AZUSA, Calif. – A loaded weekend of outdoor track and field competition concluded in record-breaking fashion on Saturday as four total school records fell on the track out in California while athletes showed continued strength down in Texas.
 
BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL
North Dakota's record-breaking day began in the wee hours of Saturday morning—approximately 1:45 a.m. CT—and lasted a near-24 hours.
 
It all began when Louis-Lys Fanucchi competed in the final race at Azusa Pacific scheduled for Friday, the men's 5,000-meter run. Though he wouldn't cross the finish line until it was technically Saturday morning, Fanucchi became just the second collegian in state history to break the sub-14 barrier in the event. He annihilated the previous school record by more than 13 seconds to win his heat in 13:47.01, a time that currently sits second in the conference.  
 
And that was just the start of the school records out in California.
 
Jadyn Keeler down another one of her own historic times with a new personal-best clocking of 4:19.41 in the women's invite 1500-meter run. She was joined in the same section by Olivia Correale, who ran a 4:20.94 for a new PR and the second-best time in school history, and Katie Rogers, who clocked a 4:28.07 in her event debut to rank eighth in school history.
 
And then Fanucchi did it again. He collected yet another history-making performance with his 3:39.14 time in the men's invite 1500-meter, finishing third out of over 150 athletes. The clocking tops the conference so far this season and breaks into the top-five of the NCAA West Qualifying List.
 
Two new top-10 times came in the women's Open B section of the 1500-meter as Frida Giersdorff took third overall in 4:28.46 (PR, ninth all-time) and Marie-Louise Jorgensen finished 13^th in 4:30.31 (PR, tenth all-time).
 
TOM TELLEZ ALUMNI INVITATIONAL
Though weather resulted in event location adjustments and cancellations down in Houston, the Fighting Hawks still found success on both ends of competition.
 
A school record also fell down in Texas, but this time in a field event. After previously breaking the school record just a week ago, Anya Williams rewrote her own history in the women's triple jump. Her previous best of 40-0 1/2 (12.20m) was annihilated by her new PR of 40-11 1/2 (12.48m) that gave her a first-place finish and the best mark in the conference so far this season.
 
Ava Phrakonkham made her 100-meter dash finals appearance and ran a time of 12.15 to finish seventh overall while in the 100-meter hurdles finals, Marta Marksa hit the podium with her third-place finish after clocking a 13.93. Phrakonkham went on to tied her personal best in the 200-meter dash of 24.83—which sits seventh in school history—as Gretchen Raney grabbed her own PR of 25.31.
 
In the men's 400-meter hurdles, Josh Neil grabbed a new PR of 54.05 for eighth place and eighth in the UND record book as Ryan Lange took 10^th after running a personal best of 55.39 that now sits 10^th in school history. On the women's half of the same event, Marksa claimed another podium finished with her runner-up clocking of 1:00.77.
 
Kajsa Cabanas Andersson qualified for the women's shot put finals and finished sixth overall with her throw of 45-2 1/2 (13.78).
 
A pair of Fighting Hawks made the men's triple jump finals and finished back-to-back as Shane Zierden (46-4 3/4, 14.14m) took fourth and Sawyer Nelson (44-7, 13.59m) was fifth. Williams added to her dominating day with a third-place finish and a new PR in the women's high jump with a clearance of 5-7 1/4 (1.71m, eighth all-time) as Ellie Becker took fifth with a mark of 5-1 1/4 (1.56m).
 
BEACH INVITATIONAL
The throwers continued to represent North Dakota at Long Beach State, this time in the discus throw and shot put.
 
Ilaria Villa registered a mark of 161-9 (49.30m) for 14^th in the women's invite section as Haidyn Skeen (133-3, 40.62m) took 51^st. Lucas Schweigert solely represented UND in the men's portion of the event with his mark of 131-0 (39.94m). During men's shot put action, Tyler Thoreson (54-6 1/2, 16.62m) took 17^th overall while Boaz Raderschadt (51-1, 15.57m) was 34^th. Julia Matthews logged a throw of 45-10 (13.97m) for 21^st place in women's action and Skeen followed with a 42-0 3/4 (12.82m) to take 42^nd.
 
North Dakota track and field will return to more-local competition in the coming week with a trip to Minnesota for the Gary Wilson Invitational on Wednesday before heading to Jamestown for the Al Cassell Classic on Saturday.
 
Post-Meet Notes

• Four total school records fell on Saturday for North Dakota
• Louis-Lys Fanucchi broke both the men's 1500-meter and 5000-meter school records
• Jadyn Keeler broke her own women's 1500-meter record
• A week after previously breaking it, Anya Williams again broke the women's triple jump record
• 12 new UND Top 10 marks were collected during Saturday competition

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