MINNEAPOLIS – The UW-Superior women's track and field team collected four top-10 finishes in finals at the Minnesota Open on the campus of the University of Minnesota on Saturday.
Senior
LeAnn Torgerson (Two Harbors, Minn./Two Harbors) finished eighth overall in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:02.90. She was also 10th in the 200-meter dash in 27.59, leading a group of three Yellowjackets in that event. Freshman
Alexxa DeQuevedo (Silver Bay, Minn./William Kelley ) and sophomore
Via Prince (Spokane Valley, Wash./University) ran 18th and 22nd overall in 29.20 and 22.24, respectively. Prince was 13th overall in the 400-meter dash 1:09.44.
DeQuevedo was also 10th in the 60-meter prelims in 8.66.
Freshmen
Hayley Olson (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) and
Kasha Hughlett (Maple, Wis./Northwestern) posted a top-10 each. Olson was 10th overall in the pole vault with a top leap of 2.30 meters while Hughlett was 10th in the weight throw with a 10.00-meter distance.
UWS returns to action when it hosts the Twin Ports Open at Lydia Thering Fieldhouse Saturday at 11 a.m.