Minnesota State Mankato senior Tandy Juell (Redwood Falls, Minn.) finished with 6,926 points and took the crown in the decathlon at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Multi Championships.
NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Augusutana’s Harald Karbo (Distance, Fr., Stord, Norway) improved his provisional-qualifying time in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase and overtook his teammate for the fastest time in the NSIC. At the Drake Relays, Karbo clocked a 9:05.59 to best Travis Beniak’s time by three seconds and give him sole ownership of top spot in the NSIC. Karbo was the fastest Division II racer in the event, taking fifth overall, and has the 12th fastest time in NCAA Division II.
NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Minnesota Duluth’s Chanel Miller (So Burnsville, Minn. / Apple Valley HS) captured the NSIC outdoor heptathlon title in Aberdeen, S.D. with a school record 4,866 points.
NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
St. Cloud State’s Keely Rubash (Sr., New Lisbon, Wis.) brought home the title and set a new meet record in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 11:14.95 at the Drake Alternative. Her time was also a personal best and a national qualifying provisional time. Rubash also recorded a second place finish in the 800m run posting a personal best time of 2:23.07. Rubash is currently ranked fourth in the conference in the 3,000m steeplechase.
NSIC Championships Set for May 10-11 in Sioux Falls, SD
The 2013 NSIC Outdoor Championships are set to take place on Fri.-Sat., May 10-11 in Sioux Falls, S.D. at Howard Wood Track - hosted by Augustana College.
NSIC Team NotesBemidji State
Women's Track: Taylor Sautbine (Sr., Tamarack, Minn.) set a new school record in the 100-meter dash Friday at the Viking Classic in Des Moines, Iowa. She trimmed .05 seconds from her own school standard of 12.24 recorded last spring, by finishing fourth in 12.19. Her time also stands as the second fastest 100 of the 2013 NSIC outdoor season. In addition, the senior teamed up as a part of the Beavers’ 4x100-meter team that won in a time of 49.85. She also finished third and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships with a career-best 4,485 points in the heptathlon at the 2013 Outdoor Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Multi Championships in Aberdeen, SD Monday. Her third-place finish earned her All-NSIC laurels.
Ashley Larva (Sr., Floodwood, Minn.) and Taylor Sautbine (Sr., Tamarack, Minn.) each posted new school records Friday as they led the Bemidji State University outdoor track and field team at the Viking Classic in Des Moines, Iowa. The seniors headlined a team that placed in the top four in seven different events. Larva clocked a time of 14.41 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to place second among the field and shave 0.28 from a school mark she set just six days before at the Central Open (14.69). In addition, Larva also took fifth place in the 400-meter hurdles posting a time of 1:06.11.
In addition, Sara Melom (Fr., Dawson, Minn.) had a pair of second-place finishes at the meet. She ran a team season-best mark of 26.36 in the 200-meter dash, while clearing five feet (1.5 meters) in the high jump.
Concordia-St. Paul
Men’s Track: Zach Pederson took third in the 110m hurdles (15.12) and sixth in the 400m hurdles (56.97) at the Drake Alternate at Gustavus. Earlier in the week at the Macalester Twilight, he took second in the 110m hurdles (15.24) and 16th in the 400m hurdles (1:01.34).
Men’s Field: Nate Thienes had a big week in three different throwing events. He took second in the javelin with a throw of 53.54m, a new personal record at the Drake Alternate on Saturday. Earlier in the week, he placed fourth in the shot put (15.06m) and set a PR and school record in the hammer throw (47.43m) with a sixth place finish at the Hamline Twlight.
Women's Track: Michelle Ndely broke her own school record in the 100m hurdles twice last week, first at the Hamline Twilight (15.18), where she placed third, and again on Saturday at the Drake Alternate with a record time of 15.06 in the prelims before a 15.11 time in the finals to place second. She also helped the 4x100 relay team to a second place finish at the Drake Alternate (50.36) and Hamline Twilight (51.42).
Women's Field: Erica Young had a pair of top-five finishes last week in the long jump, first at the Hamline Twilight (4.79m) where she took third, then at the Drake Alternate (4.98m) where she took fifth.
