Blazers Sitting at 5th Place After Day One of MIAC Championship

03/07/2008

After day one of the MIAC Indoor Track and Field championship, The College of Saint Benedict is sitting at 5th place with a team total of 38 points. The Blazers finished in top spots in a variety of different events. Day two of the MIAC championship takes place Saturday, Mar. 8th in Collegeville, Minn at Saint John’s University.

In the 55 meter, first-year Abby Neigebauer (Waseca, Minn./Waseca H.S.) took 6th place with a time of 7.57. First-year Jillian Daleiden (Blaine, Minn./Blaine H.S.) finished the 400 meter with a time of 60.58 giving her a 6th place finish, also. In the 800 meter, senior Kaylee Rasmussen (Waconia, Minn./Waconia H.S.) took 5th place and finished with a time of 2:22.01 and first-year Molly Noel (Eagen, Minn./Cretin-Durham Hall) finished with a time of 2:26.49 giving her a 9th place finish overall.

In the distance events, sophomore Margot Branigan (Roseville, Minn./Roseville H.S.) took 2nd place, with a time of 18:25.58, just a second behind the first place runner. First-year Katy Torchia (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes H.S.) finished with a time of 5:33.50 in the mile run to give her a 10th place finish. The Distance Medley Relay featuring Ashley Irons (Twin Falls, ID/Twin Falls H.S.), Alyx Chapman (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater H.S.), Rasmussen (Waconia, Minn./Waconia H.S.) and Kristin Haubrich (Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee H.S.) took 2nd place with a time of 12:28.27 and broke the school record by almost eight seconds.

Sophomore Ali Galzki (Maple Grove, Minn./Wayzata H.S.) took 6th place overall in the long jump with jumps of 4.71m, 4.87m, 4.76m and 4.75m. Ashley Aggen finished the Pentathlon in eighth place.

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Kelsey Ivancich, CSB Athletic Media Relations Student Assistant

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