GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The ladies led the way on an outstanding day for the Minot State track and field teams as sprinter
Summer Krebsbach and middle-distance runner
Bailey Wride each set a new all-time school record on Saturday at the University of North Dakota Open.
The two new school-best times were part of six records the Beavers set on the day as they began their drive toward the NSIC Indoor Championships at the end of this month hosted by Minnesota State, Mankato.
Krebsbach, who already set a new NCAA Division II-era record in the women's 60-meter dash this winter, broke the all-time record in the women's 200 meters as she finished 5
th in the event Saturday in 25.03 seconds. Krebsbach broke the all-time school record of 25.65 run by Kayla Montgomery in 2010.
As for Wride, she provided the lone victory on the day with her record effort as she won the women's 1,000 meters in 2 minutes, 58.02 seconds, breaking her own all-time school record of 2:59.79 she ran last year.
While Krebsbach and Wride set all-time records, ladies teammate
Sidra Sadowsky added one of the other records on the day for the Beavers as she finished 4
th in the mile in 5:06.66. She broke the NCAA Division II-era record of 5:06.97 run by Abigail McGee in 2020.
On the men's side, sprinters
Deuce Carr and
Zaccharius Brown, along with middle-distance runner
Peyton Tuhy, turned in record efforts Saturday for the Beavers, as well.
Carr broke the NCAA Division II-era record in the men's 60-meter dash in the preliminaries, clocking a time of 6.97 seconds to advance to the event finals. He then finished 3
rd in the event in 7.00 seconds.
His time of 6.97 broke the old record of 7.01 seconds run by Glyn Borel in 2015 and by Franz Boothe in 2020.
As for Brown, he broke the D-II record in the men's 200 meters as he finished 5
th in 22.37 seconds, breaking the record of 22.48 run by
Devan Daniels last year.
And Tuhy finished 3
rd in the men's 1,000 meters in 2:30.63, a new D-II record that bested the previous fastest time of 2:31.84 run by
Jacob Jensen last year.
Adding top performances on the day, albeit not records, were the women's 4x400 relay team of
Afton Wride,
Jessica Sanchez,
Sidra Sadowsky,
Bailey Wride, who finished 2
nd in 4:10.82, and
Afton Wride, who was 5
th in the women's triple jump with a distance of 35 feet, 2.5 inches, while
Ethan Graham was 4
th in the men's shot put with a throw of 46-8.75, and
Holter Bridwell was 5th in the men's 5,000 meters in 15:50.78.