Women's Track & Field January 31, 2020

Lady Rangers competed in first pentathlon of the season

WICHITA, Kan. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State track and field team opened the weekend Thursday with the first day of competition in the Wichita State University Invitational at the Heskett Center.

Gina Wilson led the Lady Rangers in the pentathlon competition with 2,167 points. Her best even was the 800 meters, which she finished in 10th place with a time of two minutes and 51.28 seconds. Wilson improved her personal best in the long jump and climbed to the fourth spot in the record book with 4.42m.

Jessalyn Rivet-Tissot finished the competition with Northwestern's best individual finish on the day, placing sixth in the 800 meter race. She had a time of 2:38.16, the fourth best time in Northwestern history. Rivet-Tissot's finish in the pentathlon was the second best overall finish in school's history with 2163 points. She turned in a new PR in each of the five events Thursday. In the 60 meter hurdles she recorded the sixth best time in Ranger history at 11.46 seconds. Her 1.29m in the high jump and her 7.07m in the shot put are the eighth best results in school history, while in the long jump her reached the 10th furthest at 4.25m.

Destiny Gardner improved her PR in four of the five events in the pentathlon. She has the third best high jump distance as a Ranger at 1.47m, in the 800 meters she finished with a time of 2:55.39, which slates her seventh all-time. Gardner threw the shot put 6.92m, reaching the ninth furthest distance thrown and in the long jump she totaled 4.01m.

Hayden Duvall had a good showing for Northwestern Thursday. She improved her PR in the 800 meter race, now holding the ninth best time at 3:14.32. She had the fifth highest jump in the record books in the high jump at 1.38m, while throwing the shot put to 6.91m to hold the 10th place in history.

Zarin Goodrich competed in four of the five events on the day. She threw the shot 7.35m and jumped 1.35m in the high jump to hold the seventh spot for each event in the record book.

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Players Mentioned

Zarin Goodrich: Javelin; Senior; Javelin

Jessalyn Rivet-Tissot: Steeplechase; Senior; Steeplechase

Gina Wilson: Hurdles/ Heptathlon; Sophomore; Hurdles/Heptathlon

Hayden Duvall: Jumps; Freshman

Destiny Gardner: Hurdle/Jumps; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Zarin Goodrich
: Senior; Javelin
: Javelin

Jessalyn Rivet-Tissot
: Senior; Steeplechase
: Steeplechase

Gina Wilson
: Sophomore; Hurdles/Heptathlon
: Hurdles/ Heptathlon

Hayden Duvall
: Freshman
: Jumps

Destiny Gardner
: Freshman
: Hurdle/Jumps