Storm rack up top-five finishes at Wartburg Select

WAVERLY, Iowa - Olivia Merrill eclipsed her own record in the shot put, moving up the leaderboards as the Storm competed at the Wartburg select meet on Saturday.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS

• Olivia Merrill beat her own record in the shot put, and moved up one spot in the leaderboards to eighth all-time in school history with her mark of 12.40m.
• The trio Emma Lueck, Emma Cooper and Isabelle Noring took home top-five finishes in the long jump, as all three surpassed the 5.00m mark.
• Teghan Booth added another top-five to her resume, this time taking fourth in the 3000m with a time 10:17.51.

MEET REPORT

• 60M - 14. Jenna Thornburg, 8.13 | 24. Emma Cooper, 8.28 | 27. Isabelle Noring, 8.45 | 36. Chloe Wierson, 8.61
• 200M - 8. Emma Cooper, 27.16 | 11. Jenna Thornburg, 27.46 | 13. Chloe Wierson, 27.93 | 22. Aaliyah Johnson, 28.85 | 23. Isabelle Noring, 29.03
• 400M - 8. Nicole Middents, 1:02.81
• 800M - 9. Ava Carder, 2:26.77 | 32. Skyler Blessman, 2:44.76 | 33. Kacie Eisentrager, 2:45.21
• 1 Mile - 7. Kate Huisinga, 5:32.91 | 13. Angel Schewe, 5:39.04 | 17. Bree Tenges, 5:48.06 | 19. Elie Tuhn, 5:53.31 | 24. Skyler Blessman, 6:15.76 | 26. Ella Pippert, 6:31.60
• 3000M - 4. Teghan Booth, 10:17.51 | 30. Emily Escoto, 11:44.02 | 31. Ava French, 11:56.59
• Long Jump - 3. Emma Lueck, 5.04m | 4. Emma Cooper, 5.02m | 5. Isabelle Noring, 5.00m | 7. Aaliyah Johnson, 4.93m
• Triple Jump - 11. Emma Lueck, 9.35m
• Shot Put - 1. Olivia Merrill, 12.40m | 10. Elian Dzangue, 10.58m | 15. Hannah True, 9.52m
• Weight Throw - 7. Sydney McCarron, 13.25m | 20. Sophie Simon, 10.06m | 21. Maddy Berg, 9.91m
• 4x400 - 4. J. Thornburg, A. Carder, E. Cooper, C. Wierson - 4:11.04

UP NEXT

Simpson hits the road, traveling to Northwest Missouri State's Bearcat Invite next Saturday, Feb. 8. Live stats and video of the meet will be available on simpsonathletics.com