GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota track and field returns to the road for a major week slate with four meets across three days in two different states. 

It all begins on Thursday, which will feature action at the Pacific Coast Invitational, hosted by Long Beach State. Field events begin at 10 a.m. CT and track events start at 1:15 p.m.
 
Both Friday and Saturday feature triple duty with further competition in California and a meet in Texas. The Beach Invitational—hosted by Long Beach State—tentatively begins at 10:15 a.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday, as the Bryan Clay Invitational—hosted by Azusa Pacific—begins at 9 a.m. on Friday and 10:20 a.m. on Saturday. Weekend action at the Tom Tellez Alumni Invitational—hosted by Houston—kicks off at 12:30 p.m. on Friday and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
 
Summit League Accolades
Peak Performer of the Week
- Jadyn Keeler – Women's Track (April 7)
 
Ranking Roll Call
As of April 15, the UND women were ranked No. 11 in the Midwest Region and No. 59 in the nation—the highest ranking for a Summit League team—while the men held No. 24 in the Midwest Region and No. 130 nationally according to the USTFCCCA. It also places the women as second in the Summit League with the men in fourth.
 
North Dakota's women's 10,000-meter run squad of Jadyn Keeler, Shewaye Johnson, Naja Weiler and Elle Sondag is making national headlines in dominating fashion as they currently rank No. 1 in the nation as an event squad.
 
Seven members of the women's Fighting Hawk track and field team rank in the Top 48 of the West Qualifying List, which would earn them bids to the NCAA West Prelims before the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Those currently in the Top 48 include: Jadyn Keeler (10,000-meter Run – 3rd), Frida Giersdorff (3000-meter Steeplechase – 9th), Shewaye Johnson (10,000-meter Run – 28th), Naja Weiler (10,000-meter Run – 33rd), Cailey Moton (Hammer Throw – 34th), Julia Matthews (Hammer Throw – 43rd), and Katie Rogers (5,000-meter Run – 48th).
 
On the men's side of the West Qualifying List, two men rank in the Top 48—both in the 3000-meter Steeplechase. Louis-Lys Fanucchi leads in 11th behind a time of 8:42.15 as Henrik Lindstrot sits 24th with a clocking of 8:49.08 after both collecting stand-out performances at the Stanford Invitational.
 
Fight 'em Hawks!
The Fighting Hawks have already achieved a plethora of new top-10 indoor marks in program history this season, including five chart-topping school records:
*Olivia Correale – Mile Run (No. 1 – 4:47.47)
*Louis-Lys Fanucchi – Mile Run (No. 1, 4:07.75)
*Frida Giersdorff – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 1 – 10:06.17)
*Jadyn Keeler – 10,000-meter Run (No. 1 – 31:56.03)
*Anya Williams – Triple Jump (No. 1 – 40-0 1/2)
*Louis-Lys Fanucchi – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 2 – 8:42.15)
*Matej Hrebacka – Mile Run (No. 2 – 4:09.73)
*Katie Rogers – Mile Run (No. 2 – 4:52.51)
*Shewaye Johnson – 10,000-meter Run (No. 3 – 33:44.70)
*Marie-Louise Jorgensen – Mile Run (No. 3 – 4:56.93)
*Henrik Lindstrot – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 3 – 8:49.08)
*Katie Rogers – 5,000-meter Run (No. 3 – 16:31.92)
*Frida Giersdorff – Mile Run (No. 4 – 4:57.59)
*Marie-Louise Jorgensen – 5,000-meter Run (No. 4 – 16:35.35)
*Henrik Lindstrot – Mile Run (No. 4 – 4:10.97)
*Ava Phrakonkham – 100-meter Dash (No. 4 – 11.94)
*Naja Weiler – 10,000-meter Run (No. 4 – 33:51.36)
*Ava Phrakonkham, Alimath Salou, Gretchen Raney, Anya Williams – 4x100-meter Relay (No. 4 – 47.43)
*Marta Marksa – Heptathlon (No. 5 – 5057 points)
*Gabriella Ruggeri – 800-meter Run (No. 5 – 2:10.65)
*Carter Byron – Hammer Throw (No. 6 – 180-6)
*Olivia Correale – 5,000-meter Run (No. 6 – 16:45.26)
*Jerzie Horner – Pole Vault (No. 6 – 11-11 3/4)
*Cailey Moton – Hammer Throw (No. 6 – 188-11)
*Cruz Megazzini, Dash Ohlsen, Maxwell Roller, Josh Neil – 4x100-meter Relay (No. 6 – 41.61)
*Eucabeth Kivikangas – Heptathlon (No. 7 – 5000 points)
*Ava Phrakonkham – 200-meter Dash (No. 7 – 24.83)
*Gretchen Raney – 100-meter Dash (No. 7 – 12.12)
*Julia Matthews – Shot Put (No. 8 – 46-4 1/4)
*Ilaria Villa – Discus (No. 8 – 163-2)
*Ethan Adams – 10,000-meter Run (No. 9 – 31:19.28)
*Ryan Lange – 110-meter Hurdles (No. 9 – 14.68)
*Sawyer Nelson – High Jump (No. 9 – 6-4 3/4)
*Jonas Weschle – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 9 – 9:34.16)
*Anya Williams – High Jump (No. 9 – 5-7)
*Till Woldrich – 800-meter Run (No. 9 – 1:52.19)
*Julia Matthews – Hammer Throw (No. 10 – 185-2)
*Josh Neil – 400-meter Hurdes (No. 10 – 54.35)
*Tyler Thoreson – Shot Put (No. 10 – 55-0)
 
On Tap
North Dakota track and field will return home for a pair of more local meets as the Fighting Hawks take on the Gary Wilson Invitational in Minneapolis on Wednesday, April 22 and the Al Cassell Classic in Jamestown on Saturday, April 25.
 
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