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Warriors Peak at Conference Meet; Set Numerous Season Best Marks
Posted: May 06, 2023

Warriors Peak at Conference Meet; Set Numerous Season Best Marks

Results

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – After thunder and lightning caused a pair of delays on the opening day of the 2023 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the weather was absolutely perfect in Sioux Center for Saturday's events. As a team, Midland University places 11th in the meet as Concordia University paced the field to earn the GPAC title.

In the heptathlon, which began on Friday and concluded Saturday, Madyson Ray and Shyanne Pipkin were in the field of 13 athletes. Ray finished with a season-best 3649 points to take 8th while Pipkin was 12th with her best point total of the year, 3151.

On the track, Emma Strom qualified and placed 6th in the 100m. She ran a personal-best time of 12.61 in prelims and then turned in a 12.77 in the final. Navaeh Sarabia finished just outside of points in the 400m. She placed 9th with a season-best time of 1:00.73. In the 1500m, Myia Johnson had her best time of the year at 5:21.44 to place 19th.

The Warriors' relay teams continued the string of season-best times as they placed 5th in the 400m and 9th in the 1600m. Amber Rodgers, Strom, Hannah Meyer, and Sarabia ran a time of 50.46 in the 4x100m. Sarabia, Strom, Rodgers, and Ray ran a time of 4:21.45 in the 4x400m.

Krista Hardy and Pipkin both earned top-ten marks in the high jump. Pipkin was tied for 10th with a height of 1.50m while Hardy earned 5th with a clearing of 1.55m.

In the long jump, Ray and Strom both turned in successful jumps to place 10th and 22nd, respectively. Ray had a new personal best of 5.05m while Strom reached 4.36m in her top attempt.

Meyer was the lone Warrior in the triple jump. She cleared 10m for the first time this season on her final attempt, reaching 10.20m to finish 17th.

In the shot put, Madalyn Kelsey was on the cusp of reaching the top ten. She had her best throw of the season, getting the shot out to 11.84m to finish 11th.

In the javelin, Pipkin and Ray placed 11th and 18th. Pipkin reached a distance of 33.30m, a new personal best, while Ray had her best throw go 28.33m.