Colby track & field

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spot in the shot put. Rieck finished the evening with a final distance of 37 feet, four inches, eight inches further than Pogodzinski’s best throw of 36 feet, eight inches. Freshman Edynn Hinker also had a solid performance in the throwing event for the Hornets, finishing in 13th place with a throw of 27 feet, one-quarter inch.

In long distance events, Pearl Feiten and Casey Reynolds had the top performances of the night for the Hornets. Both came in the 880-yard run, with Feiten taking sixth by finishing in 2:49.80 and Reynolds grabbing eighth place by posting a time of 2:54.59.

Jazmyn Heeg had Colby’s best short distance finish, grabbing seventh place in the 60-yard dash. The senior came in just behind D.C. Everest’s Adrianna Ward, finishing with a time of 7.88 seconds.

Veronica Mateer and Ali Adams narrowly missed out on top-ten finishes, with Mateer taking 12th in the triple jump with a distance of 29 feet, two-and-a-quarter inches and Adams taking 12th in the mile run with a time of 7:12.82.