Photo by Sam Thiel SMSU’s Abby Schotter competes in the 3,000 meter steeplechase during the Mustang Twilight meet on Wednesday.

MARSHALL – After having their home meet canceled last year and earlier this season, the Southwest Minnesota State University men’s and women’s track and field team finally returned to the Marshall Regional Track and Field Complex to host the Mustang Twilight on Wednesday afternoon.

The Mustangs made their only home meet count, as SMSU took first with a women’s team score of 137 and a men’s team score of 116. The University of Sioux Falls took second on the women’s side, followed by MSU Mankato, Valley City State and SDSU. On the men’s side, Valley City State took second, followed by USF, MSU Mankato and SDSU.

SMSU coach Dan Allen it was nice to be able to compete against some quality teams on their own track and be able to get in a home meet for their athletes.

“It’s nice; obviously it’s a different week, but the best part about it is it gives us a chance to compete on our home track,” Allen said. “We practice out here every day and getting a chance to race on it and throw and jump makes it a lot of fun for our athletes and I’m glad we were able to make it happen. We had good competition come out and push our athletes and have our athletes push them.”

Allen added he was happy with many of his team’s performances throughout the afternoon.

“I didn’t get much of a chance to see the throws, but I know that there were a lot of PRs over there from a lot of teams, so hopefully a few of those were ours,” Allen said. “On the track side of things, we had a lot of event winners, had a couple of big PRs in the 100 and 200 meters, in the men’s 400, so it was a really good day all around for our crew.”

Women

In the 100 meters, the Mustangs took the top three spots, with Ashlyn Jones taking first with a time of 12.43 seconds followed by Sarah Strandemo in second (12.79) and Rylie Brown in third (12.85). Denitsa DoBreva also placed fifth with a time of 13.80 seconds.

In the 200 meters, Jones took first with a time of 27.15 seconds while Strandemo took second with a time of 28.05, Brown took fourth with a time of 28.54 and Amber Wells took fifth with a time of 29.41.

In the 400 meters, Emily Gillingham placed first with a time of 1:03.70 while Kristen Weber took second with a time of 1:04.17 and Meghan Sullivan took fourth with a time of 1:04.95. Wells took fifth with a time of 1:05.97 while Lexi Smith took seventh with a time of 1:08.95.

In the 800 meters, Kayla Jansky took first with a time of 2:21.61 while Emily Daniels took sixth with a time of 2:40.60 and Avery Lester took seventh with a time of 2:42.63.

In the 3,000 meter steeplechase, Skyler Jacobson and Abby Schotter took the top two spots with times of 12:33.78 and 12:45.06, respectively. In the long jump, Ginny Pederson took second with a jump of 4.91m and third in the triple jump with a jump of 11.08m.

In the shot put, Rebecca Manteuffel took fourth with a throw of 12.54m while Norah King took fifth with a throw of 12.40m, Amanda Flores-Schulte took ninth with a throw of 11.63m and Hailey Nierling took 11th with a throw of 10.32m.

In discus, Manteuffel took second with a throw of 50.45m while King took fifth with a throw of 42.34m and Flores-Schulte took 13th with a throw of 32.91m. In the hammer throw, Manteuffel took ninth with a throw of 41.60m while Flores-Schulte took 14th with a throw of 37.90. In the javelin throw, King took fourth with a throw of 31.92m while Tina Saulsbury-Triviski took sixth with a throw of 30.98m.

Men

In the 100 meters, Quadri Busari took first with a time of 10.80 seconds while Gabe Galamue took second with a time of 10.86, Jalen Coleman took fifth with a time of 11.60 and Sam Tabla took seventh with a time of 12.17.

In the 200 meters, Busari took first with a time of 22.54 seconds while Kyle Felling took second with a time of 22.76 and Galamue took third with a time of 22.77. Felling also took first in the 400 meters with a time of 49.52 seconds while Jake Evans took third with a time of 54.15.

In the 1,500 meters, Ben Broze took second with a time of 4:23.44 followed by Kaden Cameron in third (4:26.42) and Clayton Hartle in fourth (4:36.62). Issac Fischer won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.86, while Dylan Pierson took second and Brett Attenberger took third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with times of 10:40.32 and 11:04.98, respectively.

In the long jump, Adarius Gallon took first with a jump of 6.47m while Isaiah Nelson took second with a jump of 6.36m and Cole Hagen took fourth with a jump of 6.06m. In the high jump, Coleman took second with a jump of 1.87m while Nelson took first in the triple jump with a jump of 13.42m.

In the shot put, Connor Wigand took second with a throw of 14.90m while Calvin Knapp took ninth with a throw of 12.62m. In discus, Wigand took fifth with a throw of 46.05m. Wigand also took sixth in the hammer throw with a toss of 40.85m while Andrew Sandvold tied for seventh with a throw of 37.45m. In the javelin throw, Knapp took third with a throw of 39.56m.

SMSU will compete next at the Howard Wood Relays this weekend in Sioux Falls, S.D.