FINAL RESULTS

MORRIS, Minn. (csssaints.com) – Despite having just 13 competitors due to an accumulation of injuries, the St. Scholastica women's track & field team finished second at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Outdoor Championships that concluded on Saturday.
 
Team Scores
1. Minnesota Morris-207, 2. CSS-139, 3. Martin Luther-11, 4. UW-Superior-101, 5. Northwestern (Minn.)-64
 
Event Champions
The 4x400m relay team of Lexi Erickson (International Falls, Minn./Falls HS (St. Catherine)), Annika Voss (Duluth, Minn./Proctor HS), Lili Tapper (Lindstrom, Minn./Irondale HS) and Megan Bechthold (Duluth, Minn./Lakeview Christian Academy) completed the meet for the Saints as champions with a time of 4:18.86.
 
Erickson also won the high jump title for the second straight outdoor meet, clearing a CSS outdoor personal-best height of 5'1.25" (1.56m). Erickson was part of three championships (400m Hurdles, High Jump, 4x4 relay) for the meet.
 
Other Top Running Performances
Following her pole vault title on Friday, Dayelise Davidson (Coleraine, Minn./Greenway HS) was third in the 100m dash with a time of 13.42.
 
Megan Bechthold (Duluth, Minn./Lakeview Christian Academy) was fifth in the 400m dash with a time of 1:03.93.
 
The 4x100m relay team of Bechthold, Lexi Weisser (St. Joseph, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS), Melissa Geisenhof (Little Falls, Minn./Little Falls HS) and Davidson was runner-up with a time of 55.05.
 
Other Top Jumping Performances
Weisser was third in the triple jump with a mark of 31'9.25" (9.68m). Geisenhof was fourth in that event with an outdoor personal-best mark of 30'5.75" (9.29m).
 
Top Throwing Performance
Anna Becker (Buffalo, Minn./Maple Lake HS) was runner-up in the shot put with a toss of 38'9.5" (11.82m).
 
Up Next
The Saints may send some members to the Eagle Open on Friday, which is hosted by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.