Sam Rosario sprints during a 2018 Augsburg outdoor track and field meet.
Don Stoner

Auggie track and field competes in four meets

ST. THOMAS TOMCAT TWILIGHT RESULTS
ST. OLAF MANITOU CLASSIC RESULTS
LONG BEACH STATE BEACH INVITATIONAL RESULTS
UW-LA CROSSE PHIL ESTEN CHALLENGE RESULTS


ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Augsburg University men's and women's track and field teams split its distance and sprinters/field event competitors to compete in four meets over the Easter weekend, producing several personal-best performances.

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
• At the University of St. Thomas Tomcat Invitational on Thursday, the Auggie men were paced by Sam Rosario (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Eastview HS), who set his second straight personal-best time in the 100-meter dash, finishing seventh in a 34-runner field in 11.18 seconds, a time now the 10th-fastest among MIAC competitors in the event so far this season. Teammate Taron Busby (FY, Minneapolis, Minn./Hope Academy HS) set a season-best time of 11.57 seconds in the 100, finishing 17th. He also finished 21st in a 37-runner field in the 200-meter dash, finishing in 23.82 seconds, and 18th in the long jump with a 5.60-meter (18-feet-4.50) effort.
• Evan Bergemann (FY, Lake Crystal, Minn./Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial HS) finished eighth in a deep field in the javelin throw at St. Thomas, with a 40.83-meter (133-feet-11) effort. His personal-best 46.26-meter (151-feet-9), set earlier this season, currently ranks 11th in the MIAC.
• Alex Bailey (SO, Palmer Lake, Colo./Lewis-Palmer HS) finished in a tie for eighth place in the high jump at St. Thomas, recording a 1.80-meter (5-feet-10.75) clearance. His career-best 1.85 meters (6-feet-0.75) clearance, set earlier this season, stands in a tie for sixth-highest among MIAC competitors.
• Auggie distance runners ran at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Phil Esten Challenge on Friday. Ryan Moore (SR, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) led the Auggies with a personal-best 17:02.86 effort in the 5,000-meter run. Kevin Sethre (FY, Berthoud, Colo./Berthoud HS) and Greg Miller (SO, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS) finished in 36:58.72 and 37:08.65 in the 10,000-meter run -- times good for 20th and 21st in the MIAC so far this season.
• Jackson Gerber (JR, Grantsburg, Wis./Grantsburg HS) set a personal-best time in the 1,500-meter run with a 4:31.92 time, while William Poteete (FY, Eau Claire, Wis./Catalyst Prepatory Academy) finished in 5:02.92.

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
• At the St. Olaf College Manitou Classic on Thursday, thrower Kenna Bannister (JR, Lakefield, Minn./Jackson County Central HS) had the top Auggie finish for the Auggie women, placing seventh in the shot put with an 11.16-meter (36-feet-7.50) effort. Her previous career-best 11.48-meter (37-feet-8.0) effort stands seventh-best among Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference throwers. In the discus, she placed 12th with a 28.44-meter (93-feet-4) toss.
• Shadin Elkhair (FY, Fridley, Minn./Fridley HS) finished 13th in the hammer throw with a 28.64-meter (93-feet-11) effort at St. Olaf.
• Two Augsburg distance runners competed in the 1,500-meter run at the Long Beach State (Calif.) Beach Invitational on Friday, with Ann Sheely (SO, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) finishing 19th in 5:19.41, and Grace Hartman (SO, Anoka, Minn./Anoka HS) finishing 23rd in 5:39.93.
• At the UW-La Crosse Phil Esten Challenge on Friday, Caitlin Olson (SR, Onamia, Minn./Onamia HS) finished in 2:47.51 in the 800-meter run, and Allison Mangan (SO, Roberts, Wis./Wisconsin Virtual Academy HS) finished in 6:49.01 in the 1,500-meter run.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg's women compete at the University of Minnesota Women's Twilight Meet on Wednesday (4/24) at 3 p.m.
• Augsburg's men compete at the Macalester College Bolstorff Twilight Meet on Thursday (4/25) at 3 p.m.
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