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NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Release No. 8
Outdoor Track & Field Championship Results
May 29, 2010 | NSIC Release | NCAA Website | Final Results 
Charolette, N.C. - The NSIC had 21 athletes earn All-American status (finished in top 8) in 25 events, plus two 4X100 meter relay teams earn the honor at the 2010 NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Northern State’s Amanda Madden was the NSIC top competitor as she earned National Championship honors winning the hammer throw. Bemidji State’s Kristi Burkle (400M) and Zac Preble (Decathlon) as well as Minnesota State’s Lauren Stelten (Pole Vault) all took home second place finishes in their events. NSIC Release w/ All-American Listings
The Minnesota State women’s track team earned All-American honors in 4x100-meter relay, the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes and pole vault, Saturday afternoon as it concluded action at the NCAA Division II championships. The Mavericks finished the meet with 26 points, which was good for seventh overall. Angelo State won the championship with 87 points. The seventh-place finish marked the highest Minnesota State has ever finished at the national championships. MSU was the highest-placing school from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
In the pole vault, junior Lauren Stelten joined two other athletes tied for the top height at 12’10 ¾”. Stelten, finished second however, based on misses, as she missed her first attempt 12’9”. The All-American honor for Stelten was the sixth of her career.
In the 4x100-meter relay, the Mavericks brought home a fifth-place finish with a time of :45.56. The quartert, which was made up of seniors Brittany Henderson, and Kelsey Leonard, junior Linnelle Clark and freshman Becca Schmidt re-established the their own school record with the run. After placing seventh in the preliminaries on Thursday, the University of Mary 4x100 relay team maintained that position in the finals after clocking in at 46.59. For senior Mishay Weber (Beulah, ND) and junior Kristen Stewart (Kingston, Jamaica), it is the second time the pair has earned All-American honors. Both also were a part of the 2008 U-Mary 4x100 team that earned All-American recognition. Rounding out the squad is sophomore Kristen Nelson (Rollete, ND) and Coombs. Coombs also had an eighth place finish in the 400 meter dash to seal All-American honors.
Henderson also ran in the 100 and 200-meter dashes as she finished third and fifth, respectively. In the 100-meter dash, Henderson turned in a time of :11.84 and followed up with a time of :23.91 in the 200-meter dash. Henderson finishes her brilliant career at Minnesota State as a 14-time All-American. Lincoln’s Semoy Hackett swept the 100 and 20-meter dashes with times of :11.33 and :22.75.
In the 400-meter run, Leonard finished fifth, with a time of 54:37. Leonard’s two All-American awards pushed her career total to four. Celethia Byrd of Angelo State won the race with a time of :53.02.
Kristi Buerkle (Jr., Stacy, Minn.) captured second place in the 400-meter dash and became the first woman in BSU history to post a sub-54-second time at the 400-meter distance. The junior gained All-America status clocking a time of 53.85 to finish runner up at this year's championship to Angelo State University's Celethia Byrd, who broke the tape in a time of 53.02. Buerkle was the first of four NSIC student-athletes to finish the race. Winona State's Kelly Shaw was right on Buerkle's heels in third (54.14), Kelsey Leonard of Minnesota State finished fifth (54.37) and Nicketa Combs of the University of Mary rounded out the league contingent in eighth (55.33).
Augie's top finisher of was Tom Karbo, who placed fourth in the finals of the 3000 meter steeplechase. His time of 8:53.09 is an Augustana record and earned him All-American honors. Caitlin Polgreen turned in another All-American performance for the Vikings in the 1500 meter run. She finished the race in 4:28.48, a new Augustana record and good enough for a sixth place finish. Also earning a sixth place finish was Aduo Omot in the 800 meter run. His time of 1:49.98 made him Augie's third All-American of the day. Brian Werner finished the race in 1:54.17.
Minnesota Duluth's Michelle SanCartier left the Irwin Belk Complex in Charlott, N.C. with All-American distinction in tow, thanks to a third-place finish in the 1,500-meter run Saturday night. SanCartier, a native of Stillwater, Minn., came in at 4:24.38 to break the UMD record she set earlier this month in La Crosse, Wis.
