Track and Field | 4.16.16

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul track and field teams cruised to 18 finishes inside the top-10 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the Holst Invitational at Sea Foam Stadium.
 
It was a record-setting day at the meet as 35 teams and over 1,000 athletes competed in the largest Holst Invitational to date.
 
The Golden Bears saw nine top-10 results on both the men's and women's sides as the men put up six finishes inside the top-5 while the women picked up three.


Holst Invitational Track Meet 4.16.2016 - Images by Justin Oakman
 
Tyler Naumowicz had a hand in three of the top-5 finishes as he took home second in the 400m hurdles, fifth in the 100m hurdlers and helped the 4x400m relay team to a second place finish. Naumowicz wrapped up the 400m hurdles with a time of 55.65 seconds, the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.49 second and he joined up with David Stanley, Mohamed Malim and Vantwon Melton for a time of 3:18.35 in the 4x400m relay.
 
A pair of men's athletes finished inside the top-5 in the high jump as David Zydowski cleared 6'4" to take fourth and Josh Johanson cleared 6'2" to take fifth.
 
The 4x100m relay team grabbed the final top-5 finish for the men as they finished second with a time of 42.79 seconds, just 0.05 second behind the winners.
 
Another impressive performance came from Abdirahman Mohamed, who finished sixth in the 800m with a time of 1:57.01 as well as 11^th in the 1500m with a time of 4:11.10. He also ran the 4x400m with CSP's "B" squad.
 
Erika Shady had an impressive day on the women's side as she collected one of the two top-5 individual performances as she finished fifth in the 200m with a time of 25.41 seconds. She also helped the 4x100m relay team, along with Gloria Williams, Erica Young and Wakpor Ighovojah, to the team's lone win on the day with a time of 49.34 seconds.
 
Kalle Burney also finished inside the top-5 as she took home fourth by clearing 5'1" in the high jump.
 
Gretchen Feilen added a sixth place finish in the pole vault and an eighth place finish in the high jump while Anna Ripke finished sixth in the pole vault.

Men's Results
100m
Matthew Marrin – Prelims: 11.25 29^th
Charles Arnold – Prelim: 11.28 30^th
 
200m
Matthew Marrin – 22.54 19^th
Charles Arnold – 23.33 34^th
Chi-Cori Barnes – 23.75 37^th
 
400m
David Stanley – 49.66 6^th
Vantwon Melton – 50.73 16^th
Adam Hausken – 52.49 34^th
Chi-Cori Barnes – 55.62 48^th
 
800m
Abdirahman Mohamed – 1:57.01 6^th
Mohamed Malim – 1:59.09 14^th
 
1500m
Abdirahman Mohamed – 4:11.10 11^th
 
10,000m
Caleb Troe – 35:32.97 6^th
 
110m Hurdles
Tyler Naumowicz – Prelims: 15.24 4^th; Finals: 15.49 5^th
Josh Johanson – Prelims: 16.73 18^th
 
400m Hurdles
Tyler Naumowicz – 55.65 2^nd
 
4x100m Relay
Charles Arnold, David Stanley, Matthew Marrin, Vantwon Melton – 42.79 2^nd
 
4x400m Relay
David Stanley, Mohamed Malim, Tyler Naumowicz, Vantwon Melton – 3:18.35 2^nd
Adam Hausken, Josh Johanson, Abdirahman Mohamed, Andy Rachuy – 3:34.32 11^th
 
High Jump
David Zydowsky – 6'4.00" 4^th
Josh Johanson – 6'2.00" 5^th
 
Pole Vault
Bryan Elyea-Wheeler – 13'7.25" 15^th
Aaron Joppru – 13'7.25" 16^th
Andy Rachuy – 12'1.5" 22^nd
 
Triple Jump
Kyle Blom – 40'0.00" 13^th
 
Hammer Throw
Nesro Wado – 130'10" 40^th
Joe Owens – 113'9" 55^th
 
Women's Results
100m
LaKeya Rudolph – Prelims: 12.97 19^th
 
200m
Erika Shady – 25.41 5^th
Ana Metzmaker – 27.14 25^th
LaKeya Rudolph – 27.37 29^th
Jessica Stendahl – 28.89 46^th
 
400m
America Gray – 1:01.50 13^th
Maddy Kunshier – 1:01.76 14^th
Leah Amundson – 1:01.98 16^th
 
800m
Kalle Burney – 2:23.57 11^th
Erin Spatenka – 2:32.28 27^th
Rachel Thaemert – 2:44.28 48^th
 
1500m
Maggie Marcus – 4:53.64 7^th
Jordan Gray – 5:03.13 15^th
 
5000m
Ruth Lindberg – 21:02.26 17^th
 
100m Hurdles
Wakpor Ighovojah – Prelims: 16.30 21^st
Jessica Stendahl – Prelims: 16.56 23^rd
 
4x100m Relay
Gloria Williams, Erika Shady, Erica Young, Wakpor Ighovojah – 49.34 1^st
Maddy Kunshier, Ana Metzmaker, America Gray, LaKeya Rudolph – 51.22 5^th
 
4x400m Relay
Wakpor Ighovojah, Gloria Williams, America Gray, Erica Young – 4:04.87 7^th
Maddy Kunshier, Erika Shady, Leah Amundson, Ana Metzmaker – 4:35.49 16^th
 
High Jump
Kalle Burney – 5'1" 4^th
Gretchen Feilen – 4'11" 8^th
Marianna Kramer – 4'11" 13^th
Wakpor Ighovojah – 4'7" 21^st
 
Pole Vault
Gretchen Feilen – 10'11.75" 6^th
Marianna Kramer – 10'6" 10^th
Erika Shady – 10'0" 13^th
 
Discus Throw
Anna Ripke – 124'8" 7^th
Alayna Charpentier – 60'11" 33^rd
 
Hammer Throw
Anna Ripke – 121'7" 26^th
Alayna Charpentier – 90'5" 39^th
 
Javelin
Kalle Burney – 80'9" 25^th