RESULTS

St. Peter, MN - The Martin Luther College women's track and field team competed in the Gustie Twilight on Wednesday. The Knights previously participated at Gustavus on Sunday and looked to replicate the same results this time around. MLC was one of six schools to compete at the meet, including Bethany, Crown, Gustavus, St. Benedict's and Southwest Minnesota State. The meet was not scored as a team meet.

In the sprinting events MacKenzie Lynch earned eighth place in both the 100 meter dash (13.40) and the 200 meter dash (28.15). Lynch topped her previous time of 28.41 on Sunday.

Emma Nelson took fifth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:12.56, while Naomi Foley received third in the 800 meter, with a mark of 2:26.19.

The Knights' best team results in running events came in the 1500 meter run as Maya Habben took fourth in the event (5:11.62), while her teammates in Hannah Kratz and Katie Mensching took seventh and eighth, respectively.

Erika Gosch led MLC in the throwing events with her second consecutive first-place finish in the Javelin throw. The senior had a top throw of 31.85 meters and was joined in the top five by Elena Brauer (third) and Madelinn Romsdahl (fifth).

MLC would receive two other top 10 performances in throwing events from Romsdahl (seventh) and Ella Schlei (eighth) in the shotput. Schlei also finished fifth in the high jump, with a top jump of 1.45 meters. Ally Platzer would also earn fith in the Pole Vault, with a mark of 2.62 meters.

You can see the full results from the event if you click on the link at the top of the story.

Up next for the MLC women is a meet at Macalester on Saturday, April 29.