Another High Jump First For Ahrens at Drake

Saturday, April 11

Des Moines, Iowa

8:30 AM

Omaha

Jim Duncan Invitational Day 2

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Another High Jump First For Ahrens at Drake

Apr 12, 2015 | Track & Field

By: Omaha Athletics

DES MOINES, Iowa – Freshman Stephanie Ahrens took first place in the high jump on the second day of action at the Jim Duncan Invitational on Saturday at Drake.

Ahrens' mark of 5-09 ¼, just one-half inch from equaling her personal best, earned her first place. Emily Everitt placed fifth with a jump of 5-06, and Taryn Derickson was sixth with a jump of 5-04 1/4.

Lauren Doeschot took sixth place in the javelin throw with a mark of 110-04. Macy Woitzel was right behind in seventh place with a throw of 109-08 while Megan Adams took eighth with a throw of 106-09.

In the triple jump, Denneil Shaw posted a leap of 37-01 3/4, good for fifth place. Noni Henderson jumped 36-07 and came in sixth.

On the track, Katarina Zarudnaya took second place in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:30.31 while Ashley Kildow finished in a personal best time of 4:34.16, good for sixth place.

The 4x100 team of Nicole Liske, Terri Armstrong, Hannah Fowler and Tschida Johnson finished in sixth with a time of 49.66, five-hundredths of a second short of the school's season high.

Alexis Allgood, Zarudnaya, Kayla Sabotin and Kildow made up the 4x400 team that finished in fifth place with a time of 3:56.77, just shy of equaling the school's season best.

The Mavericks are back on the track and in the field in two weeks when they compete in the Drake Relays on Thursday – Saturday, April 23-25 and at the Kip Janvrin Open at Simpson College on Friday, April 24.