Mallory Burnham, Christina Rozeske, Erika Tipp and Emily Van Heel placed fifth in the preliminary round of the women’s 4×100 meter relay with a time of 47.35 in the NCAA women’s track and field outdoor championship Thursday in La Crosse, Wis.

Van Heel and Tipp also competed with Kayla Goeman and Angela Tipp to place fourth in the preliminaries of the women’s 4×400 meter relay with a time of 3:46.

Taylor Berg, seeded fifth in the 1,500 meter preliminaries, placed fourth in the race with a time of 4:35. Berg’s season-best finish in the 1,500 meter race is 4:28.

Van Heel is seeded 20th in Saturday’s triple jump event.

Dunne and Yseth sit in top 15 in decathlon

After one day of the decathlon, Maxwell Dunne is currently in 11th place and Gavin Yseth is two spots below him in 13th after Thursday’s events in the NCAA men’s track and field outdoor championship.

Dunne finished in sixth place in the men’s long jump at 6.57 meters and Yseth finished in 14th place at 6.23 meters. Dunne finished second in the men’s shot put at 12.20 meters while Yseth finished third at 11.94 meters. They both finished tied for sixth in the men’s high jump at 1.83 meters.

Dunne ended the 100 meter dash in 10th place at 11.39 and Yseth finished in 18th place at 11.82.

Eyo Ekpo is seeded seventh in Saturday’s triple jump event and 14th in Friday’s high jump event while Cody Jerabek is seeded 16th in Friday’s 100 meter run with a season best finish of 10.71.

Kyle Jonas can be reached at jona7984@stthomas.edu.