Jada Lewis competes in the 200 meter dash
Kelly Anderson Diercks

Lewis wins sprint events at SJU/CSB meet

MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. -- Jada Lewis (SR, Minneapolis, Minn./Edison HS) claimed a pair of victories in sprint events, leading the Augsburg University women's and men's track and field teams at the Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict Last-Minute Invitational, held on Saturday.

THE BASICS
TEAM SCORES:
Men 6th/6 (44); Women 6th/6 (35)
LOCATION: Clemens Stadium, Collegeville, Minn.

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
• Lewis scored an event win in the 100-meter dash in 12.68 seconds, while also winning the 200-meter dash in 26.56 seconds. Her 100-meter time is currently third-fastest among MIAC sprinters, while her 200-meter time is now fifth-fastest in the MIAC.
• For the second straight week, Jordan Terry (JR, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS) won the long jump with a career-best leap, with a 5.21-meter (17-feet-1.25) mark, a four-and-a-half-inch improvement over her win last week. Her distance is now second-best in the MIAC rankings.
• Mya Bishop (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park HS) finished in fifth place in the 400-meter dash (1:05.05) and 15th in the 200-meter dash (29.07).
• Grace Hartman (JR, Anoka, Minn./Anoka HS) finished in 10th place in the 1,500-meter run (5:38.15), while Camryn Masse (JR, Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie HS) finished 13th in the 800-meter run (2:58.70) and Alisa Logan finished 20th in the 100-meter dash (14.41).

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
• Evan Bergemann (JR, Lake Crystal, Minn./Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial HS) continued his impressive spring in the javelin, with his second straight throw over 175 feet -- a 54.04-meter (177-feet-3) winning performance on Saturday. His school-record 57.49-meter (188-feet-7.0) throw last week still remains best among Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference throwers by over 16 feet, and 10th-best among NCAA Division III competitors nationally.
• Taron Busby (JR, Minneapolis, Minn./Hope Academy HS) set another personal-best time in the 100-meter dash, finishing third in 11.27 seconds. He finished ninth in the 200-meter dash in 23.58 seconds. Teammate Varney Conneh (SO, Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS), competing in his first outdoor meet, finished fourth in the 100 (11.2) and 14th in the 200 (23.84). Mitch Lamers (SO, Rogers, Minn./Rogers HS) finished in 15th in the 100 (11.78) and 16th in the 200 (24.04), both in personal-best times.
• Sakariya Hussien (SO, Hopkins, Minn./Hopkins HS) finished in fourth place in the 1,500-meter run, finishing in an Augsburg season-best 4:09.28. William McLeer (SR, Cobb, Wis./Iowa-Grant HS) finished 25th in 5:09.95.
• Fritz Landherr (SO, Tracy, Minn./Tracy Area HS) finished fifth in the 400-meter dash (54.18), while Parker Blake (JR, Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS) finished in sixth (54.47).
• In the 5,000-meter run, Greg Miller (SR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS) and Kevin Sethre (JR, Berthoud, Colo./Berthoud HS) both set personal-best times in finishing in eighth (17:23.15) and ninth (17:38.32), respectively. Bereket Wondimu (FY, Eagan, Minn./Burnsville HS) finished 10th in 17:59.07, and Aaron Puent (SO, La Crosse, Wis./La Crosse Aquinas HS) finished 11th in 18:07.67.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg competes at the Concordia-St. Paul Holst Invitational next Saturday (4/17) at 11 a.m.
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