NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College women's track and field team posted five first-place finishes and seven runner-up results at the Meet of the Saints on Friday afternoon at Manitou Track.

St. Olaf posted 1-2 finishes in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, triple jump, and shot put to highlight the afternoon. No team scores were kept in the meet.

Senior Tayler Paulsen won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:46.81, which was good for second in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) this season and was a PR by over 30 seconds. First year Bailey VanderWilde was the runner-up in 12:10.73.

St. Olaf's other event win on the track came from junior Samantha Posey in the 800 meters, as she clocked in at 2:25.33 to set a new PR by nearly 15 seconds.

First years Aleah Keske and Sam Hedtke went 1-2 in the shot put. Keske won the event with a throw of 12.54 meters (41' 1 ¾"), followed by Hedtke's toss of 11.40 meters (37' 5"). Keske was also second in the discus throw (38.24m, 125' 5").

Senior Paige Woldt and sophomore Annika Muller were the top-two finishers in the triple jump, with Woldt posting the top jump of the day at 11.44 meters (37' 6 ½"). In the first outdoor meet of her career, Muller broke into St. Olaf's all-time top-10 list in the event with a second-place jump of 10.95 meters (35' 11 ¼").

In the pole vault, first year Melanie Roberts was one of four to clear 2.82 meters (9' 3") to tie for first in the event.

Woldt added a second-place finish in the long jump (5.12 meters, 16' 9 ¾"), while first year Julia Everest was the runner-up in the 1,500 meters (5:06.77).

St. Olaf's 4x400-meter relay of Jena Hauch, Riley Mauzer, Lauren Johnson, and Lucia Wyland took second with a time of 4:24.94.

The Oles head to Macalester for the Janis Rider Invitational on Saturday, May 1 in St. Paul.