The Wayne State College women’s track and field team had several athletes place in the top 10 in their respective events at the UNK Loper Invitational this past weekend.

Leading the field events, Sara Wells finished in first place in the discus with a new school record and NCAA provisional throw of 164’ 0” to edge the previous school mark of 163’ 7” set last May at the NCAA Division II outdoor national championships. Wells also captured first place in the shot put with a top mark of 47’ 9”.

“Sara Wells had some really good throws in the discus. It is exciting for her to break her own school record this early in the season,” coach Marlon Brink said. “She is ranked number two in Division II right now with that mark.”

Carly Fehringer registered another first place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 195’ 9”. While Emily Wells was second at 174’ 3” and Mackenzie Masching finished eighth at 156’ 1”.

Other top 10 finishers in field events included Fehringer at fifth in the shot put (44’ 9”), Jessi Pongratz was eighth in the shot put (42’ 8 ¾”) and Michaela Dendinger ninth in the discus at 138’ 3”.

Another first place finish was recorded by Rebecca Davenport in the 400 meter hurdles, finishing with a time of 1:06.30, while teammate Elizabeth Pille took sixth with 1:09.70.

Alexis Guhl and Megan Svitak placed second and third respectively in the 100 meter hurdles with times of 15.08 and 15.24 seconds.

“Lexi Guhl and Megan Svitak raced to personal best marks in the 100 meter hurdles race for the second week in a row.” Brink said.

Other top finishers for the Wildcats included Cristina Murillo, who placed fifth in the 1,500 meter run (5:08.49) and Svitak, who took eighth in the long jump (17’ 3 ¼”).

The 4 x 400 meter relay team of Pille, Danielle Hart, Davenport and Mary Alderson came in sixth place with a time of 4:16.14 while the “B” team of Guhl, Emily Kaup, Skyler Lippman and Murillo took eighth at 4:31.78.

The Wildcats will compete in the 50th Annual Sioux City Relays on Friday and Saturday. They will also send the throwers to compete on Saturday at the Concordia Invitational in Seward.