The University of Mary Marauders

This week's NDPF Female Athlete of the Week is Morgan Hertz. Hertz's near-record win highlighted many great efforts that lifted the Marauders to a fourth-place team finish with 72.2 total points. Hertz cleared the 400-meter hurdles in a stunning time of 59.65 seconds to claim the title. The NCAA provisional qualifying effort missed Julia Hammerschmidt's UMary school record by .02 seconds. Hertz also ran the opening leg of UMary's 4x100 relay team alongside Sakena Massiah, Taylor Weidner, and Arianna Passeri. They posted an NCAA provisional time of 46.67 seconds for a runner-up finish. Hertz and Massiah were the bookends for the Marauders in their 2nd place finish in the 4x400 meter relay to close out a successful weekend for UMary. Joined by Ava Grimm and Grace Acheson, the Marauders completed the event in 3:48.82 to earn the quartet all-conference honors. Hertz is a junior sprinter/hurdler from Mott, ND.