EMPORIA, Kan. – The Concordia-St. Paul track and field teams opened the outdoor season with eight top-five finishes and 13 top-10 finishes at the ESU Relays on the campus of Emporia State on Friday and Saturday. The women took home 13^th place while the men finished 16^th.
 
Five of those top-five finishes and nine of 13 top-10 finishes came on the women's side in the season-opening meet.
 
The Golden Bear throwers were especially impressive as Tia Donlan took third in the discus with a distance of 149'1" and fifth in the hammer throw with a distance of 155'4". Donlan was edged by teammate Ella Paaverud in the hammer throw as Paaverud took fourth with a distance of 157'3". Paaverud also chipped in a 30^th place finish in the javelin throw.
 
On the track, Avery Sivonen, Christabelle Mulcahy and Cece Lewis each delivered top-10 efforts on the weekend. Sivonen wrapped up an eighth place finish in the 3000m steeplechase as she finished in 12:51.15 whole Mulcahy took ninth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.61. Cece Lewis chipped in a 10^th place effort in the 400m with a time of 59.33 to go along with a 34^th place effort in the 200m.
 
Mulcahy joined forces with Lauryn Samuel, Jaid Perry and Isabella D'Burke in the sprint medley relay to take third. CSP had a pair of 4x800m relay teams compete with Perry, Gianna Bedford, Destiny Mattingly and D'Burke taking fifth while Kelsey Thelen, Tess Houglum, Delaney Butler and Sivonen took seventh.
 
On the men's side, the group collected three top-five finishes and four in the top-10.
 
Andrew Johnson's distance of 22'11.00" in the long jump was good for eighth, the top individual finish on the men's side while Eben Mundfrom fell just outside the top-10 with an 11^th place finish and a distance of 169'3" in the hammer throw. Mundfrom added a 14^th place finish in the discus, clearing 138'8".
 
The distance medley team of Thomas Schauerman, Taaron Rudzitis, Emmett Faltesek and Matthew Helser trailed only Northwest Missouri State as they took second with a time of 10:37.76. It was one of three relays for Schauerman as he joined Nate Segura, Priestly Jibunor and DJ Smith in a fourth place finish in the sprint medley as well as Travis Andrews, Cullen Feist and Helser in taking fifth in the 4x800m relay.
 
Concordia is back in action next Saturday at the Hamline Invitational.
 
Women's Results
100m
Sofia Dodge – 12.82, 39^th
Breonna Graham – 13.22, 59^th
Monique Kai – 13.43, 67^th
Callie Reintsma – 13.79, 71^st
 
100m Hurdles
Christabelle Mulcahy – 14.61, 9^th
 
200m
Cece Lewis – 26.33, 34^th
Lauryn Samuel – 26.98, 60^th
Breonna Graham – 27.55, 75^th
Christabelle Mulcahy – 28.01, 84^th
Courtney Mensah – 28.58, 89^th
 
400m
Cece Lewis – 59.33, 10^th
 
800m
Destiny Mattingly – 2:34.94, 36^th
Gianna Bedford – 2:44.74, 49^th
 
1500m
Tess Houglum – 5:53.81, 63^rd
Delaney Butler – 6:11.77, 67^th
 
3000m Steeplechase
Avery Sivonen – 12:51.15, 8^th

5000m
Kelsey Thelen – 21:08.48, 33^rd
 
Discus Throw
Tia Donlan – 149'1", 3^rd
Jenna Morris – 85'6", 49^th
 
Hammer Throw
Ella Paaverud – 157'3", 4^th
Tia Donlan – 155'4", 5^th
Jenna Morris – 94'11", 42^nd
 
Javelin Throw
Ella Paaverud – 110'4", 30^th
 
Pole Vault
Callie Reintsma – 9'8.00", 17^th
 
Shot Put
Tia Donlan – 36'4.00", 18^th
Jenna Morris – 26'2.25", 40^th
 
Sprint Medley
Christabelle Mulcahy, Lauryn Samuel, Jaid Perry, Isabella D'Burke – 4:20.90, 3^rd
 
4x800m Relay
Jaid Perry, Gianna Bedford, Destiny Mattingly, Isabella D'Burke – 10:28.22, 5^th
Kelsey Thelen, Tess Houglum, Delaney Butler, Avery Sivonen – 11:29.08, 7^th
 
Men's Results
100m
Thomas Dietel – 10.98, 26^th
Andrew Johnson – 11.12, 35^th
Isaiah Koran – 11.41, 55^th
Nate Segura – 11.49, 59^th
Jackson Klocow – 11.56, 60^th
Priestly Jibunor – 11.57, 61^st
 
110m Hurdles
Calder Erick – 15.57, 16^th
Arik Johnson – 15.71, 18^th
Peyton Enders – 18.13, 31^st
 
200m
Thomas Dietel – 22.06, 13^th
Calder Erick – 22.58, 36^th
Priestly Jibunor – 22.71, 40^th
Andrew Johnson – 22.94, 49^th
Nate Segura – 23.04, 54^th
Isaiah Koran – 23.63, 71^st
Jackson Klocow – 24.14, 78^th
Payton Peterson – 24.27, 83^rd
 
400m
Taaron Rudzitis – 51.05, 27^th
Payton Peterson – 54.46, 49^th
 
400m Hurdles
Arik Johnson – 1:00.28, 27^th
 
1500m
Emmett Faltesek – 4:06.11, 26^th
Matt Krummel – 4:21.38, 64^th
 
3000m Steeplechase
Matt Krummel – 10:11.25, 12^th
 
5000m
Owen Erickson – 15:46.06, 21^st
Matt Thomforde – 16:28.88, 35^th
James Frigstad – 17:45.90, 47^th
 
Discus Throw
Eben Mundfrom – 138'8", 14^th
CJ Picazo – 135'11", 16^th
Hunter Quinn – 134'3", 20^th
Cullen Feist – 122'10", 23^rd
Calder Erick – 108'10", 33^rd
Arik Johnson – 106'9", 34^th
Peyton Enders – 64'9", 43^rd
 
Hammer Throw
Eben Mundfrom – 169'3", 11^th
Hunter Quinn – 164'9", 13^th
 
Javelin Throw
Calder Erick – 154'9", 34^th
Cullen Feist – 142'6", 38^th
Arik Johnson – 125'11", 45^th
 
Long Jump
Andrew Johnson – 22'11.00", 8^th
Peyton Enders – 18'3.25", 38^th
 
Pole Vault
Basheer Alam – 11'11.75", 19^th
Kaleb Kazmarek – 10'11.75", 22^nd
 
Shot Put
Hunter Quinn – 44'6.00", 19^th
Eben Mundfrom – 41'7.25", 27^th
 
Sprint Medley Relay
Nate Segura, Priestly Jibunor, DJ Smith, Thomas Schauerman – 3:35.20, 4^th
 
4X800m Relay
Travis Andrews, Cullen Feist, Matthew Helser, Thomas Schauerman – 7:56.19, 5^th
 
Distance Medley
Thomas Schauerman, Taaron Rudzitis, Emmett Faltesek, Matthew Helser – 10:37.76, 2^nd