University of Mary
Men's Track: Tracy Lide (Sr., Las Vegas, NV) won both the 100 and the 200 meter sprints at the Al Cassell Relays. He ran a 10.83 into the wind to win the shorter race. The senior then won the 200 in 21.92 into a head wind. Lide finished the day by anchoring the winning 4x100 meter relay team (42.62).
Men's Field: Dustin Rueb (So., Beulah, ND) won both the high jump and the long jump at the Al Cassell Relays. Rueb jumped 23'2.75" to win the long jump and cleared 6'6.75" to win the high jump.
Women's Field: Melissa Walker (Sr., Kingston, Jamaica) won both horizontal jumps at the Al Cassell Relays in Jamestown, ND. The senior All-American leaped a NCAA DII provisional qualifying distance of 18'10" in the long jump and sailed 35'5.75" to win the triple jump. Walker also win the 100 meter hurdles (13.86 hand timed) and ran a leg on the winning 4x100 meter relay team (47.38).
Minnesota Duluth
Men's Field: Ben Niemann turned in his best finish ever, placing third overall at the two-day NSIC decathlon. Niemann totaled 6,305 points -- the second highest figure in Bulldog history and an NCAA DII provisional qualifying mark -- with his top individual finishes coming in the long jump (second place). He also took third in the 100-meter dash, the pole vault and the 400-meter dash.
Minnesota State Mankato
Men's Field: Junior Christopher Reed’s first-place throw of 17.95-meters set a new stadium and meet record on Saturday at the Drake Alternative. He also finished in fifth-place at the Drake Relays with a toss of 17.74-meters. Reed currently hold the fourth-best throw in the nation at 18.05-meters.
Men's Track: The 4x100 and 4x200-meter relay teams consisting of senior Nicholas Nelson (Lakeville, Minn.), junior Jerrell Hancock (St. Louis, Mo.), junior Carmono Lane (Chicago, Ill.), and sophomore Anthony Gustafson (Faribault, Minn.) won titles and set school records at the Drake Relay’s this weekend. In the 4x100 they finished with a time of 40.16 which is the third-best mark in the nation and in the 4x200 they finished with a time of 1:25.04.
Women's Track: The Mavericks sprint medley team--senior Annie Dahl, senior Danielle Jones, sophomore Bonnie Pickford, and sophomore Alexis Dickens--finished in eighth with a time of 4:04.41.
Women's Field: Sophomore Anna Veroeven competed won the triple jump(11.97m) at the Drake Alternative meet in St. Peter, Minn..
Minnesota State Mankato had two relay teams win championships at the Drake Relays. The 4x100 and 4x200-relay teams comprised of senior Nicholas Nelson (Lakeville, Minn.), junior Jerrell Hancock (St. Louis, Mo.), junior Carmono Lane (Chicago, Ill.), and sophomore Anthony Gustafson (Faribault, Minn.) had times of 40.16 and 1:25.04 which also set new school records.
Junior Keyvan Rudd (Davenport, Iowa) was third in the high jump (2.12-meters) while junior Christopher Reed (Omaha, Neb.) finished fifth in the shot put (17.74-meters). Reed also set a new meet and stadium record in the shot put at the Drake Alternative with a throw of 17.95-meters. Junior David Pearcill (Apple Valley, Minn.) won the triple jump with a leap of 13.97, which was also a new meet record.
On the women’s side freshman Faryn Wirkus (Edgar, Wis.) took second place at the Drake Alternative meet with a vault of 3.52m. Junior Sarah Bowler (Circle Pines, Minn.) came in second place in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:16.99.
MSU Moorhead
Men's Track: Keith Turner (Jr., Sprints, San Diego, Calif. / Hoover HS) won two events and also was part of winning the 4x100 relay at the Cobber Twilight on Monday. He won the 200-meter dash at 21.69 -- the fourth-fastest time in the NSIC this year -- and then edged teammate Derek Bredy in the 400-meter dash. Turner ran a time of 47.86. He was also the final leg of the winning 4x100 relay which won with a time of 41.86.
Women's Track: Jessica Keesling (Sr., Sprints/Hurdles, Vadnais Heights, Minn. / White Bear Lake HS) won multiple events for MSUM to lead the women’s team at the Cobber Twilight. She won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.25 and added a win in the 400-meter hurdles at 1:05.51.
