Women's track and field wins second straight national title

The Laker women’s track and field team won its second straight NCAA Division II Women’s Indoor Track and Field National Championship after dominating the field in Minnesota on March 10.

Grand Valley scored 94 points, second-place Adams State had 51 points; the 94-point team total was fourth-best championship total in NCAA DII Indoor National Championship history.

Senior Lauren Buresh, from Stanwood, won first place in the shot put with a throw of 52 feet 10.25 inches. Rachel Patterson, a senior from Rochester, won the 5000-meter run in a Division II record time of 16:07.28.

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