TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Three student-athletes scored and four others qualified for final events on Friday evening during the opening day of the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
Cassie Aerts (David City, Neb.) was the Bulldogs' top finisher in a final with a fourth-place showing in the 10,000 meters. Her time of 36:30.28 was just 14 seconds off the winning pace in what was her first 10,000 meters as a Bulldog.
The men's team got points from a pair of field events with David Silkman (Leawood, Kan.