GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota track and field returns to competition over the weekend in the form of two meets in two different states as the Fighting Hawks head out to Minnesota and North Carolina.
 
Saturday marks the beginning of the weekend action at the Cobber Open in Moorhead, Minn. It all starts at 1 p.m. with the field events before track events follow at 2 p.m. Sunday will then feature action out at the Duke Twilight where UND distance runner will take on a series of track events that begin at 4 p.m.
 
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 May 1, the UND women were ranked No. 11 in the Midwest Region and No. 68 in the nation—the second-highest ranking for a Summit League team—while the men held No. 22 in the Midwest Region and No. 134 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 Marie-Louise Jorgensen 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), Anya Williams (High Jump – 36^th), Shewaye Johnson (10,000-meter Run – 38th), Cailey Moton (Hammer Throw – 44th), Naja Weiler (10,000-meter Run – 45th), Julia Matthews (Hammer Throw – 48th) and Ilaria Villa (Discus Throw – 48th).
 
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 36th in the steeplechase.
 
Conference Contenders
The Fighting Hawks currently hold __ entries that sit in the top-five of their respective events:
-Brooklyn Brouse – 800-meter run (2:07.44, second)
-Carter Byron – hammer throw (180-6, 55.01m, fourth)
-Olivia Correale – 800-meter run (2:10.09, third), 1500-meter run (4:20.94, second)
-Louis-Lys Fanucchi – 1500-meter run (3:39.14, first), 5000-meter run (13:47.01, third); 3000-meter steeplechase (8:42.15, second)
-Frida Giersdorff - 1500-meter run (4:28.46, fifth); 3000-meter steeplechase (10:06.17, first)
-Shewaye Johnson – 5000-meter run (16:22.37, second); 10,000-meter run (33:44.70, second)
-Marie-Louise Jorgensen - 5000-meter run (16:35.65, fourth)
-Jadyn Keeler – 1500-meter run (4:19.41, first); 5000-meter run (15:26.98, first); 10,000-meter run (31:56.03, first)
-Eucabeth Kivikangas – heptathlon (5000 points, second)
-Henrik Lindstrot – 3000-meter steeplechase (8:49.08, fourth)
-Marta Marksa – 100-meter hurdles (13.62, first); 400-meter hurdles (1:00.52, fourth); heptathlon (5057 points, first)
-Julia Matthews – shot put (46-4 1/4, 14.13m, fourth); hammer throw (187-9, 57.22m, fourth)
-Cailey Moton – hammer throw (189-11, 57.89m, third)
-Katherine Rogers - 1500-meter run (4:28.07, fourth); 5000-meter run (16:31.92, third)
-Ilaria Villa – discus throw (165-6, 50.44m, first)
-Naja Weiler – 5000-meter run (16:37.18, fifth); 10,000-meter run (33:51.36, third)
-Anya Williams – high jump (5-9 1/4, 1.76m, second); triple jump (40-11 1/2, 12.48m, first)
-Till Woldrich – 800-meter run (1:50.48, fifth)
-Shane Zierden – long jump (24-1 3/4, 7.36m, second)
 
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 – 1500-meter Run (No. 1 – 3:39.14)
*Louis-Lys Fanucchi – Mile Run (No. 1, 4:07.75)
*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)
*Anya Williams – High Jump (No. 1 – 5-9 1/4)
*Shane Zierden – Long Jump (No. 1 – 24-1 3/4)
*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)
*Katherine 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)
*Katherine 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)
*Josh Neil – 200-meter Dash (No. 6 – 21.56)
*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 – 14.55)
*Gretchen Raney – 100-meter Dash (No. 7 – 12.12)
*Gretchen Raney – 200-meter Dash (No. 7 – 24.74)
*Julia Matthews – Shot Put (No. 8 – 46-4 1/4)
*Josh Neil – 400-meter Hurdles (No. 8 – 54.05)
*Ava Phrakonkham – 200-meter Dash (No. 7 – 24.83)
*Katherine Rogers – 1500-meter Run (No. 8 – 4:28.07)
*Katherine Rogers – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 8 – 11:16.21)
*Anya Williams – High Jump (No. 8 – 5-7 1/4)
*Eric Weiss – 3000-meter steeplechase (No. 9 – 9:34.10)
*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)
*Dash Ohlsen – 200-meter Dash (No. 9 – 21.74)
*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)
*Jonas Weschle – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 10 – 9:34.16)
 
On Tap
The final week of regular season competition is up next for North Dakota track and field as the Fighting Hawks take on the Hillsdale Last Chance on Wednesday, May 6 and the NDSU Tune-Up on Friday, May 8.
 
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