The Minnesota State University Moorhead Dragons relay team of Cory Schufelt, Percy Watson, Aaron Lund and Derek Bredy set a new school record in the 4x400 relay at the NCAA DII Outdoor National Championships on Saturday, a record that they had set during the 2010 season. The squad of four finished the race in 3:11.65, taking tenth overall. They had previously set the record at the Drake Relays (Apr. 25) in a time of 3:12.69.
Northern State's Bill Cameron, who qualified for the finals during Thursday’s preliminary race, claimed his All-American status with an eighth place finish in the 400 meter hurdles. The Aberdeen Roncalli graduate clocked in at 52.76 seconds, just off his prelim time of 52.12 seconds.
St. Cloud State track and field senior Heather Miller (Sun Prairie, Wis.) and junior Adam Kershaw (Foley) earned All-American honors on the final day of the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships held in Charlotte, N.C. Miller earned her third All-American honor of the Championships on Saturday with a third place finish in the triple jump. Miller jumped a school record 40-11.50 breaking her won record of 40-7.75 set at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships.Kershaw, competing in his first national competition, placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 171-09, just two feet shy of the national champion.
Winona State University’s trio of discus throwers, Shanai Guider, Rebecca Stier and Mary Theisen all placed in the top eight in the finals of the event. Guider (freshman), competing in her first Division II national championship, led the Warrior trio by placing fourth with a throw of 155-feet and 6-inches, while Stier (junior) was fifth at 154-0 and Theisen (freshman) was eighth at a distance of 147-0. All three efforts were good enough to earn the Warriors All-America honors.
BSU Preble 2nd in Dec, SCSU's Miller 7th in Hep
May 28, 2010 | NCAA Website | Live Results
Charolette, N.C. - Bemidji State University multi-event standout Zac Preble (Sr., Coleraine, Minn.) picked up his third All-America honor with a second-place finish in the decathlon scoring a BSU-record 7,193.
Preble began the final day of competition in second among the 12-man field, just 117 points off the lead, after posting 3,748 through a consistent first five disciplines. Despite posting better marks than rest of the field in both the discus throw an the pole vault on day two, Preble was unable to track down Central Missouri State University sophomore Darius Walker, who captured his second consecutive NCAA multi-event championship with 7,222 points.
Preble slid to fourth place after the first event of the day. Despite finishing just fractions of a second of his best 110-meter hurdles time of 2010 with a 16.35, he finished 12th in the event scoring 694 points.
Preble would respond like a champion topping the field in the next two events. He stretched the tape to 137-01 in the discus to earn 701 points and gain 86 points on Walker. The Coleraine, Minn. native then followed that by picking up another 116 points on the leader in the pole vault clearing a height of 15-03 garner 804 points and surpass the rest of the competitors by nearly six inches.
Preble continued his run at the individual title in the ninth event, the javelin throw. He finished fourth among his counterparts with a 173-03 to reel Walker to within 24 points heading into the final event.
Preble toed the line for the 1,500-meter run needing the race of his life and he got it. The senior shaved nearly five seconds off his season-best time in the event recording a 4:50.47, but crossed the line .89 of a second behind Walker to finish the 10-discipline event 29 points out of national championship contention.
The runner-up finish marked the second of his career. Preble also placed second in the heptathlon at the 2010 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. A three-time All-America performer and five-time NCAA Championship qualifier never lost a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference multi-event championship. He won four consecutive heptathlon titles indoors and a quartet of decathlon crowns outdoors and owns school and league records in both events. The 2010 Bemidji State Student-Athlete of the Year also garnered NSIC Male Field Athlete of the year honors and was named Central Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year in 2010.
St. Cloud State senior Heather Miller (Sun Prairie, Wis.) earned her second All-American honor with a seventh place finish in the heptathlon at the 2010 NCAA Division II National Track and Field Championships in Charlotte, N.C
Miller posted a personal record 5,239 points in the event. In the final day she went 18-07 in the long jump, 106-05 in the javelin, and ran the 800 in 2:20.07.
NSU's Madden National Champion in Hammer Throw
May 27, 2010 | NCAA Website | Live Results
Charolette, N.C. - For the second time in three months, Madden captured individual champion honors at the NCAA Division II National Track and Field Championships, this time winning the hammer throw on Thursday.
