MARYVILLE, Mo. - The Northwest Missouri State University indoor track and field squad got their 2021-22 season off to a strong start with the Mel Tjeerdsma Classic held in the Hughes Fieldhouse.

Chloe Saenz tied for the seventh-best time (7.72) in school history in the 60m dash.
 
Luisarys Toledo produced an NCAA Div. II provisional qualifying performance with a clocking of 55.63 in the 400m dash, which placed her first in the meet. It is the third-best time in school history.
 
Tiffany Hughes moved up to No. 9 on the Northwest all-time 400m list with a time of 57.37 on Saturday.
 
Caroline Cunningham, coming off a strong cross country season, transitioned nicely to the track with an NCAA Div. II provisional qualifying time of 17:15.09 in the 5,000m run. Her time on Saturday ranks as the second-best clocking in school history in the indoor 5,000 meter race.
 
Sarah Prickett placed second in the 60-meter hurdles at the meet with a time of 8.89, which ties for No. 4 on Northwest's all-time chart. Ally Hammond posted a time of 8.94, which is the eighth-best time in school history, in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles.
 
The quartet of Chloe Saenz, Jaedy Commins, Tiffany Hughey and Luisarys Toledo smashed the school record in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:46.53. The time is also an NCAA Div. II provisional qualifying mark. The previous school record was held by Jordan Hammond, Hiba Mahgoub, Mercedes Isaacson-Cover and Addie Palser at 3:48.40 (set Feb. 22, 2019).
 
Jada Shanklin took home the women's high jump title. Shanklin had a personal record of 5'9.25 (1.76m) that took her way past the NCAA Div. II provisional jump mark of 1.67m. Shanklin's jump was also a meet record.
 
In the men's high jump, Blake Morgan tied the meet record and provisionally-qualified with a jump of 6'9.5" (2.07m). Morgan also took first place in the high jump.
 
Northwest set a pair of school records in the 300m dash as Chloe Saenz (women's) and Prince Griffin (men's) captured first place in the event. Saenz ran in a time of 39.80, while Griffin clocked in at 34.62. Jaedy Commins placed fourth in the event, but the third-fastest time in school history at 41.71. Olivia Sattlefield placed fifth in the race and earned the fifth-best time in school history at 42.20.
 
Bailey Blake ran the second-fastest 600m time in school history as she won Saturday's race in a time of 1:35.89. Moe Bianchi tallied the ninth-best time in program history with a clocking of 1:40.77, as she placed fourth in the race.
 
In the men's 600m race, Northwest's Federico Crisci took second with a time of 1:20.82 and Jake Norris placed fourth as he crossed the line at 1:21.94. Crisci's time ranks No. 2 on Northwest's all-time list, while Norris's clocking is the fourth-best in school history.