VIRGINIA BEACH, V.A. – The Augustana indoor track & Field championships were highlighted by an All-America finish for the women's distance medley relay on day one of the NCAA Indoor Championships.
"We had a great day at the NCAA Indoor Championships," said Augustana Director of Track & Field Tracy Hellman. "Highlighting the day was our All-America finish in the women's DMR. It was a great finish for the indoor season."
The quartet of Mia Salas, Maia Peterson, Caroline Sudbeck and Patty Jo English crossed the finish line in a time of 11:33.61 to claim a sixth place national finish. Salas began the race for the Vikings running the 1200 meter in a time of 3:32.61 to tack AU in eight place. Peterson raced the second leg of the relay clocking a time of 56.82 in the 400 meter bringing the Vikings up to seventh place. Sudbeck owned the third leg of the relay, racing the 600 meter in a time of 2:14.93 to claw Augustana up into sixth place. English held the Vikings steady in the final leg of the race, running the 1600 meter in a time of 4:49.27 running in a sixth place national finish.
Henry Klitzke raced in the finals of 5000 meter run finishing 15th in the nation with a time of 15:00.00.
Andrew Martens and Lawrence Lokonobei raced in the preliminaries of the 60 meter hurdles. Martens was just one placement away from qualifying for finals with a time of 8.02 in ninth place while Lokonobei raced in a 15th place finish clocking a time of 8.17.
In addition to the DMR, English also raced in the preliminaries of the mile event, recording a time of 4:57.93 to finish in 20th place. On the men's side, Colten Brand joined English in the preliminaries of the mile, racing in 13th place with a time of 4:11.84.
Sudbeck took the track outside of the DMR through racing in the 800 meter dash, clocking a time of 2:17.57 to record a 19th place finish.
The final individual Viking to take the track was Nyanas Kur in the preliminaries of the 200 meter dash. Kur claimed a 14th place finish with a time of 24.46.
"We had a number of athletes who were at the NCAA for the first time so this was a valuable experience," Hellman added. "We are very happy with our season and now look forward to the outdoor campaign."
Up Next
The Vikings begin their outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays on March 24-25 hosted by NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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