In doing so, Madden became NSU’s first 2-time national champion, tacking Thursday’s title onto her championship run in the weight throw during the indoor national meet in March. The Herreid, S.D. native is now a five-time All-American and leaves an indelible mark on the NSU record book. Madden spent both the indoor and outdoor seasons breaking and re-breaking her own school records in both events.
The runner-up in the hammer throw last season, Madden won this year’s title easily, needing just her first throw of the competition to secure the title. She went on to improve that mark throughout the competition, however, unleashing her final winning mark of 58.70 meters (192 feet, 7 inches) on her second throw of finals.
Madden entered Thursday’s competition with the second-best mark of the competition, but simply out-performed the rest of the field to claim the title. Runner-up Liz Murphy of Grand Valley State finished a distant second with her mark of 55.38 meters (181 feet, 8 inches).
Madden’s performance set off a chain of All-American efforts for the Wolves. Junior Calvin McGruder – who finished seventh at the indoor championships in March – claimed eighth place in the long jump at the outdoor event. The 12th ranked competitor heading into the day, McGruder was the eighth qualifier following the preliminary round. The Riverview, Fla. native held onto that spot through the finals to claim his second career All-America certificate. McGruder’s final mark of 7.21 meters (23 feet, 8 inches) came on his first leap of the afternoon.
In other final action from Thursday Minnesota Duluth's Morgan Place placed seventh among 18 runners in the 10,000-meter finals earning All-American status for the sixth time ever (three times in indoors, once in outdoors and twice in cross country). She finished with a time of 37:17.69, a little over 31 seconds behind champion Tanya Zeferjahn of Queens University of Charlotte.
St. Cloud State senior Heather Miller (Sun Prairie, Wis.) had a fifth place finish in the long jump. Miller's best mark of 19-04.75 earned her All-American honors in the event. It is the third All-American honor of her outdoor career. In addition, Miller is in eighth place in the heptathlon after the first day of the competition. Miller has 3,146 points through four events and trails the leader, Aisha Adams of Angelo State who tallied 3,548 points on the first day. Miller ran the 100 meter hurdles in 14.121, went 5-01 in the high jump, threw the shot put 36-04.75, and ran the 200 meter dash in 24.66.
Four-time defending Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) decathlon champion and two-time All-America performer Zac Preble (Sr., Coleraine, Minn.) has the 2010 NCAA outdoor decathlon crown within reach after the first five events. The Bemidji State University senior is currently in second place, just 117 points off the lead, at the conclusion of the first full day of competition.
USTFCCCA DII Region Award Winners Announced
May 18, 2010 | USTFCCA Release
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Monday winners of USTFCCCA Region Athletes and Coaches of the Year honors for the 2010 Outdoor Track & Field season in Division II as voted by the division’s coaches. The NSIC boasts the Central Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year in St. Cloud State's Heather Miller. The NSIC also took home both men's and women's central region coach of the year with Mark Schuck of Minnesota State being named for the men's team and Mike Thorson of University of Mary for the women's team. Winona State's Mike Turgeon was named central region women's assistant coach of the year.
Separate categories are assigned to track athletes and field athletes as well as head coaches and assistant coaches.
Most of these athletes and coaches will participate in the NCAA Division II Championships held in Charlotte, N.C., starting Thursday.
Women's Field Athlete of the Year
CENTRAL REGION - Heather Miller - St. Cloud State
Miller, a senior from Sun Prairie, Wis., enters the NCAA meet as the No. 5 seed in the heptathlon (5,221) and as the second seed in the triple jump (40-4¾, 12.31m). Miller won NSIC Championship titles in the long jump, triple jump and heptathlon, claiming high-point honors with 41.
Men's Head Coach of the Year
CENTRAL REGION - Mark Schuck - Minnesota State
Schuck, in his 28th year, led Minnesota State to a Northern Sun title and two of his athletes qualified for the NCAA Championships.
Women's Head Coach of the Year
CENTRAL REGION - Mike Thorson - U. of Mary
Thorson, in his 17th year with the University of Mary, help guide the squad to the NSIC Championship, their third in the past four years. Mary qualified four for the NCAA Championships, three in the sprint and hurdle events.
