Wayzata Runners Alumni Report - Week Ending 4/12/2015

Welcome to the Wayzata High School Alumni Indoor Track Report for the week ending April 12, 2015. Let's take a quick tour around the country to see how Wayzata graduates are faring for their colleges.

Note: This story will be updated as the weekend progresses. Please check back for updates. In addition, if you have a Wayzata alum athlete that is missing from this story, please email me
with updates so I can include them.  

Sunday edition

Competing this weekend:

Mata Agre (Class of '12) - Gustavus

Competed at the Lee Krough Invitational. Mata ran the Women's 3000 Meter Steeplechase, placing 3rd with a time of 12:12.51.

Complete Results

Team Recap. Quote: "Rounding out Gustavus’s top performances with third place finishes was Kaitlin Bembenek (Jr., Prior Lake, Minn.), Haley Kemper (Sr., Prior Lake, Minn.), and Mata Agre (So., Medina, Minn.). Bembenek went 1:01.51 in the 400-meter dash, Kemper clocked a 1:12.44 in the 400-meter hurdles, and Agre posted a time of 12:12.51 in the 3000-meter steeplechase."

Mata has run even faster this season, with a time that places her 45th in the nation for D3 colleges.

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Mata during the steeplechase.

Lauren Farquhar (Class of '13) - Bethany Lutheran College (MN)

Competed at the Lee Krough Invitational. Lauren ran the Women's 3000 Meter Steeplechase, placing 4th with a time of 12:52.66.

Complete Results

Team Recap








Mary Franke (Class of '14) - Colorado State

Competed at the University of Colorado Invite this weekend. She ran the Women's 3000 in 10:46, placing ninth. If Mary was not red-shirted, her time would place in the top 10 for the Mountain West Conference.

Team Recap

Full Results

Annika Halverson (Class of '14) - Bethel (MN)

Competed at the Hamline Invitational. Annika won the Women's 1500 Meters in 4:39.79. Depending on other weekend results, her time should place her within the top 10 in the nation amongst D3 colleges.

Complete Results

Team Recap. Quote: "The Royal women enjoyed particular success in the distance events on Saturday, as several athletes easily surpassed their season and career-bests.  Freshman Annika Halverson ascended to No. 15 (actually 14th...see below) in the nation in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:39.79, while teammates Mollie Gillberg and Melody Waltontook the top-two spots in the 3000-meter steeplechase."

Halverson won the 1500 at Hamline on Saturday.

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Marit Sonnesyn (Class of '13) - Gustavus

Competed at the Lee Krough Invitational. Marit ran the Women's 5000 meters, placing 2nd in a time of 18:42.81. Should her time hold through the weekend, she'll be in the top 3 in the MIAC.

Complete Results

Team Recap. Quote: "On the track, Courtney Branch (Jr., Minnetonka, Minn.) and Marit Sonnesyn (Jr., Plymouth, Minn.) both finished runner-up in their respective race. Branch crossed the finish line in 5:09.30 in the 1,500-meter run, and Sonnesyn came in behind Fermoyle in 18:42.81 in the 5,000-meter run."

Marit's time places her 3rd best in the MIAC.

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Adam Brandt (Class of '13) - University of St. Thomas

Competed at the Hamline Invitational. Adam ran the Men's 5000 Meters in 16:07.84.

Complete Results









Aaron Breyer (Class of '14) - South Dakota

Competed at the Husker Spring Invite in Lincoln, NE. Aaron ran in the Men's 3000, placing tenth in a time of 9;01.97.

Team Recap 
Full Results








Brian Jarvey (Class of '12) - University of St. Thomas

Competing at the Hamline Invitational. Brian anchored the Tommies 4x100 relay to a 3rd place finish in 42.49. Brian was also scheduled to run in the Men's 400 Meters but did not start his heat.

Complete Results









Joe Meister (Class of '13) - UW-Eau Claire

Competed at the UW-Platteville Invitational. Joe ran the Men's 3000 meter steeplechase and placed 5th with a time of 10:19.15.

Heat Sheets
Live Results








Derek Peterson (Class of '13) - Lipscomb (TN)

Competing at the Boston-Moon Classic in Nashville. Derek was scheduled to run in the Men's 1500 Meters, but did not appear in the results.

Full Results

Team Recap








James Smith (Class of '14) - Cornell (NY)

Competing at Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic. James was scheduled to run the Men's 400 on Sunday, but appears to have not run. 

Team Recap

Full Results

Michael Smith (Class of '14) - Cornell (NY)

Competing at Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic. Michael ran the Men's 400, placing 11th with a time of 48.93. He also ran the third leg of the Men's 4x100 which placed 8th with a time of 42.55. He is also anchored the Men's 4x400 relay on Sunday to a 4th place finish in a time of 3:16.49. 

Full Results

Team Recap. Quote: "Sophomore Tobenna Attah led the 400 group in ninth place (48.86), just ahead of Michael Smith (11th, 48.93), sophomore Will Gibson (49.82), and freshman Lionel Chambers (50.48)." 

"In the 4x400 relay, the group of Attah (50.0), senior Max Hairston (49.1), senior Francisco Olloqui (48.7), and Michael Smith (48.5) placed fourth in 3:16.49 (IC4A)."


Obinnaya Wamuo (Class of '14) - University of Chicago

Competed at the UChicago at Chicagoland Championships (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), Wamuo ran 56.34 in the Men's 400 Hurdles, placing third. His time betters his previous PR by 2.7 seconds. That time puts him 5th fastest for the 400 hurdles in the University Athletic Association. The time also landed him in at 50th fastest in the nation for D3 schools.

Team Recap
Full Results




Off this weekend:

McKenna Evans (Class of '14) - University of Nevada

McKenna will again tackle the steeplechase next weekend.












Alayna Sonnesyn (Class of '14) - Vermont

Alayna will not be running track for the Catamounts this spring.












Adam Moline (Class of '12) - UW-Eau Claire

Adam appears to be off this weekend.

Josh Thorson (Class of '12) - UW-Eau Claire

Josh appears to be off this weekend.