VERMILLION, S.D. – Augustana track and field spent two days on the track down in Coyote territory after a day of strong performances over in Mankato on Wednesday where yet another Augustana school record was broken this season.
 
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Kylee Sallee headlined the top Wednesday performances for the Vikings as she jumped into third place with a 20-01.50, a brand-new program record in the event. Her mark is also the ninth-best performance in the event for Division II so far this season. Jayda Becker (19-04.75, PR) also took fifth and Maria Pedroso (17-11.75) was 10^th in the event.
 
Lexi Olderbak took eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 35-07.25 while over in the high jump, Bryn Greenwaldt won the event with a height of 5-06.00 and Clara Binstock was eighth with a 5-02.25.
 
In the women's javelin throw, Ashton Massey was ninth after her throw of 103-01.00.
 
Pedroso and Massey went back-to-back in the 400-meter hurdle, taking second in 1:03.35 for a PR and third in 1:06.04, respectively. Ella Heinitz clocked a 57.88 in the 400-meter dash for a third-place finish overall.
 
In the 200-meter dashes, Caitlin Ostbye was ninth in 25.55 for the women while Melik Davis was sixth in 22.16 for the men. The duo also competed in the 100-meter dash, where Ostbye took fifth in 12.48 and Davis was fourth in 11.17.
 
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Augustana lit it up down at the University of South Dakota following two days of action on Friday and Saturday.
 
Layton Johnson clocked a 10.80 for sixth place overall in the men's 100-meter dash while over on the women's side of the event, Lily Juhnke (12.17) and Jennifer Noutsougan (12.41) took second and seventh, respectively.
 
Maria Pedroso ran a new personal best in the 100-meter hurdles with her time of 14.44, now a new top 10 mark in Augustana history. Andrew Marten also took fourth in the men's 110-meter hurdles with his clocking of 13.97.
 
Juhnke took eighth in the 200-meter dash after her clocking of 25.01 and Jude Jarding added in an eighth-place finish on the men's side of the 400-meter dash in 49.11 seconds.
 
In the men's 400-meter hurdles, Tyler Christianson clocked a new personal best of 54.57 for a fourth-place finish in the event.
 
Ethan Sadler took ninth in the men's 800-meter run in 1:59.90 and Caroline Sudbeck was 10^th with a time of 4:37.67 in the women's 1500-meter run.
 
Parker Fitzgerald and Ben Haberman went back-to-back in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase, clocking times of 10:07.68 and 10:12.01, respectively.
 
Greenwaldt collected another top-five finish in the high jump, finishing fourth in Vermillion with a 5-06.00 as Binstock was ninth with a personal best of 5-02.25.
 
Sallee continued her streak over the weekend with a runner-up finish in the long jump, jumping her way to the podium with a leap of 19-03.25.
 
In the relays, the men's 4x400-meter squad was third in 3:21.10 and the men's 4x100-meter team took seventh in a time of 41.92.
 
UP NEXT
Augustana track and field will turn its sight toward the NSIC Outdoor Championship meet in Duluth, Minn., taking place from Thursday, May 8 to Saturday, May 10.