GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Post-season competition kicks off this week as the North Dakota track and field team heads just slightly south for the Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held in Fargo from Thursday, May 14 to Saturday, May 16.  
 
Championship competition kicks off at 12 p.m. on Thursday with field events before the multi events begin at 1 p.m. and track events follow at 6 p.m. Day two begins with the multis at 11 a.m. with field events starting at 2 p.m. and track action kicking off at 4 p.m. Saturday—the final day of the meet—will resume at 11 a.m. with field competition while 12:20 p.m. marks the beginning of track events.
 
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)
-Olivia Correale – 800-meter run (2:10.09, fourth); 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); 5000-meter run (16:18.60, third); 3000-meter steeplechase (10:06.17, first)
-Shewaye Johnson – 5000-meter run (16:08.64, second); 10,000-meter run (33:44.70, second)
-Marie-Louise Jorgensen – 5000-meter run (16:23.55, fourth)
-Jadyn Keeler – 1500-meter run (4:19.41, first); 5000-meter run (15:26.98); 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 (13.57, second); 400-meter hurdles (1:00.52, fourth); heptathlon (5057 points, first)
-Julia Matthews – shot put (46-4 1/4, 14.13m, fourth); hammer throw (191-2, 58.27m, fourth)
-Cailey Moton – hammer throw (194-5, 59.27m, third)
-Kaylynn Red Tomahawk – hammer throw (185-10, 56.64m, fifth)
-Katherine Rogers – 1500-meter run (4:28.07, fourth); 5000-meter run (16:31.92, fifth)
-Ilaria Villa – discus throw (165-6, 50.44m, first)
-Naja Weiler – 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)
-Shane Zierden – long jump (24-1 3/4, 7.36m, second)
 
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 12, the UND women were ranked No. 13 in the Midwest Region and No. 67 in the nation—the highest ranking for a Summit League team—while the men held No. 23 in the Midwest Region and No. 149 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 – fourth; 5,000-meter Run – 11th), Frida Giersdorff (3000-meter Steeplechase, 13th), Cailey Moton (Hammer Throw – 38th), Shewaye Johnson (10,000-meter Run – 39th),m Anya Williams (High Jump – 41st), Julia Matthews (Hammer Throw – 42nd) and Naja Weiler (10,000-meter Run – 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 25th in the 1500-meter run and 20th in the 3000-meter steeplechase as Henrik Lindstrot sits 45th 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 – 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 – 16:08.64)
*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)
*Cruz Megazzini, Dash Ohlsen, Maxwell Roller, Josh Neil – 4x100-meter Relay (No. 6 – 41.42)
*Frida Giersdorff – Mile Run (No. 4 – 4:57.59)
*Frida Giersdorff – 5000-meter Run (No. 4 – 16:18.60)
*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)
*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)
*Wyatt Genelin – High Jump (No. 5 – 6-9 1/2)
*Marie-Louise Jorgensen – 5000-meter Run (No. 5 – 16:23.55)
*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 – 194-5)
*Gretchen Raney – 100-meter Dash (No. 5 – 11.98)
*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)
*Julia Matthews – Hammer Throw (No. 9 – 191-2)
*Josh Neil – 200-meter Dash (No. 6 – 21.56)
*Alimath Salou – 100-meter Dash (No. 6 – 12.03)
*Ilaria Villa – Discus (No. 6 – 165-6)
*Till Woldrich – 800-meter Run (No. 6 – 1:50.48)
*Ethan Adams – 5000-meter Run (No. 7 – 14:32.27)
*Eucabeth Kivikangas – Heptathlon (No. 7 – 5000 points)
*Ryan Lange – 110-meter Hurdles (No. 7 – 14.55)
*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. 8 – 24.83)
*Katherine Rogers – 1500-meter Run (No. 8 – 4:28.07)
*Katherine Rogers – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 8 – 11:16.21)
*Tyler Thoreson – Shot Put (No. 8 – 55-5 1/2)
*Naja Weiler – 10,000-meter Run (No. 8 – 33:51.36)
*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)
*Olivia Correale – 5,000-meter Run (No. 9 – 16:45.26)
*Frida Giersdorff – 1500-meter Run (No. 9 – 4:28.26)
*Sawyer Nelson – High Jump (No. 9 – 6-4 3/4)
*Dash Ohlsen – 200-meter Dash (No. 9 – 21.74)
*Jonas Weschle – 3000-meter Steeplechase (No. 9 – 9:29.89)
*Marie-Louise Jorgensen – 1500-meter Run (No. 10 – 4:30.31)
*Haidyn Skeen – Shot Put (No. 10 – 45-11 3/4)
*Anya Williams – Long Jump (No. 10 – 18-8 1/2)
 
On Tap
Should North Dakota track and field have any athletes in the top 48 of their respective events, the qualifying Fighting Hawks will compete at the NCAA West Prelims in Fayetteville, Ark. from May 27-30.
 
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