Nebraska Wesleyan opened the 2009 Outdoor Track & Field season on Friday at the Concordia University Invite in Seward, Neb. The Prairie Wolves won five events at the first meet of the season.

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The Concordia Invite was moved up to Friday night from Saturday to beat the predicted bad weather.

Three NWU men were individual winners on Friday. The Prairie Wolves finished 1-2 in the 200 meter dash as Matt Glasnapp edged teammate Derek Carson. Glasnapp had a time of 21.92 while Carson ran a 21.94.

Kevin Janata was the winner of the 110 meter hurdles in a time of 14.98. Janata had the fifth best time heading into the finals before winning the event.

The other NWU athlete to win a event was Nick Green in the triple jump. Green set a career best mark with a winning leap of 47-2.50.

The NWU 4x100 relay team also won the event in a time of 42.04.

For the NWU women, Jackie Spelts was the lone individual winner as she won the 5,000 meter run in a time of 17:57.17. She beat out teammate Bridget Baldwin who placed second in a time of 18:09.95.

Anne Kersenbrock also had a good day for NWU as she placed second in two different events. Kersenbrock ran a time of 25.97 to finish second in the 200 meters, and also was second in the long jump with a mark of 18-1.75.

NWU's next event will be the annual Nebraska Wesleyan-Doane College dual on Friday night (Apr. 10) at Crete, Neb.