Lake Superior Challenge (2/4/2017) - Results

The University of Wisconsin Superior jumped across the bridge for Saturday's Lake Superior Challenge hosted by the College of St. Scholastica, taking on stiff competition from three NCAA II schools in the University of Minnesota Duluth, Bemidji State University, and Northern Michigan University in addition to the host Saints. Despite the competition, UW-Superior posted 11 personal records and claimbed several top-five finishes on the day.

Four sophomores starred for the Yellowjackets on the day, with Taylor Phillips (Superior, Wis./Superior H.S.) claiming a pair of top-five finishes and two personal records in the field. She hurled a career-best 12.72 meters in the shot put to finish second while also tossing a personal-record 13.34 meters in the weight throw, good for fifth overall but first among NCAA Division III athletes. Fellow second-year Valerie Rowe (Ironwood, Mich./A.D. Johnston H.S.) matched her personal-best performance in the pole vault, finishing second with a leap of 2.90 meters. Sophomore Ali Manthey (Zimmerman, Minn./Elk River) ran fifth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 12:17.54, while Kelli Praska (Eagan, Minn./Eagan H.S.) finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:25.43.

Junior Svenja Ruehl (Kirchuers, Germany/Gymnasium Philippinum Marburg) had a fourth-place finish in the long jump, finishing only behind a pair from UMD and one from Bemidji State. She leaped 5.08 meters. Freshman Mikaela Shepard (Blaine, Minn./Blaine H.S.) continued to improve on her career numbers, posting a time of 0:29.29 in the 200-meter run.

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Some of the top Yellowjackets will be in action at the St. Thomas Select Meet on Friday afternoon, but the entire UW-Superior team will be in action at Saturday's Yellowjacket Open at Lydia Thering Fieldhouse. The first action is set to get underway at 11:30 a.m. in Superior.