Wayne, Neb. — Maya Couch was the top Wayne State finisher with a first-place in the 100-meter dash to lead a partial Wildcat women’s track and field team competing at the Mount Marty Twilight Meet in Yankton, South Dakota.
Couch’s winning time in the 100-meter dash was 12.17 seconds.
Hinton, Iowa sophomore Anna Coffee posted a second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles (14.90) and was seventh in the long jump with a top mark of 17’ 2 ¾”.
Paige Condon had a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.42 seconds while senior Keyla Sambo was seventh in the triple jump (35’ 4 ¾”).
The Wildcat 4 x 100-meter relay team of Couch, Coffee, Sarah Cotton and Lindsey Kneifl was second with a time of 48.29 seconds.
Several members of the Wildcat women’s team will compete Friday and Saturday at the Drake Relays.
Wayne, Neb. — Sophomore Keaton Wattier posted a first-place finish in the 110-meter-high hurdles for the Wayne State men’s track and field team as a partial Wildcat squad competed Wednesday afternoon and evening at the Mount Marty Twilight Meet held in Yankton.
A sophomore from O’Neill HS, Wattier’s winning time was 14.57 seconds.
Another highlight for the Wildcats Wednesday came from senior Dylan Kneifl, who cleared a season-best 6’ 11” for a third-place finish and NCAA provisional mark that now ranks as the second-best mark in the NSIC this season.
Other third-place finishes came from Alex Brandt in the javelin at 144’ 8” and junior Logan Moeller in the long jump with a top mark of 21’ 9 ½”.
Wayne native Cody Rogers took fourth place in the triple jump (43’ 5”), Austin Madsen was sixth in the 400-meter dash (50.55) and Jarrett McQueen had an eighth-place mark in the javelin at 117’ 0”.
Wayne State will have several athletes compete at the Drake Relays in Des Moines on Friday and Saturday.
