The Wildcats finished second with 95 points as winner Division I Marquette University had 244. St. Xavier was third with 49 and the host Rangers had 40.

Peterson, a Marquette Senior High School graduate, won the 55-meter dash in 7.21 seconds in the finals. Teammate Ellyse Wolrath was fourth in 7.59. Peterson won by 0.35 of a second over runner-up Valerie Nzeakor of Marquette, a margin wider than the difference between second and 12th places.

Root actually tied for first place in the pole vault as she and Brielle Buechler of Marquette each cleared 3.40 meters, or 11-feet-1.75.

NMU had a trio of runners-up, including the 4-by-400 relay team of Maria De Mingo Domenech, Hannah Jones, Sydney Romps and Peterson in 4:10.01.

Leah Root

Akirah Venerable was second in the long jump with a leap of 5.16 meters, of 16-11 1/4, as was Crystal Walker in the 55 hurdles in 8.37 seconds.

Third places were turned in by Morgan Lyon in the 400 in 1:04.18, Elise Longley in the mile in 5:13.45 and Wolrath in the 55 hurdles in 8.66 seconds.

In fourth was Anna Kelley in the 400 in 2:24.40 and in the mile in 5:15.24 and Maddie Campbell in the shot put with 11.58 meters, or 38-0.

And fifth places were picked up by Longley in the 800 in 2:25.60 and Megan Langworthy in the 3,000 in 11:07.49.

Northern is back on the indoor track this weekend at the Jet’s Pizza Invitational at Saginaw Valley State on Friday and Saturday.

Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.