SPEARFISH, S.D. – Freshman thrower Aubrie Christman, plus junior distance runners Ase Ackerman and Logan Straus made their way onto the Montana State University Billings indoor track and field team's all-time top-10 lists after the first day of the Dave Little Alumni Mile meet in Spearfish, S.D. on Friday night.
 
"The meet went pretty well," MSUB head track coach Jonathan Woehl said. "The throwers went 6-for-6 with everyone setting new PRs. Ase Ackerman and Logan Straus went 1-2 in the 5K, plus Carson Jessop had an indoor PR. And everyone in the distance medley relays had faster splits than they did when running their open events last week."
 
Leading a group of underclassmen throwers, Aubrie Christman tossed a 13.51m (44-4) in the weight throw – more than one meter further than her collegiate debut last week at the Bobcat Challenge. Additionally, Christman's mark ranks ninth all-time at MSUB. Fellow freshman Danara Tulimaiau rounded out the top five with her throw of 13.16m (43-2.25), which was also a new personal best.
 
Over on the track, Ase Ackerman and Logan Straus hung together throughout the men's 5,000 meter run, holding off the field to finish 1-2. Ackerman's 15:20.69 won the event and was the fourth-fastest indoor time in MSUB history, while Logan Straus' 15:22.29 is the fifth-fastest time at MSUB. Senior Carson Jessop ran an indoor 5K for the first time since his freshman year, smashed his previous indoor best with a 15:50.45 and placed ninth.
 
Aside from Ackerman, MSUB's other win of the night came courtesy of its men's distance medley relay team, which consisted of Jordi Peiro, Benjamin Ralston, Jackson Bailey and Bryant Edgerton. The quartet beat Rocky Mountain College's relay team by 13 seconds for the win.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Competing unattached, Forrest Cross was the top finisher for MSUB in the men's weight throw, placing fifth with a throw of 14.78m (48-6). Braden Anderson's throw of 12.42m (40-9) placed 12^th.
• Both of MSUB's women's distance medley relay teams were evenly matched, crossing the tape 13-hundredths of a second apart. Kailee Stoppel, Annelise Clark, Skyler Taylor and Anna Jessop led the way for the 'Jackets, placing in second with a 14:24.33.
• Madison Thompson was the Yellowjackets' top finisher in the long jump. Her 4.92m (16-1.75) was good for fourth.
• Over in the men's long jump, Lucas Harper led MSUB by placing eighth with his jump of 5.92m (19-5.25).
• Aspen Tolman was the lone Yellowjacket runner in the women's 5K; she placed eighth with a 22:49.66.

 
UP NEXT: Day two of the Dave Little Alumni Mile starts Saturday at noon with the men's shot put, the men's high jump and the women's mile. The meet will be livestreamed on the RMAC Network. Livestream and live stat results can be found on both the men's and women's track and field schedule pages on msubsports.com.