Shelby Frank of the Gophers set a program record in the women's discus on Saturday in the Louisiana State Alumni Gold track and field meet in Baton Rouge.
Frank, a sophomore from Grand Forks, N.D., won the event with a toss of 196 feet, 3 inches. Her throw is the longest in the Big Ten this season, and the fifth best in Division I.
Seven other Minnesota field athletes also took first place, including Kaleb Siekmeier in the men's discus (186-3).
Other men's winners were Kostas Zaltos in the hammer throw (229-0), Kyle Atkinson in shot put (59-5) and Mike Herauf in pole vault (17-2¾).
On the women's side, the Gophers' Tess Keyzers won in weight throw (201-1), Lexy Berger in pole vault (13-6½) and Tiera Robinson-Jones in triple jump (43-1½, third best in program history).
On the track, Finn Schirmer was sixth in the men's 100-meter dash in 10.28 seconds — second best program time. Janielle Josephs was third in the women's 400 in 52.73 — third best in program history.
U baseball falters late
Penn State edged the Gophers 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at Siebert Field in Big Ten baseball, scoring four runs on six singles in the eight inning to break a tie.
J.P. Massey allowed only one run — on Billy Gerlott's homer — in six innings for Minnesota (11-25, 2-9 Big Ten). The Gophers scored their run in the seventh on Ron Sweeny's groundout with the bases loaded. Penn State is 16-20, 6-8.
