VERMILLION, S.D. – The Minot State track and field teams wrapped up their second full weekend of action for the outdoor season with a record-setting performance by
De'Andre Cornwall.
The Beaver hurdler from Lauderhill, Florida smashed the NCAA Division II-era record in the women's 100-meter hurdles on Saturday at the University of South Dakota Early Bird meet and moved to second all-time in Minot State history in the event.
Cornwall advanced to the event finals with a time of 14.63 seconds in the prelims which smashed the D-II record of 15.23 seconds run by DelRay Audet in 2016. Cornwall then finished fifth in the event with a time of 14.72 in the finals.
Her time of 14.63 ranks No. 2 all-time, second only to the 14.44-second performance by Marlo Henke run in 1993. It also ranks Cornwall No. 5 in the NSIC currently this season.
While she wrote her name into the Minot State record books, so did multi-event athlete
Hayleigh Solano as she became the first woman in the Beavers' NCAA Division II era to complete a heptathlon scoring 2,302 points in the grueling, two-day, seven-event competition to finish 18
th at the USD Early Bird meet.
The NCAA D-II era record holder, Solano is now No. 2 all-time in Minot State history in the event as well behind just Michelle Boyeff who scored 4,231 points in the heptathlon in 2001.
While Cornwall and Solano set records on the day,
Sidra Sadowsky,
Devontae Daley,
Peyton Tuhy, and Jasiah Hambria all added top 5 finishes for the Beavers in their individual events.
Sadowsky finished fourth in Saturday's women's 800 meters in 2 minutes, 22.03 seconds, while Tuhy was fourth in the men's Saturday edition of the 800 in 1:59.66. Tuhy also ran the 800 on Friday finishing 21st in 1:58.77 as the event was contested both days for the men and women.
Hambria added a third-place finish in the men's high jump as he cleared 6 feet, 4.75 inches, and Daley was fifth in the men's 400 meters finishing in 50.26 seconds.
The Minot State track and field teams will be back in action at two meets next weekend, heading east to Des Moines, Iowa to compete in the Jim Duncan Invitational hosted by Drake University on Friday, and heading west to Dickinson State for the Blue Hawk Games on Saturday.