Results

LA CROSSE, Wis. - The St. Olaf women's track and field team opened its season at the Ashton May Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Abby Stets opened the outdoor season with a 58.87 in the 400 to place sixth.  Abbey Schnaith scored six points for the Oles in the 800 meter dash with a third place finish in 2:24.90.  Also competing in the 800 were Anna Holten (24th - 2:33.33), Choyang Yangkyi (41st - 2:43.27) and Jerlie Jensen (42nd - 2:48.11).

The Oles had a pair of runner-up finishes with Madison Van Wylen in the 400 meter hurdles (1:04.84) and Morghen Philippi in a close 5000 meter race (17:59.89).

Kelsey Weed threw the javelin for St. Olaf, tossing 31.17 meters to finish sixth overall.  Jane Vezina threw a distance of 17.36 meters to place 36th.

The Oles finished ninth with 37 team points.  The winners of the meet came from UW-La Crosse and notched 198.5 points.

St. Olaf competes next at the Concordia Holst Invite on Saturday at Concordia-St. Paul.