St. Cloud State
The St. Cloud State University track & field team completed in three different meets last weekend. The Huskies competed in the Drake Relays on Friday, Drake Alternative on Saturday, and had two athletes competing in the NSIC Multi.
At the Drake Relays, the Huskies women’s 4x200m relay finished tenth in 1:44.46. Senior Keely Rubash was the standout athlete for SCSU at the Drake Alternative taking the title and setting a new meet record in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 11:14.95. Her time was also a personal best and a national qualifying provisional time. Rubash also recorded a second place finish in the 800 in a personal best time of 2:23.07.
GaBrina Cornelious competed in the 100m (12.74) and 200m (26.75) dash with both being personal best times to earn a fourth place finish and a seventh place finish, respectively. Nichelle Rubash recorded a time of 2:27.27 in the 800 finishing sixth. In the 100 hurdles senior Andrea Pfaff ran a personal best time of 16.95 for fifth and was eighth place in the 400m hurdles. Teammate Candice Wayne also competed in the 400m hurdles taking third with a personal best time of 1:06.26. In the women’s high jump Kellan Flynn was second with a personal best mark of 5'3.75".
Men's Track/Field: Hilary Luke earned a top-ten finish in the 400 with a personal best time of 51.06, while teammate Tom Mountain took fourth in the 5,000K, also recording a personal best time of 15:46.55. Joe Mooney was one of the top finishers for the Huskies in the field events, as he took second in the high jump posting a mark of 6'6", good for fifth in the conference. Another top finisher was senior David Braaten finished third place, clearing 15'3.5" in the pole vault. Dustin McColley was seventh (6'4") in the high jump, and Ryan Johnson finished sixth (150') in the discus and seventh (46'8.75") in the shot. Johnson’s discus mark was a personal best.
Women's Track: Laure Olson finished sixth in the heptahlon with 4,164 points, earning three team points for the Huskies to take into the conference meet. Olson set new personal bests in the 200 (6th, 27.11) and in the 800(4th, 2:34.16). Riley Myers finished fifth with 5,978 points and four team points for the Huskies. Myers also made some new personal bests in the 100m dash (7th, 11.57), 400m run (8th, 56.11), 110m hurdles (4th, 15.99), and in the javelin throw (5th, 130-04).
Keely Rubash (Sr., New Lisbon, Wis.) brought home the title and set a new meet record in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 11:14.95 at the Drake Alternative. Her time was also a personal best and a national qualifying provisional time. Rubash also recorded a second place finish in the 800m run posting a personal best time of 2:23.07. Rubash is currently ranked fourth in the conference in the 3,000m steeplechase.
Winona State
The Winona State track and field team recorded five NCAA DII provisional marks at the St. Mary’s Open Saturday in Winona while adding another qualifying mark by the 4x400 meter relay squad at the Drake Relays.
Women's Track: Hannah Mueller (So, Cambridge, MN) won the 100 hurdles at the Cardinal Open in Winona this weekend with a lifetime best time of 14.61 seconds. Hannah also had a lifetime best, provisional qualifying leap in the long jump(5.89m/19’ 4”).
The 4x400 team of Kelsey Bethke, Katie Bagley, Brittney Rynda and Catherine Whitcomb placed sixth in the college division at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, posting a DII provisional qualifie of 3:47.88.
Women's Field: Anna Blaske and Natalie Busher both posted top-five finishes in the heptathlon at the NSIC Multi-Event Championship. Blaske was fourth with the second highest point total in Winona State history, 4,266 points. Busher placed one spot behind in fifth with 4,170 points, the fourth-best total in school history. Busher had a strong final day of the event, moving up three spots from eighth. Both Warriors recorded points for Winona State that will count toward the team’s total at the NSIC Outdoor Championship held on May 10-11 in Sioux Falls, SD. Blaske’s fourth-place showing gave her five points while Busher added four to the WSU team total.
Shanai Guider (Sr, Cambridge, WI) was the highest non-DII finisher, placing eighth, at the Drake Relays, in the discus with a NSIC Leading and NCAA DII qualifying throw of 49.74m (163’ 2”). She currently sits 4th in NCAA II.
PAST NSIC Athletes of the week
Men’s Field
4/23/13 Travis Beniak - Augustana
Women’s Field
4/23/13 Shanai Guider - Winona State
Women’s Track
4/23/13 Kathryn Stewart - University of Mary (2)
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