BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Augustana track and field team traveled to Brookings, S.D. to compete at the SDSU Open two-day event with four Vikings placing in the top-five of their respective events on Friday.

To start the day off, Irene Almarcha and Anne Parsley placed in the top 20 of the women's 200-meter dash. Almarcha finished 18th with a time of 25.68, while Parsley placed 20th clocking a time of 25.77. Emma Anderson and Emma Schmidt both competed in the women's 600-meter run. Anderson finishing 11th with a time of 1:36.73 and Schmidt clocked a time of 1:37.14 for a 14th-place finish.

In the women's 1,000-meter race, Kaitlyn Yoerg recorded a personal-best time of 2:56.54 for a third-place finish, while teammate Avery Selberg took fourth clocking a time of 2:57.84. Annie Kruse earned a time of 17:31.7 for an eighth-place finish, while Meritxell Delgado placed ninth clocking a time of 17:41.5 in the 5,000-meter run.

In the women's high jump, Kelsey Kaufmann placed second with a clearance of 1.63 meters, while Calliann Brunswig took 15th in the long jump clearing 5.03 meters.

On the men's side, brothers Jason Greenway and Justin Greenway both recorded a new personal-best time in the 200-meter dash. Greenway [Jason] placed ninth with a time of 22.07, while Greenway [Justin] clocked a time of 22.23 for the 12th-place finish.

Zach Tuschen took 13th in the men's 600-meter run with a time of 1:23.05, followed by Chris Sharpe placing 15th clocking a time of 1:23.17. In the 1000-meter run, Austin Krohnke was the top Vikings to finish with a time of 2:37.11 for a 17th-place finish.

Glen Ellingson took the top mark for Augustana in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 14:44.74 for a fourth-place finish. The trio of Nathan Hauge, Keegan Carda, and Adam Braun finished in a pack placing sixth, seventh, and eighth, respectively. Nick Larsen tabbed a 20th place finish with a time of 15:15.66.

Logan Burns and Adam Kost closed the night for the Vikings with two personal-best marks in the men's 3,000-meter run. Burns clocked a time of 9:02.42 for a 16th-place finish, while Kost took 44th with a time of 9:38.86.

Augustana will continue to compete at the SDSU Open on Saturday at the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex.The first event is scheduled for 9:30 a.m.