GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota will travel south to South Dakota for the USD Tune-Up this Friday and Saturday.

Live results from the meet will be provided by Dakota Timing.
 
National Poll
In the latest national poll released by the USTFCCCA, the North Dakota women are No. 45 nationally.

The No. 45-ranking is the second-best the Fighting Hawk women have been ranked since the creation of the poll in 2011. The only better ranking UND has had came last week, when the women sat No. 44. NoDak is also the second-highest ranked team from the Summit League in the poll, only trailing South Dakota (No. 36).

As a team, North Dakota has four student-athletes ranked in the top-25 of their respective events nationally. Jadyn Keeler (10,000 meters) and Kenna Curry (hammer throw) pace the women and are both No. 6 in their respective events. Ethan Thomas leads the men's team and is No. 16 in the country in the shot put. Keeler is also No. 20 in the 5,000 meters, while teammate Malene Kollberg is the final Hawk ranked and is No. 20 in the heptathlon.

Ranked in the Midwest Region
In the most recent USTFCCCA Midwest Region rankings, the Fighting Hawk women remain No. 12 while the North Dakota dropped two spots to No. 21.

On the women's squad, three Fighting Hawks sit in the top five of the region. Jadyn Keeler leads the region in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters. Kenna Curry is No. 3 in the hammer throw, while Malene Kollberg has the No. 4 heptathlon score regionally.

For the men, Ethan Thomas is the lone Hawk in the top five regionally and has the No. 5 toss in the shot put. Henrik Lindstrot is the next-best ranked UND athlete and is just outside the top-10 with the No. 12 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 five 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 Hammer Throw
• #14 Women's Shot Put
• #17 Men's Triple Jump
• #22 Women's Discus

Last Time Out
Last week, North Dakota took part in the Bison Open and won five titles. Over the two-day meet, UND finished in the top-three on 22 occasions and recorded six upgrades to the UND top-10 list.

UND's throwers kicked off the meet on Thursday and Kenna Curry was the story of day one. She won the hammer throw with a PR toss of 222-3 (67.74m). That throw not only improved her No. 5 throw in the NCAA and her No. 2 mark on the UND top-10 list, but set a new Terrence Dahl & Donna Beres Track Complex facility record. The previous facility record was 213-8 (65.14m), set by Amy Phillips, an unattached athlete at North Dakota State, at the 2023 NDSU Tune-Up.

On Saturday, she continued her throwing dominance in the discus and won the crown with a mark of 157-9 (48.08m). Eve Goldstein took third in the event with a personal-best toss of 146-6 (44.67m).

Ethan Thomas claimed a pair of titles and was victorious in both the discus (180-3, 54.94m) and shot put (60-6 1/2, 18.45m). Boaz Raderschadt also joined Thomas in the shot put and placed third with a PR throw of 51-0 3/4 (15.56m).

Julia Matthews and Katelyn Rath also finished in the top-three for the throwers on Saturday. Matthews was the runner-up in the shot put and tied her personal-best throw with a distance of 45-4 1/4 (13.82m). Rath finished third with a PR of 43-6 (13.26m), bettering her previous best mark of 40-2 1/4 (12.25m).

Carter Byron also placed in a throwing event and placed third in the hammer throw with a mark of 168-3 (51.50m). He was also third in the javelin with a throw of 171-1 (52.16m).

Jory Vasek and the sprinters in the 400 meters had the lone 1-2-3 sweep for the Fighting Hawks at the meet. Vasek was victorious in 48.06, trailed by P.K. Moore in second (49.37) and Maverick Kneefe finishing third (49.74). Both Moore and Kneefe recorded PRs with their times.

Kimberly Hitchen and Emily Ash also had second-place finishes in their respective events. Hitchen was the runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 63.45, while Ash finished second in the pole vault with a height of 11-9 3/4 (3.60m).

Tiffanie Magnusson placed third in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 19-10 1/4 (6.05m) and moved up to No. 2 in school history. She also took third in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 14.64.

Cruz Megazzini finished third in the 200 meters and ran the No. 5 time in program history with a PR of 21.65.

Less than an hour earlier, it looked like Megazzini had ran the No. 8 time in program history in the 100 meters with a time of 10.76 and Maxwell Roller also posted an upgrade to the UND top-10 list, tying the No. 10 time in school history in 10.79. By NCAA rule, these marks did not enter the UND top-10 list, as marks with wind over a +4.0 meter/second are unofficial. The wind during Megazzini's heat was +4.2 meters/second and the wind during Roller's time was +5.4 meters/second.

Anya Williams recorded a third-place finish in the triple jump with a PR of 38-3 1/2 (11.67m). She moved up to No. 7 on the UND top-10 list with that jump.

Josh Neil was third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.12.

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, April 29)
- Ethan Thomas – Men's Field (April 8)

Fight 'Em Hawks
The Fighting Hawks have already achieved 54 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)
Tiffanie Magnusson – Long Jump (No. 2 – 19-10 1/4, 6.05m)
Ethan Thomas – Discus (No. 2 – 180-8, 55.07m)
Kenna Curry – Hammer Throw (No. 2 – 222-3, 67.74m)
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)
Malene Kollberg – Long Jump (No. 3 – 19-9 3/4, 6.04m)
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)
Cruz Megazzini – 200m (No. 5 – 21.65)
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)
Anya Williams – Triple Jump (No. 7 – 38-3 1/2, 11.67m)
Sawyer Nelson – Triple Jump (No. 7 – 45-8 1/2, 13.93m)
Malene Kollberg – 200m (No. 8 – 24.93)
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)
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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