First place finish for Mustang relay team headlines Red Raider Invite performances

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The Morningside women's track and field team saw red this week, going to Northwestern to compete in the Red Raider Invite. 

​Jolee Mesz, Morgan Sachs, Nicole Zuehl, and Courtney Sporrer made up the relay team that placed first in the 4x800-meter relay, clocking a time of 9:29.12. Sporrer captured another first place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:27.73. 

​Mesz took fourth in the 400-meter dash, with a time of 1:00.63, followed by Sachs in sixth at 1:01.08. Meredith Draper placed eight in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.05. 

​In field events, Kinsey Alt placed third in the long jump with a distance of 5.05 meters. 

Shelby Mills took fourth in the discus throw, sending it 40.71 meters. Mills also placed 11th in the hammer throw with a toss of 41.48 meters. Jacee Tindall placed fifth in the javelin throw with a distance of 36.22 meters and sixth in the shot put with 11.35 meters. 

​The Mustangs return to competition on April 22, at the Mount Marty Twilight in Yankton, S.D.