GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Outdoor track and field competition slows down this week for North Dakota as the Fighting Hawks face a lone-meet week with action at the Gary Wilson Invitational on Wednesday, April 22.
 
Events kick off early at the University of Minnesota Track & Field Stadium as running events begin at 9:45 a.m. and field events follow with an 11 a.m. start time.
 
Summit League Accolades
Peak Performer of the Week
- Jadyn Keeler – Women's Track (April 21)
- Jadyn Keeler – Women's Track (April 7)
 
Ranking Roll Call
As of April 21, the UND women were ranked No. 11 in the Midwest Region and No. 64 in the nation—the highest ranking for a Summit League team—while the men held No. 23 in the Midwest Region and No. 132 nationally according to the USTFCCCA. It also places the women as second in the Summit League with the men in fifth.
 
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. 5 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 – 4th; 5,000-meter Run – 9th), Frida Giersdorff (3000-meter Steeplechase – 11th), Shewaye Johnson (10,000-meter Run – 38th), Naja Weiler (10,000-meter Run – 45th), Cailey Moton (Hammer Throw – 34th), Julia Matthews (Hammer Throw – 43rd), and Ilaria Villa (Discus Throw – 46th).
 
On the men's side of the West Qualifying List, two men rank in the Top 48 in three total events. Louis-Lys Fanucchi leads in 13th in the 1500-meter run and 16th in the 3000-meter steeplechase as Henrik Lindstrot sits 34th in the steeplechase.
 
Fight 'em Hawks!
The Fighting Hawks have already achieved a plethora of new top-10 outdoor marks in program history this season, including nine chart-topping school records:
*Olivia Correale – Mile Run (No. 1 – 4:47.47)
*Louis-Lys Fanucchi – Mile Run (No. 1, 4:07.75)
*Louis-Lys Fanucchi – 1500-meter Run (No. 1 – 3:39.14)
*Louis-Lys Fanucchi – 5000-meter Run (No. 1 – 13:47.01)
*Frida Giersdorff – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 1 – 10:06.17)
*Jadyn Keeler – 1500-meter Run (No. 1 – 4:19.41)
*Jadyn Keeler – 5000-meter Run (No. 1 – 15:26.98)
*Jadyn Keeler – 10,000-meter Run (No. 1 – 31:56.03)
*Anya Williams – Triple Jump (No. 1 – 40-11 1/2)
*Brooklyn Brouse – 800-meter Run (No. 2 – 2:07.44)
*Olivia Correale – 1500-meter Run (No. 2 – 4:20.94)
*Louis-Lys Fanucchi – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 2 – 8:42.15)
*Katie Rogers – Mile Run (No. 2 – 4:52.51)
*Shewaye Johnson – 5000-meter Run (No. 3 – 16:22.37)
*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)
*Ava Phrakonkham – 100-meter Dash (No. 3 – 11.88)
*Frida Giersdorff – Mile Run (No. 4 – 4:57.59)
*Henrik Lindstrot – Mile Run (No. 4 – 4:10.97)
*Ava Phrakonkham – 100-meter Dash (No. 4 – 11.94)
*Katie Rogers – 5,000-meter Run (No. 4 – 16:31.92)
*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)
*Olivia Correale – 800-meter Run (No. 5 – 2:10.09)
*Marie-Louise Jorgensen – 5000-meter Run (No. 5 – 16:35.35)
*Marie-Louise Jorgensen – 10,000-meter Run (No. 5 – 34:53.59)
*Henrik Lindstrot – 1500-meter Run (No. 5 – 3:48.06)
*Marta Marksa – Heptathlon (No. 5 – 5057 points)
*Cailey Moton – Hammer Throw (No. 5 – 189-11)
*Gabriella Ruggeri – 800-meter Run (No. 5 – 2:10.65)
*Carter Byron – Hammer Throw (No. 6 – 180-6)
*Jerzie Horner – Pole Vault (No. 6 – 11-11 3/4)
*Ilaria Villa – Discus (No. 6 – 165-6)
*Till Woldrich – 800-meter Run (No. 6 – 1:50.48)
*Cruz Megazzini, Dash Ohlsen, Maxwell Roller, Josh Neil – 4x100-meter Relay (No. 6 – 41.61)
*Ethan Adams – 5000-meter Run (No. 7 – 14:32.27)
*Olivia Correale – 5,000-meter Run (No. 7 – 16:45.26)
*Eucabeth Kivikangas – Heptathlon (No. 7 – 5000 points)
*Ryan Lange – 110-meter Hurdles (No. 7 – 14.61)
*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)
*Josh Neil – 400-meter Hurdes (No. 8 – 54.05)
*Katie Rogers – 1500-meter Run (No. 8 – 4:28.07)
*Anya Williams – High Jump (No. 8 – 5-7 1/4)
*Ethan Adams – 1500-meter Run (No. 9 – 3:52.58)
*Ethan Adams – 10,000-meter Run (No. 9 – 31:19.28)
*Frida Giersdorff – 1500-meter Run (No. 9 – 4:28.26)
*Julia Matthews – Hammer Throw (No. 9 – 187-9)
*Sawyer Nelson – High Jump (No. 9 – 6-4 3/4)
*Jonas Weschle – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 9 – 9:34.16)
*Marie-Louise Jorgensen – 1500-meter Run (No. 10 – 4:30.31)
*Tyler Thoreson – Shot Put (No. 10 – 55-0)
*Anya Williams – Long Jump (No. 10 – 18-8 1/2)
 
On Tap
North Dakota track and field is set to take on a home meet with the Fighting Hawk Open on Wednesday, April 29 before heading out for the South Dakota Challenge on May 1 and 2 and the Cobbler Open on May 2.  
 
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