ST. PAUL, Minn. — There were no team scores at the Tommie Twilight Track and Field Meet Wednesday evening, but there was one clear-cut winner — Mother Nature.
With temperatures hovering in the low 50s and the wind howling with gusts of more than 20 mph, Wednesday's meet had conditions more conducive to a late-October soccer match than a women's track and field meet.
Mother Nature's early May wrath didn't seem to faze SMU's
Teri Heinzen (Marshfield, Wis.), however, as the Cardinal senior heated up in the cool and breezy temperatures, equaling the school record in the long and placing fifth in the 200.
Heinzen matched one of the school's longest-standing records with her leap of 5.26 meters, which earned her a spot next to Kari Pederson atop the Cardinal heap. Pederson set the 5.26 standard during the 2001 outdoor season. Heinzen followed up that record-tying effort by clocking a time of 26.29 in placing fifth in the 200.
Sara Harstad (Chatfield, Minn.) finished third in the hammer (42.82), while Coco Booker (St. Paul, Minn.) chipped in a fifth-place throw of 12.18 meters in the shot put and
Nicole Heitmann (Hayward, Wis.) uncorked a throw of 35.36 meters to finish eighth in the discus.
Joanna Pace (Minoqua, Wis.) and
Regina Quandt (Minneapolis, Minn.) turned in solid showings in the 800, stopping the clock in 2:27.10 and 2:28.66, respectively. while
Emily Dee (Racine, Minn.) added a time of 5:02.38 in the 1,500 and
Jill Spitzmueller (New Brighton, Minn.) went 13:00.52 in the steeplechase.
The Cardinal men's and women's teams are both in action on Friday, traveling to Pella, Iowa, to take part in the Central-Iowa Open. It will be the final meet before the May 14-15 MIAC Outdoor Championships, held at the SMU Outdoor Complex.
Complete Tommie Twilight Results
