RIPON – St. Norbert College registered points in all but two events as it rolled to the team title at the Ripon College Invitational at Willmore Center.
The Green Knights racked up 159 points to eke past UW-Oshkosh's 147.5 points. Milwaukee School of Engineering was a distant third with 65 points.
St. Norbert had four event winners.
Nicole Makope won a pair of events, claiming the 60-meter dash in 7.89 seconds and the long jump at 17 feet 3 1/2 inches.
Madison Gramblicka won the 800-meter run in 2:23.64, while
Eden Maranell took the triple jump at 37-10.
The Green Knights also had six runner-up finishes.
Amereka McPherson (pictured) was second in the triple jump at 34-4 3/4. Also finishing in second place were
Katie Smith in the 60-meter dash (8.17 seconds),
Anna Fitzgerald in the 3,000-meter run (11:28.21),
Ella Jerdee in the 5,000-meter run (19:30.39), Maranell in the long jump (17-0 1/2) and
Isabella Galindo in the pole vault (10-0).
Top-eight finishes for St. Norbert are below.
60 Dash: 1st,
Nicole Makope, 7.89; 2nd,
Katie Smith, 8.17; 5th,
Gracie Wolfe, 8.23; 7th,
Mary Weisensel, 8.37
200 Dash: 3rd,
Katie Smith, 27.32
400 Dash: 3rd,
Nikki Tranel, 1:01.62; 6th,
Ally Zickert, 1:03.29
800 Run: 1st,
Madison Gramblicka, 2:23.64; 5th,
Kera Riley, 2:28.73
1-Mile Run: 4th,
Olivia Ship, 5:15.64
3,000 Run: 2nd,
Anna Fitzgerald, 11:28.12
5,000 Run: 2nd,
Ella Jerdee, 19:30.39; 7th,
Lily Truskowski, 21:25.98; 8th,
Natalie Drane, 21:56.01
60 Hurdles: 4th,
Kyra Kopec, 10.35
4x200 Relay: 4th,
Larissa Huffman-
Daphne Aravena-
Laura Anna Koskinen-
Gretchen Lane, 2:05.38
4x400 Relay: 3rd,
Casey Vaughan-
Katie Smith-
Madison Gramblicka-
Nikki Tranel, 4:23.00
Long Jump: 1st, Nickole Makope, 17-3 1/2; 2nd,
Eden Maranell, 17-0 1/2; 5th,
Amereka McPherson, 16-7 1/4; 6th,
Alli Clark, 16-5 1/4
Triple Jump: 1st,
Eden Maranell, 37-10; 2nd,
Amereka McPherson, 34-4 3/4; 3rd,
Marissa Lorenz, 34-2 3/4; 6th,
Alli Clark, 33-4 1/2
Weight Throw: 8th,
Gloria Tyler, 47-11 3/4
Pole Vault: T2nd,
Isabella Galindo, 10-0; 4th,
Lara Deshler, 10-0; 8th,
Lexa Wittmaack, 9-0 1/4
