ST. PAUL, Minn. – Sophomore
Teresa Pettitt-Kenney and first year
Aleah Keske won two events apiece, as the St. Olaf College women's track and field team won six events at the Rider/Bolstorff Invitational on Saturday at Macalester Stadium.
Pettitt-Kenney won the 200-meter dash (26.67) and the high jump (1.48m, 4' 10 ¼") with both performances ranking in the top 10 in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) this season. First year
Karla Kroschel was the runner-up to Pettitt-Kenney in the 200 meters (26.78).
Keske was victorious in the discus throw (39.76m, 130' 5") and the shot put (12.83m, 41' 1 ¼") and has now won six throwing events through six collegiate meets. The first year's mark of 12.83 meters in the shot put ranks fifth in the conference this season and bettered Keske's fourth-best mark in program history.
For the fifth meet in a row, senior
Paige Woldt was the top finisher in the triple jump, winning the event with a jump of 11.48 meters (37' 8"). Woldt has won the event in each of St. Olaf's five meets this season.
The Oles also got an event win from first year
Riki Poore in the 400-meter hurdles (1:10.12), as well as runner-up finishes from first year
Kristina Rohrer in the 800 meters (2:26.87), first year
Julia Newman in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:55.85), and first year
Ainslee Parker in the triple jump (10.59m).
St. Olaf visits St. Thomas for the Tommie Twilight on Wednesday, May 5.