Performer of the Week
- Jadyn Keeler – Women's Track (April 8, April 22)
- Kenna Curry – Women's Field (April 8, April 22)
- Ethan Thomas – Men's Field (April 8)

Fight 'Em Hawks
The Fighting Hawks have already achieved 52 new top-10 marks in school history this season, including 13 new program records:

Jory Vasek – 400m (No. 1 – 47.33)
Marta Marksa – 400m Hurdles (No. 1 – 59.93)
Jiri Ceska – 800m (No. 1 – 1:48.67)
Matej Hrebacka – 1,500m (No. 1 – 3:45.34)
Jadyn Keeler – 1,500m (No. 1 – 4:20.03)
Matej Hrebacka – 3,000m (No. 1 – 8:20.38)
Frida Giersdorff – 3,000m Steeplechase (No. 1 – 10:18.85)
Jadyn Keeler – 5,000m (No. 1 – 15:33.59)
Matej Hrebacka – 5,000m (No. 1 – 14:00.56)
Matej Hrebacka – 10,000m (No. 1 – 29:47.35)
Jadyn Keeler – 10,000m (No. 1 – 32:06.70)
Kenna Curry – Shot Put (No. 1 – 51-11 1/4, 15.83m)
Ethan Thomas – Shot Put (No. 1 – 63-7 3/4, 19.40m)
Malene Kollberg – Heptathlon (No. 2 – 5,434 points)
Marta Marksa – 100m Hurdles (No. 2 – 13.78)
Brooklyn Brouse – 800m (No. 2 – 2:08.40)
Louis-Lys Fanucchi – 1,500m (No. 2 – 3:45.61)
Louis-Lys Fanucchi – 3,000m (No. 2 – 8:21.41)
Malene Kollberg – Long Jump (No. 2 – 19-8 1/4, 6.00m)
Ethan Thomas – Discus (No. 2 – 180-8, 55.07m)
Kenna Curry – Hammer Throw (No. 2 – 222-1, 67.70m)
Michael Mallory – 4x100m Relay (No. 3 – 41.48)
Maxwell Roller – 4x100m Relay (No. 3 – 41.48)
Maverick Kneefe – 4x100m Relay (No. 3 – 41.48)
Jory Vasek – 4x100m Relay (No. 3 – 41.48)
Henrik Lindstrot – 3,000m (No. 3 – 8:22.27)
Henrik Lindstrot – 3,000m Steeplechase (No. 2 – 8:55.20)
Eliana Malnourie – 10,000m (No. 3 – 34:58.59)
Eve Goldstein – Shot Put (No. 3 - 49-6 1/4, 15.09m)
Alimath Salou – 100m (No. 4 – 12.11)
Jory Vasek – 200m (No. 4 – 21.52)
Michael Mallory – 4x100m Relay (No. 4 – 41.60)
Cruz Megazzini – 4x100m Relay (No. 4 – 41.60)
Jory Vasek – 4x100m Relay (No. 4 – 41.60)
Maxwell Roller – 4x100m Relay (No. 4 – 41.60)
Nadia Evans – 4x100m Relay (No. 4 – 47.75)
Patricija Grosberga – 4x100m Relay (No. 4 – 47.75)
Porsha Miles – 4x100m Relay (No. 4 – 47.75)
Alimath Salou – 4x100m Relay (No. 4 – 47.75)
Henrik Lindstrot – 1,500m (No. 4 – 3:48.30)
Shane Zierden – Triple Jump (No. 4 – 46-11, 14.30m)
Lennart Lindstrot – 3,000m (No. 5 – 8:44.55)
Eliana Malnourie – 5,000m (No. 5 – 16:51.52)
Marta Marksa – Long Jump (No. 5 – 19-2, 5.84m)
Trenton Hanseder – Triple Jump (No. 5 – 46-4 1/2, 14.13m)
Kenna Curry – Discus (No. 5 – 168-10, 51.47m)
Maverick Kneefe - 4x400m Relay (No. 5t – 3:16.46)
Henry Nelson - 4x400m Relay (No. 5t – 3:16.46)
P.K. Moore - 4x400m Relay (No. 5t – 3:16.46)
Jory Vasek – 4x400m Relay (No. 5t – 3:16.46)
Nadia Evans – 200m (No. 6 – 24.70)
Lennart Lindstrot – 1,500m (No. 6 – 3:50.37)
Nadia Evans – 100m (No. 6t – 12.16)
Jonas Weschle – 5,000m (No. 7 – 14:37.49)
Shane Zierden – Long Jump (No. 7 – 23-3 1/2, 7.10m)
Sawyer Nelson – Triple Jump (No. 7 – 45-8 1/2, 13.93m)
Malene Kollberg – 200m (No. 8 – 24.95)
Carson Kunz – High Jump (No. 8 – 6-5, 1.96m)
Ethan Thomas – Javelin (No. 8 – 13-5, 58.96m)
Niko Angell – 10,000m (No. 9 – 31:26.20)
Anya Williams – Triple Jump (No. 9 – 38-0 3/4, 11.60m)
Porsha Miles – 100m (No. 9t – 12.18)
Louis-Lys Fanucchi – 800m (No. 10 – 1:52.81)
Ethan Thomas – Hammer Throw (No. 10 – 175-8, 53.54m)

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