Women's Assistant Coach of the Year
CENTRAL REGION - Mike Turgeon - Winona State
Turgeon, in his fifth year at Winona State, led his throwers to 79 points at the NSIC Championships to help the Warriors to a runner-up team finish. Turgeon’s throwers account for six entries at the NCAA Championships, only Grand Valley State will have more at the national meet (7). Turgeon’s crew includes two top-seeded discus throwers in the nation with freshmen Mary Theisen and Shanai Guider leading the way. Theisen and Guider as a duo led the field by four feet in the event.
NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Release No. 7
May 18, 2010 | NSIC Release
The NSIC will send 19 male athletes to compete in 13 different events (including a team in the 4X100M Relay) at the 2010 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 27-29, 2010 in Charlotte, N.C. at the Irwin Belk Complex. Johnson C. Smith University will be the host institution for the three day event. For a schedule of events click here. St. Cloud State's Nick Trisko will be the only male to compete in two difernet envets (100 & 200M Dash).
2010 NSIC Athletes Competing at Nationals (Full List)Men 100 & 200 Meter Dash - Nick Trisko (JR, St. Cloud State)
Men 800 Meter Run - Aduo Omot (FR, Augustana)
Men 800 Meter Run - Denise Mokaya (SR, Minnesota State)
Men 800 Meter Run - Dan Allen (JR, St. Cloud State)
Men 800 Meter Run - Brian Werner (SR, Augustana)
Men 110 Meter Hurdles - Laquone Robinson (FR, MSU Moorhead)
Men 400 Meter Hurdles - Bill Cameron (SR, Northern State)
Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase - Tom Karbo (SO, Augustana)
Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase - Travis Beniak (SO Augustana)
Men Pole Vault - Dan Novak (SO, Minnesota State)
Men Long Jump - Calvin McGruder (JR, Northern State)
Men Shot Put - Ben Jacobson – (JR, U-Mary)
Men Discus Throw - Adam Kershaw (JR, St. Cloud State)
Men Hammer Throw - Anthony Enyi (JR, Minnesota State)
Men Decathlon - Zac Preble (SR, Bemidji State)
Men 4x400 Meter Relay - MSU Moorhead
1) Cory Shufelt SO - 2) Percy Watson SR - 3) Aaron Lund SO - 4) Derek Bredy FR
NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Release No. 6
MSU Wins NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championship
May 11, 2010 | NSIC Release | NSIC Championship Results
Moorhead, Minn. (Ron Masanz Track) – The Minnesota State mens track and field team entered day two of the NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in first-place with 49.5 points and finished the meet with 153.50 points, earning the NSIC Outdoor Title for the third consecutive year. The men's track and field team also earned the NSIC Indoor Title earlier this year. MSU pulled away from second place MSU Moorhead, who finished with 118.5 points.
MSU Head Coach Mark Schuck was voted by his peers at the 2010 NSIC Men's Coach of the Year. This marks the second consecutive year Schuck has been named NSIC Outdoor Coach of the Year. He was also named NSIC Indoor Coach of the Year the last two seasons as well.
St. Cloud State swept the men's athlete of the year awards as junior Nick Trisko (Melrose) won the 100 meters and 200 meters races and was named the NSIC Male Track Athlete of the Year. He ran the 100 in 10.53 and the 200 in 21.20. These are his first conference titles and he met NCAA provisional qualifying marks in both races. Junior Adam Kershaw (Foley) was named the NSIC Male Field Athlete of the Year after winning the discus Saturday with a throw of 174-05. He placed third in the shot put with a mark of 51-01.50, and on Friday won the hammer.
Augustana's Tom Karbo was named NSIC Newcomer of the Year after winning both the 1500 and 5000 meter runs. Karbo took home an NSIC Championship in the 1500 meter, beating out MSU's Denise Mokaya by less than half a second. Karbo also won the 5K with a time of 14:47.08.
The NSIC Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference performers consist of the top three place winners in each event and the members of the top two relay teams. A full list of the 2010 NSIC Outdoor T&F All-Conference Team can be found on page 4-6 of the NSIC Release.
NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship Results - Day 1
May 7, 2010 | Day 1 Results
Moorhead, Minn. (Ron Masanz Track) – The 2010 NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championships got off to a wet start with windy and rainy conditions, but that did not detour the athletes from competing in top form.
After seven events finals on Friday (five field, one track and the heptathlon/decathlon) Minnesota State was leading in the men’s standings and the University of Mary in the women’s.
