The competition started off with the men’s long jump as Carter Morton placed second in the event with a jump of 7.42 meters as Josie Dunbar finished in sixth with a jump of 5.84 meters over in the women’s long jump. Carter Pheifer placed ninth in the men’s pole vault at 4.57 meters while Nathan Wilde secured seventh with a throw of 17.82 meters. Carson Lienau (16.99m) and Justin Olson (16.61m) were closely behind in 10th and 11th respectively.
Eva Van De Mortel ran a 7.59 in the 60 meters in the preliminary heats to finish in 14th, as Luke Meyers placed 10th in the 60 meters for men with a time of 6.79. Parker Kiewiet placed third in the men’s 400-meter “Higginbottom” elite race at 47.33 as Zach Fall placed 11th in the men’s open 400 meter with a time of 48.53 seconds.
In the women’s 400-meter dash, Maya Williams placed ninth (55.85) as Carlie Jo Fusco secured 10th (56.15). The men’s 800-meter saw Chase Knoche clock a 1:48.70 to place fifth as Drake Hanson placed ninth in the event with a time of 1:50.78. Sebastian Swistak threw a career-best 17.51 meters to win the men’s shot put competition as David Russell threw a 17.13 while following in second, as Sam Thomas followed in fifth (16.85m). On the women’s side, Katie Fare placed second in the shot put with a throw of 16.65 meters.
Meyers, Kiewiet, and Deonte Dean placed third, fourth, and 11th in the men’s 200-meter dash with times of 21.46, 21.47, and 21.83. Libby Wedewer placed 26th in the women’s 200 meters at 24.84 seconds. The semi-final heats of the men’s 60-meter hurdles saw Carter Accola place 18th with a time of 8.28 as Paige Kisley placed sixth in the finals of the women’s 60-meter hurdles at 8.50.
Caleb Shumaker and Emma Hoins each secured sixth place in the men’s 3,000 meters and the women’s mile. Shumaker posted a time of 8:14.44 while Hoins posted a time of 4:50.81. Kaylin Lacher followed behind Hoins in the mile by securing tenth place with a time of 5:08.11. Mary Kelly and Kendra Nissen ran the women’s 800-meter placing 16th (2:14.31) and 24th (2:16.36) as Jake Bosch ran a 1:54.14 in the men’s open 800-meter.
The field events saw Breanna Hackman place fourth in the women’s shot put with a toss of 13.99 meters as Jorie Hanenburg placed seventh with a toss of 13.45 meters. Rylie Todd and Josie Moreland each cleared 1.64 meters in the women’s high jump and finished ninth and 13th respectively. Competition ended with the 4×400-meter relays as the men’s team of Fall, Meyer, Knoche, and Hanson placed third with a time of 3:11.62. The women’s relay of Joey Perry, Williams, Jersey Jones, and Fusco finished tenth with a time of 3:48.45.