BOSTON, Mass. – Another school record fell for North Dakota track and field on Saturday as multiple Fighting Hawks climbed the all-time list and 19 earned new personal bests across two different meets in Massachusetts and South Dakota.
 
The biggest headline of the day came from Boston at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational when Jadyn Keeler made history. She smashed her own previous school record by over 27 seconds to become the first North Dakota collegian in the state's history to break sub-9 in the invitational 3000-meter run. Her time led to a seventh-place finish in the event, tops the Summit League and is currently in the top 20 of the NCAA.
 
In the 3000-meter runs, four Fighting Hawks also ran new personal bests as three marked all-time performances. Olivia Correale clocked a 9:31.04 for third in UND history as Frida Giersdorff followed close behind with a 9:31.51 for fifth all-time. Katie Rogers now sits seventh in UND history with her time of 9:39.28 and Elle Sondag improved her personal best to a clocking 9:54.82.
 
The plethora of new best times of UND in the women's 3000-meter run has put four Fighting Hawks in the top five of the Summit League so far this season.
 
Gabriella Ruggeri clocked a 2:12.80 for 49^th out of more than 200 entries in the women's 800-meter run while in the final race out east for UND, Shewaye Johnson ran away with a new 5000-meter run personal-best time of 16:22.10, which now sits third on the UND all-time list. UND now has three of the top four event times in the league.
 
Down in Brookings, Ava Phrakonkham and Gretchen Raney each clocked season bests with times of 7.71 and 7.68, respectively, in the women's 60-meter dash. Phrakonkham also ran a season best of 25.08 for seventh overall in the 200-meter dash.
 
In the 60-meter hurdles, Marta Marksa qualified for the finals of the event with her time of 8.77 while Ryan Lange ran a new PR of 8.40 in the men's prelims.
 
In the women's 400-meter dash, Kim Hitchen finished seventh overall om the invitational part of the event with her time of 56.94. Josh Neil claimed runner-up in the men's races in 48.49 seconds for a new PR and then fourth-fastest time in school history.
 
North Dakota track and field returns home to the Frederick "Fritz" D. Pollard Jr. Athletic Center for the final meet before the conference championships, hosting the UND Tune-Up on Friday, February 20.
 
Post-Meet Notes

• Jadyn Keeler broke her own 3000-meter run school record by more than 27 seconds
• She finished seventh overall in the invitational half of the event
• Her time now tops The Summit League standings and sits in the top 20 in the NCAA
• UND tallied six new entries to the all-time list
• NoDak now has 24 athletes sitting in the top five of conference individual events

For more information on North Dakota track and field, visit FightingHawks.com or follow on social media @UNDtrackfieldXC.