Minnesota State amassed 49.5 points with 18 of those coming from the pole vault where Dan Novak and Matt Masloski finished one-two. James Krasja added another ten for the Mavericks with a top finish in the men’s 10000M run. MSU Moorhead was in second place with 43.5 points followed by Bemidji State in third with 30 points.
U-Mary was able to accumulate 54 points without winning an event, howver, Brianna Perry and Brittany Beehler when two-three in the high jump, Miranda Fehilly was second in the pole vault and Melissa Walker was second in the long jump. Winona State was in second place with 40.5 points while Augustana (39) and Minnesota State (32.5) lurked in the third and fourth spots.
However, there is plenty of time for teams to move up as 14 events (11 track and three field) will make up day two of the championships.
The NSIC Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference performers consist of the top three place winners in each event and the members of the top two relay teams.
The NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championships will resume on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Ron Masanz Track in Moorhead, Minn.
NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Release No. 5
May 6, 2010 | Full Release
Moorhead, Minn. - The 2010 NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championships will take place this Friday and Saturday, May 7-8 at MSU Moorhead. The NSIC will have 11 women's teams and ten men's teams competing for the 2010 NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Individuals will be competing for a spot on the NSIC All-Conference team and a initiation to the 2010 NCAA DII Outdoor National Championships held May 27-29, 2010 in Charlotte, N.C. at the Irwin Belk Complex (Johnson C. Smith University). NSIC Championship Schedule of Events
NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Release No. 4
April 28, 2010 | Full Release
NSIC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
Bemidji State’s Zac Preble (Sr., Coleraine, Minn.) has done it again. The senior multi-event standout perfected his streak of NSIC multi-event championships by winning his fourth consecutive NSIC decathlon title with an NSIC-record score of 6,957 to at Swisher Field in Aberdeen, S.D. The addition of his four decathlon crowns outdoors to his four straight indoor heptathlon victories exhibits his dominance of the multi-discipline events. He has now gone a perfect eight-of-eight in NSIC multi-event competition.
NSIC Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Augustana’s Tom Karbo (So., Norway) finished second in the 3000 meter steeplechase against a predominantly Div. I field at the Drake Relays. His time of 8:54.79 blasted the Augustana school record of 9:00.2 set by Luke Baltrusch in 2005 and is an NCAA automatic qualifier. He also was a member of the men’s distance medley relay team that placed first at the Drake Relays. The time of 9:54.55 was an Augustana record.
NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Decathlon Results
April 26, 2010 | Final Results
Aberdeen, S.D. -- Zac Preble (Sr., Coleraine, Minn.) has done it again.
The senior multi-event standout perfected his streak of NSIC multi-event championships today by winning his fourth consecutive NSIC decathlon title with an NSIC-record score of 6,957 to at Swisher Field in Aberdeen, S.D.
The addition of his four decathlon crowns outdoors to his four straight indoor heptathlon victories exhibits his dominance of the multi-discipline events. He has now gone a perfect eight-of-eight in NSIC multi-event competition.
A 2009 All-America performer in the decathlon, Preble owned a 23-point lead over the rest of the field after the first five bouts of the championship, accumulating 3,585 points Sunday. Despite less-that-perfect weather conditions and a delayed start on day two, the senior powered through to extend his lead over the field before winning this year’s title and breaking his own NSIC record of 6,627 set in 2006.
Preble opened the day clocking a time of 15.90 in the 110-meter hurdles to place third among his peers. The senior then assembled a string of three consecutive event wins to put the title out of reach. He stretched the tape to 140-00 in the discus to out distance the field by nearly 16 feet in the seventh event. He followed that with a 14-11.00 in the pole vault, before posting a 177-11 in the javelin throw in the ninth discipline to set up the championship win.
Preble toed the line for the final event of the day, the 1,500-meter run, with an insurmountable 885-point lead over his nearest competitor. He ran a 5:13.92 to finish seventh and preserve a 806-point lead to garner the title.
