SUPERIOR, Wis. – The UW-Superior women's track and field team won five events as it hosted the Yellowjacket Open at Lydia Thering Fieldhouse on Saturday.
 
UWS was victorious in the 300 meters, 400 meters, 5,000 meters, 4x200-meter relay and high jump on the day. 
 
Senior LeAnn Torgerson (Two Harbors, Minn./Two Harbors) set both facility and school records in the 300, turning in a time of 42.10, four tenths of a second faster than the facility record set by Minnesota Duluth's Kristin Haak in 2009 and more than a second better than the school mark of 43.27, set by Traelynn Lewis in 2012.
 
Sophomore Via Prince (Spokane Valley, Wash./University) won the 400 in 1:08.31 over St. Scholastica's Liana Blomgren (1:08.71). 
 
Sophomore Nanaka Hara won the 5,000 in an all-Superior race in 21:28.13. Freshman Kennedy Robelia (Durand, Wis./Durand) ran 22:08.35 for second, followed by alumna Ali Manthey (Zimmerman, Minn./Elk River) in 23:26.17.
 
The 4x200 squad of Alexxa DeQuevedo (Silver Bay, Minn./William Kelley), Prince, Alexys Lewis (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown) and Torgerson ran 1:53.84, beating the only other NCAA team in the event, Northwestern, which ran 2:05.53.
 
Freshman Cassie Skattebo (Shell Lake, Wis./Shell Lake) won the high jump with a leap of 1.55 meters, topping Lexi Erikson of St. Scholastica. DeQuevedo was third, clearing a height of 1.40 meters.
 
Elsewhere, DeQuevedo ran a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing second in that event in 9.90. Freshmen Kasha Hughlett (Maple, Wis./Northwestern) was third in the shot put with a top mark of 8.94 meters, followed by Aubree Reiten (Grand View, Wis./Drummond) in fourth at 8.92 meters. Hughlett was also third (10.48 meters) and Reiten fifth (8.14 meters) in the weight throw.
 
The 'Jackets now set their sights on the UMAC indoor championships Feb. 28-29, which they are preparing to host at Thering Fieldhouse.