ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul men's and women's track and field teams each competed at the Vanessa Seljeskog Classic hosted by Macalester College on Saturday afternoon, with the Concordia men finishing in fourth place while the CSP women finished in fifth place.

The men's team tallied a total of 65 points to finish fourth among the 13 competing teams, while the women's team finished with 61 points to take fifth out of 15 teams.

The men were highlighted by a pair of standout performances in the throws, as Cade Feist won the shot put with a new personal best distance of 53' 9.75" and Carter Krummen won the weight throw with a distance of 60' 1". Feist's shot put distance established a new personal record, while his weight throw distance of 56' 4.75" placed him second and was also a personal record. Krummen's weight throw distance was both a personal record and an NCAA provisional qualifying mark, ranking 34^th in Division II and third in the NSIC this season.

Sophomore Abid Alam set a new personal record in the pole vault, clearing a height of 12' 3.5" to tie for 10^th place.  

Senior Maya Lavendusky set a new season best in the shot put, using a toss of 41' 10.5" to place second in the event.

Junior Mehlayna Straub claimed the lone first-place finish for the CSP women, winning the high jump after clearing 5' 1".

Sophomore Nevaeh Coffer set a personal record in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.06 seconds. She went on to place sixth in the finals of the event after clocking a time of 8.15 seconds.

Fellow sophomore Genet Nies made her debut in the 600-meter, placing fourth with a time of 1:46.30.

The Golden Bears will return to Mankato for the third time this season next weekend, competing at the Mark Schuck Open and Multis on Friday and Saturday at Myers Fieldhouse on the campus of Minnesota State.

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RESULTS
Men's Top 10 Finishes 

High Jump
Tyrese Ossei – 5' 10.75", 4th

Long Jump
Arik Nikolas – 21' 6.75", 3rd

Pole Vault
Abid Alam – 12' 3.5", 10th
Basheer Alam – 12' 3.5", 10th

Shot Put
Cade Feist – 53' 9.75", 1st
Dan Otto – 51' 7.25", 4th
Keyshawn Pettis – 47' 6.25", 6th
Matt Hunter – 47' 3.5", 7th
Brogan Engfer – 45' 11.25", 8th

Weight Throw
Carter Krummen – 60' 1", 1st
Cade Feist – 56' 4.75", 2nd
Austin Sikorski – 54' 4.5", 3rd
Dan Otto – 54' 0", 4th
Keyshawn Pettis – 52' 6.75", 5th

Women's Top 10 Finishes
60m
Nevaeh Coffer – 8.15, 6th

60m Hurdles
Mackenzie Lovejoy – 9.70, 8th

200m
Ella Frieling – 27.15, 7th

600m
Genet Nies – 1:46.30, 4th
Jaidynn Dietel – 1:50.01, 10th

800m
Nyadio Chan – 2:19.61, 6th

High Jump
Mehlayna Straub – 5' 1", 1st
Mina Nguyen – 4' 11", 3rd

Long Jump
Nevaeh Coffer – 17' 9.75", 3rd

Pole Vault
Kate Miriovsky – 10' 6", 2nd

Shot Put
Maya Lavendusky – 41' 10.5", 2nd
Bernie Barnhardt – 36' 7.5", 10th

Weight Throw
Bernie Barnhardt – 48' 8", 3rd
Taylor Thompson – 47' 3", 5th
Alexis Rathje – 44' 6", 9th