ST. PAUL, Minn. – Senior
Christine Albrecht won both the 1,000-meter run and one-mile run to highlight the St. Olaf College women's track and field team's fourth-place finish at the Vanessa Seljeskog Classic on Saturday at the Leonard Center on the campus of Macalester College.
Albrecht posted top-five times in program history and broke the facility record in both events for St. Olaf, which earned 105 points in the team standings. Bethel University finished atop the standings with 138 points, followed by Gustavus Adolphus College with 122 and Carleton College with 117.
In the 1,000-meter run, Albrecht was the first to cross the line with a facility-record time of 2:57.73, which ranks fourth in program history and is the top time in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) this season. The senior posted another facility record and top-five time in program history in the one-mile run (4:58.75), which ranks first in the MIAC and second in the country (converted to 4:55.83).
In addition to Albrecht's standout day, sophomore
Jules Fromm ran the conference's second-fastest time this season in the 800-meter run, clocking in at 2:28.68 to finish as the runner-up. St. Olaf's 4x400-meter relay of junior
Riki Poore, first year Abbia Manhard, junior
Ququ Holman, and sophomore
Emma Storbakken logged a second-place finish in 4:15.51. First year
Lauren Walda added a third-place showing in the 3,000-meter run (10:53.51).
Senior
Annika Muller registered a top-30 national performance in the triple jump, placing fourth with a mark of 11.21 meters (36' 9 ½") on her final attempt. The jump ranks fourth in the MIAC and 27th in the country, as the senior was one of four competitors to surpass the previous meet record.
Sophomore
Emma Johnson bettered her own ninth-best standing in program history in the weight throw with a throw of 12.63 meters (41' 5 ¼") to place sixth.
St. Olaf hosts the St. Olaf Coed Invitational & Multi on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28. The multi begins on Friday at 2 p.m., followed by the bulk of the meet on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
