MORRIS, Minn. – The Bethany Lutheran women's outdoor track and field team placed second at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Championships with 149 points. This ties the best finish in program history (also achieved in 2017).
Sophomore Kayla Tobin (Watertown, Wis.) won her first outdoor title in the 5,000. This was the first title in this event in program history, on either the men's or women's side.
Freshman Stephanie Witbrod (Douglas, Wy). won the 100 hurdles, high jump, and triple jumps. The hurdles and triple jump titles were the first in women's program history. The high jump was the third in program history and first since 2018.
Bethany won five events over the two-day meet to set a school record for most event championships.
Team Standings
1
Minnesota-Morris 216
2
Bethany Lutheran 149
3
Wis.-Superior 144
4
Martin Luther 140
5
Crown 35
6
Northwestern (Minn.) 33
7
North Central (Minn.) 30
Bethany's competitors:
100 dash
6 Emily Jackson 13.29 Seventh-best time in program history
100 hurdles
1 Stephanie Witbrod 15.79 Second-best time in program history
3 Emily Jackson 16.18 Fourth-best time in program history
400
11 Jenna Wahl 1:12.27
13 Angela Zaccaria 1:14.56
1500
7 Jordan Merwin 5:30.80
8 Abby Nelson 5:31.30
13 Emmeline Metz 6:25.25
14 Hannah Rethemeyer 6:32.21
15 Alexandra Stitt 6:37.40
19 Mackenzie Floyd 8:45.27
5000
1 Kayla Tobin 20:32.41
3 Jordan Merwin 21:02.09
10 Chloe Kuhlman 22:47.85
13 Rachel Sovacool 24:01.47
14 Callie Montgomery 24:13.32
4x100
4 BLC 56.47
4x400
3 Bethany Lutheran 'A' 4:47.72
High Jump
1 Stephanie Witbrod 1.57m SCHOOL RECORD
2 Emily Jackson 1.48m
4 Jasmine Bejarano 1.38m
Triple Jump
1 Stephanie Witbrod 10.76m Second-best mark in program history
4 Jasmine Bejarano 9.25m
Shot put
2 Stephanie Witbrod 12.23m SCHOOL RECORD
13 Megan McCue 8.65m
Discus
9 Abby Nelson 27.45m 10
th-best mark in program history.
A select group will compete at the Eagle Open, hosted by UW-LaCrosse next Friday.
