MENOMONIE, Wis. – UW-Superior freshman
Alexxa DeQuevedo (Silver Bay, Minn./William Kelley ) finished sixth overall in the pentathlon at the Warren Bowlus Open at UW-Stout's Sports and Fitness Center Friday.
DeQuevedo scored 2,176 points on the day. Her best finish of the competition came in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 10.18 to place second for 679 points.
DeQuevedo was fifth in the shot put in 7.99 meters, sixth in the high jump in 1.30 meters and sixth in the long jump in 3.96 meters. DeQuevedo closed the event with a seventh-place finish in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:57.37.
Megan Wallace of UW-Eau Claire won the pentathlon with 3,351 points over Hannah Miller of Stout with 2,743 points. DeQuevedeo topped the Blugolds' Pernille Soderlind, who totaled 2.057 points, in seventh place overall.
The Yellowjackets continue at the Warren Bowlus Open Saturday. Events begin at 11:30 a.m.