The St. Ambrose Fighting Bee track and field teams returned to the outdoor oval Saturday at the Conocordia Invitational. The one-day meet saw multiple Bees breaking school records, including a top-mark in the NAIA.

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Women's Meet

Gabbi Butler ran a strong race in the 400m dash, taking fourth overall with a time of 1:00.83. In the 800m run, Megan Jansett pulled out a 2:31.23 to finish fifth overall. Katie Lambrecht crossed the line in 1:10.23 to finish fifth in the 400m hurdles

Emma Duncan and Paige Crippes just missed a place finish in their events. Duncan took ninth in the 1500m run (5:12.07) and Crippes took ninth as well in the 100m dash (12.79).

The St. Ambrose quartet of Crippes, Lambrecht, Butler and Knect teamed up to take bronze in the 4x100m relay, hitting a time of 49.82. In the 4x400m relay, Karissa Koval replace Crippes in the group to run a 4:15.77 and finish fifth overall.

Reigning CCAC women's field athlete of the week Annah Miller had another great meet, placing fourth in the shot put (12.96m) and fifth in the discus (42.14m). Abby Camp ripped off a place finish in the triple jump, launching to a 10.50m mark to take fifth.

Men's Meet

Will Reynolds and Brentin Erickson got the Bees started on the men's side with place finishes in the 100m dash, with Reynolds tabbing sixth (10.94) and Erickson grabbing eigth (11.15).  Nolan Rudd collected a silver medal in the 1500m run, beating out Nebraska Wesleyan's Garrett Lenners by two-tenths of a second to claim silver. 

The 400m hurdles was the Bee's best event. Will Reemtsma blitzed to a time of 52.55 in the 400m hurdles to win the event. Not only did Reemtsma's time hit the NAIA "A" mark, it is also currently the second-best time in the nation. Ben Wilson and Cody Thole also place in the event, with Wilson finishing fifth (55.08) and Thole taking eigth (55.54).

Erickson, Reynolds, Marquan Quinn and David Arney pulled off a time of 43.62 in the 4x100m relay to place fifth. Thole, Wilson, Jackson Stoos and Teagan Bowers ran a 3:29.48 in the 4x400m relay to take fourth.

Sam Rush took gold and broke his own school record in the pole vault, clearing the 4.60m height on his first attempt. Bowers followed that up with another gold medal for the Fighting Bees, winning the long jump with a 6.94m jump.

Mick Saloninas, reigning CCAC men's field athlete of the week, punched his ticket to nationals in the shot put. Saloninas tossed a 17.39m shot to place second overall and hit the NAIA "A" standard, automatically qualifying him for NAIA nationals. Jonah Wilson hit an NAIA "B" standard in the shot put with a 15.64m throw, placing fifth in the event and qualifying for nationals as well. Saloninas found the podium once again, hitting a 46.85m mark in the discus to take bronze.

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The St. Ambrose track and field teams will be back in action on April 22 to take part in the two-day Augustana Meet of Champions in Rock Island, Ill.