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NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 7
February 9, 2010 | PDF Release 
NSIC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Northern State’s Calvin McGruder (Jr., Riverview, Fla./Eastbay HS) surpassed the NCAA automatic qualifying standard in the long jump on Saturday at the NSU Parents Day Open. McGruder won that event with a leap of 7.32 meters (24-00.25 feet), a mark that puts him atop the NSIC performance list and tied for sixth on the national list. He also finished second in the high jump with a mark of 2.00 meters (6-06.75).
NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Minnesota State’s Senior Denise Mokaya broke his old school record in the mile run with a time of 4:06:61 in the Ted Nelsen Classic in Mankato, Minn., his previous time was 4:08:45 The mark is the sixth fastest mile time in the nation this year.
NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 6
February 2, 2010 | PDF Release
NSIC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Wayne State’s Cody Diehl (So., Grand Island, Neb.) placed second and set a new WSC school record and NCAA Provisional National Qualifying mark in the heptathlon at the Minnesota State Open with a score of 4,723 points. His mark ranks him 2nd in the NSIC and 9th Nationally.
NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Northern State’s Montrel Richardson (So., Tracy, Calif./West HS/San Joaquin Delta Coll.) won both the 60-meter and the 200-meter dashes on Saturday at the Black Hills State Dave Little Invitational. Richardson clocked in at 7.04 seconds in the finals of the 60-meter event and finished the 200 meters in 22.87 seconds to win his second event of the day.
NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 5
January 26, 2010 | PDF Release
NSIC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week:
University of Mary’s Ben Jacobson (Jr., Bismarck, N.D.) continued his impressive campaign by winning the weight throw at at the Iowa State Open in Ames, Iowa. Jacobson tossed the 35-pound weight 59’ 11 ¾” to provisionally qualify for the national indoor championships.
NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Wayne State’s Drew Molacek (Jr., Stanton, Neb.), at the University of South Dakota Graphic Edge Open, won the 60 meter dash in a time of 7.08 seconds. He was also the top collegiate finisher in the 200 meter dash in a time of 22.57.
NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 4
January 19, 2010 | PDF Release
NSIC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week:
MSU Moorhead’s Anthony Enyi (Jr., Throws, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North) led the Dragons at the Bison Classic on Sunday, as he placed first in the weight throw with an automatic qualifying mark as he broke the MSUM school record and Bison Sports Arena record. Enyi threw the weight 19.52 metes (64’0.5”) to take the only top finish for the Dragons. It was also the only NCAA provisional qualifying mark by any athlete at the meet, division one or two. He is the first Dragon to automatically qualify for the NCAA DII Indoor National Championships this season. He also finished second in the shot put with a throw of 14.54 meters (47’8.5”).
NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Concordia-St. Paul’s Domonique Gilmer (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn./ Robbinsdale Armstrong HS/Iowa Central CC) shattered Concordia’s former best time in the 400 with his time of 48.86 seconds at the Minnesota Open on Saturday, winning the event and reaching an NCAA provisional mark in the process. His race leads the NSIC and is the second best in the nation so far this season, trailing only one other DII athlete, Steven Banton of Lincoln, by just six hundredths of a second.
NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 3
January 12, 2010 | PDF Release
NSIC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week:
MSU Moorhead’s Chris Heil (Throws/Jr./Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS) provisionally qualified in the weight throw as he finished fifth with a throw of 17.60 meters (58’1”) at the Northwest Open hosted by the University of Minnesota.
NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week:
MSU Moorhead’s Brock Keaton (Sprints/So./St. Louis Park, Minn./Hopkins HS) led the Dragons as the top provisional qualifier for the NCAA DII Indoor Championships as he won the 60 m dash in a time of 6.87 seconds at the Northwest Open hosted by the University of Minnesota.
NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 2
December 15, 2009 | PDF Release
St. Paul, Minn. - The NSIC Indoor Track & Field teams saw limited action this past week. All the teams are off for the rest of the year and with some teams returning to action on January 9, 2010. Below are some notes from the NSIC action this past week.
Bemidji State Men's Field: Zac Preble (Sr., Multi, Coleraine, Minn.) fell just one point short of tying his own school record in the heptathlon with 5,011 points at the Bison Holiday Heptathlon, hosted by Division I North Dakota State University, Dec. 11-12. Preble finished fourth in the event, while taking home first-place in the shot put with a 14.96 meter toss. The Beavers return to action Jan. 9, 2010 when they host their own Alumni Meet. The event is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Gillett-Recreation and Fitness Center.
Northern State had three track and field athletes exceeded either the NCAA automatic or provisional qualifying standards with their performances at Thursday’s intra-squad meet. All three efforts, which will not be accepted by the NCAA as qualifying marks due to the intra-squad nature of the event, came in the field events.
