FARGO – Minot State University’s (MSU) female distance runners set the tone for the weekend for the Beavers as Bailey Wride and Sidra Sadowsky each won their respective races Friday at the Bison Open hosted by North Dakota State.

Wride won the women’s 600-meters with a near-record time of 1 minute, 36.96 seconds – just .2 of a second off her own NCAA Division II-era record – while Sadowsy claimed victory in the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:00.70, a career-best effort in the event for the MSU senior.

The two wins set a strong tone for the Beavers who had a busy weekend at the Bison Open. While Wride and Sadowsky set the tone, Paulette Dominguez, Marco Murillo, and Nikita Neyshtadt added top finishes for MSU as well.

Dominguez added to the strong showing by the Beaver women’s distance team as she was 4th in 3,000 meters in 10:35.57, while Murillo and Neyshtadt led the way for the MSU men’s distance group finishing 6th and 7th, respectively, in the 1,000 meters in 2:39.53 and 2:43.23.