Women's Track and Field Tuesday, May 7, 2024 NWC Athletic Communications

National Marks and School Records Highlight GPAC Championships

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The Great Plains Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by your Red Raiders was the best time for performances to be their best, and the Raiders did not disappoint. Personal records, National Marks, and even school records would be hit as the women would leave their all on the track. The women's 4x800m Relay would hit the NAIA Provisional mark in their 2^nd place finish, running 9:31.43, the team made up of Savonne Sterk, Emily Haverdink, Abby Ervin, and Caitlin Jacobsma. Emma Haley would once again lower her own school record in the 3000m steeplechase on her way to a 4^th place finish in a time of 11:44.25. Kennedy Kramer would run a huge PR in the 400m dash, getting 2^nd place and hitting the NAIA Automatic mark in a time of 56.48. She would be .02 off of the school record. Kramer would come back at the end of the meet to anchor the 4x400m relay, joined by Emma Blum, Sterk and Caitlin Ostbye, to run one of the fastest relays in school history in their 2^nd place finish in 3:52.16, also hitting the NAIA Auto Mark. Getting 3^rd, Jacie VanderWaal would re-hit the NAIA Provisonal mark of 1.65m in the high jump as well.

Sprints/Hurdles/Relays:
Starting the day off on Friday was the 100m hurdles where Charlee Olson would make the finals, ranked 8^th, in a PR time of 15.42. She would follow that performance on Saturday, in the finals, with a time of 15.43 to retain the 8^th place finish. Right after, in the 100m dash, Ostbye would run 12.41, her fastest time since surgery 2 years ago, to make the finals and rank 8^th. She would run 12.45 in the finals on Saturday to retain that 8^th place. In the 400m Dash, Kramer would be joined on the podium by Blum in 8^th place in a time of 1:00.27. The 400m hurdles, a truly grueling event, would be attacked by hurdle specialist Emma Zoet. She would finish the race 6^th with a season best time of 1:06.41. The 4x100m relay, made up of Grace Hendrickson who ran a PR 100m dash the day before, Marissa Hackman who would run a PR 400m dash later that day, Ostbye, and Blum, would narrowly miss the podium in their 4^th place finish in a time fo 48.63.

Distance:
After the 4x800m performance on Friday evening, Ervin would be back on Saturday for the open 800m, where she would run a lifetime best of 2:21.38 to 6^th place, her highest placing ever at the GPAC Championships. Also coming back from the relay performance was Jacobsma to tackle the 1500m run. She ran 4:54.80, narrowly missing her PR by .43 as she ran to 5^th place, also her highest GPAC Championship placing ever.

Jumps/Throws:
Highlighting the field events was VanderWaal in the high jump with her 3^rd place finish and NAIA Provisonal Mark in the high jump. Allie Hough would tie her PR in the pole vault at 9'8" or 2.95m. Olson would narrowly be beaten out in the long jump by .03m in the long jump to finish 9^th. Jordan Bjork would narrowly miss a PR in the discus to finish 14^th, and the same placing in the javelin. Hendrickson, running a PR 100m dash, would be pulled back and forth to the javelin and finish in 9^th place.

Raider All-Conference Top-8 (Bold indicates PR):
100m Prelims

Caitlin Ostbye 12.41 – 8^th

100m Finals

Caitlin Ostbye 12.45 – 8^th

400m

Kennedy Kramer 56.48 – 2^nd NAIA AUTOMATIC MARK
Emma Blum 1:00.27 – 8^th

800m

Abby Ervin 2:21.38 – 6^th

1500m

Caitlin Jacobsma 4:54.80 – 5^th

100m Hurdles Prelims

Charlee Olson 15.42 – 8^th

100m Hurdle Finals

Charlee Olson 15.43 – 8^th

400m Hurdles

Emma Zoet 1:06.41 – 6^th

3000m Steeplechase

Emma Haley 11:44.25 – 4^th SCHOOL RECORD

4x400m Relay

Blum, Sterk, Ostbye, Kramer 3:52.16 – 4^th NAIA AUTO MARK (Season Best)

4x800m Relay

Sterk, Haverdink, Ervin, Jacobsma 9:31.43 – 2^nd NAIA PROVISONAL MARK (Season Best)

High Jump

Jacie Vander Waal 1.65 – 3^rd NAIA PROVISIONAL MARK

NAIA National Standings (5/6/2024)
4x400m Relay – Blum, Sterk, Ostbye, Kramer 3:52.16 – 8^th

4x800m Relay – Sterk, Haverdink, Ervin, Jacobsma 9:31.43 – 24^th

Kennedy Kramer – 400m 56.48 – 20^th

Jacie Vander Waal - High Jump 1.65m – 21^st
Up Next: The next meet the Raiders will be the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships. That will take place on Wednesday May 22^nd through Friday May 24^th.

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Players Mentioned

Caitlin Jacobsma: Distance; 5' 6"; Junior

Emma Blum: Sprints; 5' 8"; Sophomore

Abby Ervin: Mid-Distance; 5' 5"; Junior

Emma Haley: Distance; 5' 9"; Junior

Emily DeGroot: Distance; 5' 5"; Sophomore

Grace Hendrickson: Sprints; Junior

Kennedy Kramer: Mid-Distance; 5' 7"; Junior

Charlee Olson: Jumps; 5' 9"; Sophomore

Caitlin Ostbye: Sprints; 5' 7"; Senior

Savonne Sterk: Mid-Distance; 5' 10"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Caitlin Jacobsma
: 5' 6"; Junior
: Distance

Emma Blum
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: Sprints

Abby Ervin
: 5' 5"; Junior
: Mid-Distance

Emma Haley
: 5' 9"; Junior
: Distance

Emily DeGroot
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: Distance

Grace Hendrickson
: Junior
: Sprints

Kennedy Kramer
: 5' 7"; Junior
: Mid-Distance

Charlee Olson
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: Jumps

Caitlin Ostbye
: 5' 7"; Senior
: Sprints

Savonne Sterk
: 5' 10"; Junior
: Mid-Distance