MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul track and field team saw some strong performances from the throwers in the Northwest Open on the campus of the University of Minnesota as Mike Cullen and Martina Ware each set school records on Saturday afternoon.
 
Martina Ware set two school records with her performances in the shot put as well as the weight throw as she also hit NCAA provisional qualifying marks in each. Ware cleared the Kaysee Nesmoe's shot put record of 44'2.75" set in 2011 by a full 1.25" as she hit 44"4.00". She broke Nesmoe's weight throw record of 54'7.50", also set in 2011, by over a foot as she finished with a distance of 55'7.75". She finished first in both events.
 
Mike Cullen broke his own record set last year by 1.5" as he finished with a distance of 53'8.25". He finished third in the event.
 
In other events, Gloria Williams and Katie Bialka ran strong races in the 60 meter dash as Williams finished second and Bialka finished third in the event.
 
Esther Jandrich and Marianna Kramer also took home top-three finishes as Jandrich finished second and Kramer finished third in the pole vault.
 
Antony Odera took home a pair of top-five finishes on the men's side as he finished fifth in both the high jump and the 60 meter hurdles.
 
Concordia is back at the U of M next weekend for the Minnesota Open.
 

Women's Results
60m
Gloria Williams – Prelims: 8.19 1^st; Finals: 8.17 2^nd
Katie Bialka – Prelims: 8.38 4^th; Finals: 8.35 3^rd
LaKeya Rudolph – Prelims: 8.52 6^th; Finals: 8.52 6^th
Morgan Perkins – Prelims: 9.20 8^th; Finals: 9.07 7^th
 
200m
Wakpor Ighovojah – 28.05 5^th
Katie Bialka – 28.25 6^th
 
High Jump
Wapkor Ighovojah – 4'11.00" 1^st
Marianna Kramer – 4'9.75" 2^nd
Gretchen Feilen – 4'8.25" 3^rd
 
Pole Vault
Esther Jandrich – 11'1.75" 2^nd
Marianna Kramer – 10'8.00" 3^rd
 
Shot Put
Martina Ware – 44'4.00" 1^st
 
Weight Throw
Martina Ware – 55'7.75" 1^st
Mariah Hoffman – 46'4.75" 2^nd
 

Men's Results
60m
Vantwon Melton – Prelims: 7.44 15^th
Colin Goligoski – Prelims: 7.55 16^th
 
200m
Aaron Joppru – 24.40 6^th
Joe Owens – 25.88 8^th
 
400m
Adam Hausken – 52.62 6^th
 
Mile Run
Nic Rudolph – 4:36.90 10^th
 
60m Hurdles
Antony Odera – 9.06 5^th
Colin Goligoski – 9.20 6^th
 
4x400m Relay
Vantwon Melton, Colin Goligoski, Nic Rudolph, Adam Hausken – 3:33.40 4^th
 
High Jump
Antony Odera – 6'0.75" 5^th
 
Pole Vault
Aaron Joppru – 14'3.50" 6^th
 
Shot Put
Mike Cullen – 53'8.25" 3^rd