\nRelays this past weekend. The meet began Friday night, the high for the day being
\n35 degrees, with snow still on the ground. Saturday was a little better, with the sun
\nfinally making an appearance. Despite the not so perfect weather the Mustangs
\nmanaged to qualify three individuals and 2 relays for nationals.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Neeia Cooperwood, who was recently named the Hauff Mid-America Sports\/ by Caitlin Casey The cold weather didn\u2019t stop the Mustangs from competing in the Sioux City Relays this past weekend. The meet began Friday night, the high for the day being 35 degrees, with snow still on the ground. Saturday was a little better, with the sun finally making an appearance. Despite the not so…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":5278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5264"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5311,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5264\/revisions\/5311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGPAC Women\u2019s Track Athlete of the Week, was named the Sioux City Relays MVP in
\nthe women\u2019s collegiate division. She also punched her ticket to nationals with a
\njump of 19-3\/4 in the long jump. She won the 400-meter run on Friday with a time
\nof 59.56 and the 100-meter dash Saturday with a time of 12.29 seconds.
\nCooperwood was also part of the sprint medley relay that finished second with a
\ntime of 4:19.49.
\nOn the men\u2019s side Monte Larson brought home the MVP award. Larson was
\nthe anchor leg in the sprint medley, 1600-meter relay, and the 3200-meter relay. All
\nthree relays finished first. Individually Larson won the 800-meter run on Friday
\nand finished second in the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday with a time of 52.53.
\nLarson automatically qualified in both individual events.
\nGarret Ehlers was the other individual qualifier for the Mustangs in the 3000-
\nmeter steeplechase. Finishing second in the Sioux City Relays with a time of 9:16.79,
\nhe is currently ranked first in the nation.
\nBoth men and women\u2019s 4×800 teams (indoor national champions) qualified
\nfor outdoor nationals on Saturday as well. The women provisionally qualified with
\na first place finish time of 9:30.62. The relay was made up of Jennifer Petsche,
\nShelby Hall, McKenzie Reece, and Breanna Mathes. The men\u2019s relay team of Brad
\nWright, Jacob Willey, John Harris, and Monte Larson automatically qualified and
\nfinished first with a time of 7:48.21.<\/p>\n<\/a>