After Preble however, just 100 points separated second place from fifth. Concordia University-St. Paul’s John Pimental finished second with 6,151, while Bemidji State freshman Tandy Juell (Redwood Falls, Minn.) capped his first NSIC decathlon with 6,051 points to take fifth place overall. Final Results
(Text Courtesy of BSU Sports Information Office)
NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Release No. 3
April 20, 2010 | Full Release
NSIC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
Northern State’s Calvin McGruder (Jr., Riverview, Fla./Eastbay HS) won the long jump at the annual Sioux City Relays last weekend with his NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 7.19 meters (23 feet, 7.25 inches). The effort, an outdoor personal best for the sophomore, vaults McGruder into the conference lead in that event. He also ran a leg on the Wolves’ 4x100 meter relay squad and finished in a tie for seventh in the high jump.
NSIC Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Concordia-St. Paul’s Jordan Johnson broke out with two first place finishes in sprinting events at the North Country Invite this weekend in Duluth, Minn. The winning races for Johnson came in the 200m and 400m dashes. His time of 21.61 in the 200 was a personal best time, while 49.44 seconds in the 400 gave him a pair of top finishes.
NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Release No. 2
April 13, 2010 | Full Release
NSIC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
Bemidji State University All-America multi-event athlete Zac Preble (Sr., Coleraine, Minn.) punched his ticket for Charlotte, N.C. and the 2010 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a standout performance at the St. John’s University Decathlon in Collegeville, Minn. The senior scored 7,026 in the 10-event competition to automatically qualify for the national meet and come within 59 points of his own school record score.
NSIC Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Augustana’s Tom Karbo (So., Norway) won the men’s 3000 meter steeplechase at the Nebraska Invitational on Saturday, running the race in 9:06.00. This time was an automatic qualifier. This marks the second week in a row that Karbo has been named NSIC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week.
NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Release No. 1
April 6, 2010 | Full Release
NSIC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
St. Cloud State’s Adam Kershaw (Jr., Foley, Minn.) won three events to pace the St. Cloud State University men’s track and field team at the Northern State University Open Friday. Kershaw, a redshirt during the indoor season, returned to the outdoor circuit in full swing. He won the shot put, hammer throw and discus on Friday. His mark of 53-03.50 in the shot put was a provisional qualifying mark for the 2010 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, May 27-29 in Charlotte, N.C. He won the hammer with a throw of 171-06 and the discus with a toss of 153-07.
NSIC Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Augustana’s Tom Karbo (So., Norway) won the men’s 3000 meter run at the Vance Butler Invitational on Thursday, running the event in 8:27.90. He was nearly 10 seconds faster than the next finisher James Krasja of Minnesota State (8:36.54).
NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Release
April 1, 2010 | Full Release
Minnesota State Picked in NSIC Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Poll
St. Paul, Minn. - Minnesota State University, Mankato was the top choices in the 2010 NSIC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The Mavericks were the unanimous choice as they were picked by all nine coaches (coaches cannot vote for their own team). NSIC Track & Field teams will compete in various meets throughout the spring with the season culminating in Moorhead, Minn. on May 7-8, 2010 at the NSIC Track & Field Outdoor Championships. The 2010 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place on May 27-29, 2010 in Charlotte, N.C. at the Irwin Belk Complex on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University.
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. Preble gained All-America status posting a second-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships this winter. The NSIC Champion, league male indoor field athlete of the year and conference heptathlon record-holder (5,245), posted his second All-America performance at the championships and was also named United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) 2010 Central Regional Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year in a vote of the nation’s track and field coaches.
NSIC Men’s Preseason Track Athlete of the Year
Denise Mokaya, Sr., Ngong, Kenya - Minnesota State University, Mankato
In the 2009 NSIC Outdoor Track Championship, Denis Mokaya, who was voted the meet’s Track Athlete of the Year, won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.70 and the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:55.82. He finished eighth at the 2008 NCAA Championships in the 1500-meter run and was ninth in the 1500-meter run in 2009. Mokaya is coming off a National Championship performance in the 800M run at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships.
2010 NSIC Men's Outdoor T&F Coaches' Poll
1 |
Minnesota State (9) | 81 |
2 |
MSU Moorhead (1) | 72 |
3 |
Augustana | 58 |
4 |
University of Mary | 46 |
| Northern State | 46 | |
6 |
Concordia-St. Paul | 44 |
7 |
St. Cloud State | 43 |
8 |
Minnesota Duluth | 29 |
9 |
Wayne State | 21 |
10 |
Bemidji State | 10 |
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