FINAL RESULTS
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Aaron Jung opened the shot put competition with a 17.30-meter toss breaking the school record and ensuring him of his third event win of the 2013 outdoor season. The Vikings earned championships in four different events at the Sioux City Relays in an abridged version of the meet due to weather.
Jung bested the old record by three inches continuing his great senior season. Currently Jung's record mark ranks fourth among NCAA Division II throwers. CJ Ham placed third in the shot put with a best toss of 14.95 meters.
Runa Falch nearly turned in the second record-breaking performance of the day for the Vikings, but came up less than half of a second shy in the 1,500-meter run. Falch clocked a 4:34.15 just missing the Sioux City Relays meet record which she set last spring. Kristin Brondbo was right on Falch's heels, finishing in second.
Three Vikings logged top-four finishes in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase and Harald Karbo won his first collegiate track event with a 9:09.25 time in the event. Adam Braun and Travis Beniak came in third and fourth, respectively.
The final event win came from the women's 4x200-meter relay team made up of Karmen and Kirsten Nyberg, Colleen Everson, and Kayla Mescher. The quartet of female runners finished the 800 meters in 1:44.06. Augustana's men's 4x200 team finished in second and the women's 4x400-meter relay team came in second while the men's squad placed third in the same event. The Viking women also recorded a third-place finish in the 1600-meter sprint medley relay.
Augustana had a trio of Viking men finish 2-3-4 in the 1,500-meter run led by John Klecker followed by Henrik Hansson and Travis Beniak, respectively.
Kelsey Kaufmann earned a collegiate-best second-place finish in the women's high jump, the highest among Division II jumpers. Also in the field events, Zach Feil placed fourth in the triple jump and Kaylynn Erlandson fifth in the same event on the women's side.
Kristi Porter and Mary Hitchcock finished 2-3 in the women's javelin, also the two highest Division II finishers, only trailing a University of South Dakota thrower.
