FARGO, N.D. – Minot State's female distance runners set the tone for the weekend for the Beavers as Bailey Wride and Sidra Sadowsky each won their respective races Friday at the Bison Open hosted by North Dakota State.

Wride won the women's 600 meters with a near-record time of 1 minute, 36.96 seconds – just .2 of a second off her own NCAA Division II-era record – while Sadowsy claimed victory in the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:00.70, a career-best effort in the event for the Minot State senior.

The two wins set a strong tone for the Beavers who started a busy weekend at the Bison Open as the majority of the meet's events will be decided Saturday when action resumes with field events beginning at 2 p.m. and running back on track at 2:30 p.m.

While Wride and Sadowsky set the tone, Paulette Dominguez, Marco Murillo, and Nikita Neyshtadt added top finishes for Minot State as well.
Dominguez added to the strong showing by the Beaver women's distance team as she was 4th in 3,000 meters in 10:35.57, while Murillo and Neyshtadt led the way for the Minot State men's distance group finishing 6^th and 7^th, respectively, in the 1,000 meters in 2