Newcomer Trever Mau (Fr., Karalu’u, Hawaii/Saint Louis HS) provided the night’s first highlight when he set a new Barnett Center and school record in the long jump with a leap of 7.43 meters (24 feet, 4 ½ inches). Junior Andrew Rose (Jr., Gillette, Wyo./Campbell County HS) followed with what would have been a provisional qualifying height of 2.05 meters (6-8.75) in the high jump.
Returning All-American and 2-time 2009 national runner-up Amanda Madden (Sr., Herried, S.D./Herried HS) capped the evening with a toss of 18.01 meters (59-1.25) in the weight throw. That effort was just nine centimeters off her previous best and current school record of 18.10 meters (59-4.75), set at last season’s national indoor meet.
The Wolves will kick off the 2010 season on Jan. 17 at the NDSU Bison Invite in Fargo, N.D. before returning home on Jan. 21 for a dual meet with the Jamestown College Jimmies.
Wayne State
Women’s Track: Megan Zavorka (Sr., Torrington, Wyo.) won 2 races at the Wayne State Pre-Season Open. She was a double winner to highlight six first place finishes for the Wildcat women’s team. Zavorka won the 800 meter run in a time of 2:27.42 and also won the one mile run at 5:25.92.
Women’s Field : Casey Buskirk (Jr., Platteview, Neb.) won the women’s 20 pound weight throw with an NCAA Provisional National Qualifying Mark of 57’ ¼” and was second in the shot put with a top throw of 42’ 1 ½”. Her mark in the weight throw was the second best throw in NCAA Division II this season.
Men’s Track: Drew Molacek (Jr., Stanton, Neb.) was a double winner for the Wildcats on Saturday. He won the 55 meter dash in 6.47 seconds and was first in the 200 meter dash at 22.77 at the Wayne State Pre-Season Open.
Men’s Field: Alex Timperley (So., Norfolk Neb.) won the triple jump with a personal best mark of 46’ 8 3/4” to open the season at the Wayne State Pre-Season Open.
NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 1
December 10, 2009 | PDF Release
NSIC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week:
University of Mary’s Ben Jacobson (Jr., Bismarck, N.D.) met the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying standards in two different events at the Minnesota State Early Season Open on Saturday. The junior placed second in the shot put with the top mark among collegiate competitors with a toss of 52-10. Jacobson placed third in the weight throw – second among collegians – with an effort of 58’ 1¼”. Jacobson competed in the national indoor championships last year in the shot.
NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week:
MSU Moorhead’s Laquone Robinson (Freshman/ Hurdles & Jumps/Minneapolis, Minn./Brooklyn Center HS) broke the 30-year school record in the 60-meter high hurdles as he finished in first place with a time of 8.13 seconds. The record was held by Randy Salzwedel who set the record in 1980 with a time of 8.20. Robinson’s race time provisionally qualified him for the 2010 NCAA DII Indoor National Championships. Robinson also tallied a second place finish in the triple jump behind an unattached jumper and ahead of 14 other athletes. His final distance of 14.17 meters earned the silver finish.
NSIC Indoor Track and Field Preseason Coaches' Poll
Minnesota State Picked by Coaches
December 3, 2009 | PDF Release
St. Paul, Minn. - Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s and women’s teams were the top choices in the 2009-10 NSIC Indoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Poll. On the men’s side the Mavericks were the unanimous choice as they were picked by all nine coaches (coaches cannot vote for their own team), while the women’s side was much closer. Like on the men’s side, the Maverick’s edge Minnesota Duluth, but in a much closer race. Minnesota State received six first place votes and totaled 96 points, edging the Bulldogs by two points.
NSIC Men’s Preseason Field Athlete of the Year
Zac Preble, Sr., Coleraine, Minn. - Bemidji State University
Preble enters his senior season as one of the most decorated track and field athletes in Bemidji State history. He is the school and NSIC record-holder in both the heptathlon and decathlon. As a freshman he stepped onto the scent to capture both conference multi-event titles en route to the NSIC’s Indoor and Outdoor newcomer of the Year laurels and a conference record in the decathlon of 6,672, which still stands. In 2008 he repeated as NSIC champion in both the heptathlon and decathlon and was selected to the USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic team. Last season, he again earned championships in both NSIC multi-events, setting a league mark in the heptathlon (5,012), and scored points for BSU in eight different events at the NSIC Outdoor Championships including the 400-meter dash, 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams, pole vault, shot put discus javelin and decathlon.
NSIC Men’s Preseason Track Athlete of the Year
Denise Mokaya, Sr., Ngong, Kenya - Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mokaya qualified for the 800-meter run last year for the second consecutive season, however did not make it out of the prelims. In 2008, Mokaya finished second in the 800-meter run and third in the mile run at the NCAA Championships. Mokaya claimed the North Central Conference indoor championship in the 800 and Mile in 2008.
NSIC Track & Field teams will compete in various meets throughout the winter with the season culminating in Mankato, Minn. on February 26-27 at the NSIC Track & Field Indoor Championships.
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