VERMILLION, S.D. – Fresh off strong freshman campaigns, three South Dakota women’s track & field athletes are set to compete at the Nike Outdoor Nationals & USATF Under 20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon this week.
Anna Willis (women’s pole vault), Berkeley Engelland (800-meters), and Mariah Fenske in the 3,000-meter steeplechase will compete at the U20 Championships beginning Thursday. Willis and Engelland earned all-Summit League honors in their events this spring, as Willis was the pole vault runner-up and Engelland won the 800-meters. Fenske finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeple, one place off the podium.
Engelland will be the first to compete Thursday, running in the prelims at 6:37 p.m. Central Time (4:37 p.m. Pacific). Her personal best in the 800-meters is 2:08.65, set at the USD Tune Up at the beginning of May. She won the Summit League title in the event with a time of 2:11.03. If Engelland were to advance to the finals, she would run at 7:26 p.m. Central (5:26 p.m. local) Friday night in the finals.
Fenske will compete in the finals of the steeple Thursday night with a start time of 7:33 p.m. Central. Fenske’s personal best of 10:50.77 was set at the Summit League Championships this May.
Willis is set to compete in the women’s pole vault at 7:30 p.m. Central Thursday. The first team all-American and Summit League Runner-Up in the pole vault holds a personal best of 14-10, set at the Summit League Championships, and recorded a height of 14-6 ¾ at the NCAA Championships in Eugene last week.
All the live results can be found on Athletic Timing. RunnerSpace will provide live webcasts of the meet.