(UND Sports Information) – AZUSA, Calif. – A four-day competition weekend opened up for North Dakota track and field on Thursday afternoon as three Fighting Hawks kicked off the heptathlon at the Bryan Clay Multis and competed in the first four of seven events.
In Group C of the event, Kajsa Cabanas Andersson ended day one in 13th place after completing three events. She first took 13th in the 100-meter hurdles behind a time of 16.41 before finishing 13th in the high jump with a mark of 4-9 3/4 (1.47m). A breakout performance soon followed in the shot put where the freshman took first place off her throw of 43-11 1/4 (13.39m) for a grand total of 2006 points through day one.
Two Fighting Hawks were placed in Group B and stand in back-to-back places with Marta Marksa in ninth with 3071 points and Eucabeth Kivikangas is in 10th place with 3025 points.
Marksa achieved her point total off a day-high 998-point performance in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking a 13.86 for third place. She tied in the high jump with a clearance of 5-1 1/4 (1.56m) before taking 11th in the shot put behind her throw of 34-5 (10.49m) and topping off the first day with a PR in the 200-meter dash, where she took eighth in 25.72 seconds.
Kivikangas crossed the finish line in 14.89 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to open up her heptathlon scoring, taking 10th place in her group. She tied her fellow teammate for ninth in the high jump at 5-1 1/4 (1.56m) and soon added in a strong showing in the shot put with her throw of 40-5 (12.32m) that gave her a fourth-place finish. The junior then concluded the day with a clocking of 25.99 for 10th place in the 200-meter dash.
Competition at the Bryan Clay Multis resumes tomorrow afternoon with Group C beginning the remaining events at 2 p.m. central time.
Post-Meet Notes
- Three Fighting Hawks competed in the opening day of the Bryan Clay Multis
- Kajsa Cabanas Andersson sits 13th in Group C behind a breakout showing in the shot put
- Marta Marksa sits ninth in Group B after collecting a PR in the 200-meter dash
- Eucabeth Kivikangas took third in the shot put and holds onto 10th place in Group B
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