July 12, 2007
The United States Track & Field / Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) announced their All-Academic honors on July 12th. Wayne State women's track & field team raned 10th in NCAA Division II with a cumulative grade point average of 3.405, the highest of any team from Nebraska and the NSIC. WSC was one of 44 Division II women’s programs to be recognized by the coaches association. To be nominated, the team must carry a minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA.
USTFCCCA Division II Women's All-Academic Teams
USTFCCCA Division II Men's All-Academic Teams
USTFCCCA Division II Men's All-Academic Track and Field Team
USTFCCCA Division II Women's All-Academic Track and Field Team
June 27, 2007 |
Jessica
Trautwein added the appropriate finishing touches to a splendid track career
at Minnesota State University Moorhead with first team /ESPN The Magazine/ College
Division Academic All-American honors. A native of Fargo, ND and a four-year
letterwinner at MSUM, Trautwein posted a 4.0 grade point average with a Math
Education major. On Tuesday Trautwein was named winner of a NCAA postgraduate
scholarship.
June 26, 2007 |
Jessica
Trautwein, a two-sport letterwinner at Minnesota State University Moorhead,
has earned a post-graduate NCAA scholarship. The NCAA has awarded 58 postgraduate
scholarships of $7,500 each to 29 male and 29 female student-athletes in all
three NCAA divisions who participated in spring sports this academic year.
These sports include baseball, men's and women's golf, men's
lacrosse, women's rowing, softball, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's
outdoor track and field.
The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage
postgraduate education by rewarding the Association’s most accomplished
student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging
sports. Athletics and academic achievements, as well as campus involvement,
community service, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership, are evaluated.
In maintaining the highest standards in the selection process, the program aims
to reward individuals whose dedication and effort are reflective of those characteristics
necessary to succeed and thrive through postgraduate study in an accredited
graduate degree program.
To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have
an overall grade-point average of 3.200 (on a 4.000 scale) or its equivalent
and must have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team in
the sport in which the student-athlete was nominated.
The student-athlete also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate
degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.
Nomination forms are sent to faculty athletics representatives for all sports
in the fall. Selections are made three times each academic year.
The application must be submitted during the appropriate seasonal category for
the sport to the NCAA National Office. Candidates are screened by seven regional
selection committees, and the award recipients are selected by the NCAA Postgraduate
Scholarship Committee.
May 29, 2007 |
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St. Paul, Minn. - The NSIC came away with two National Champions and six All-Americans at the 2007 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships. A total of 620 participants competed in the championships. Student-athletes qualified for the championships by reaching the automatic and provisional standards established for each event. The championships were held May 24-26, at the Irwin Belk Complex on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bemidji
State’s Sheena Devine (Jr., North Branch, Minn.) solidified herself as
the best shot put thrower in the country as capped off an undefeated NCAA Division
II season with an outdoor national championship in the shot put. The women¹s
shot put event was a two-participant race. After Devine tossed her fourth throw
beyond the 50-foot mark (15.25 m) it was down to the BSU junior and Angelo State¹s
Adree Lakey. Lakey responded with a toss of 50-4 1/4 (15.37 m) on her sixth
and final attempt to take the lead. But Devine saved her best for last. She
posted a throw of 50-7 1/2 to regain the lead for good and breaking her own
BSU outdoor shot put record in the process.
She is now a three-time shot put All-American earning back-to-back outdoor honors
to go with her indoor laurel in 2007.
MSU
Moorhead’s Jennifer Hensel (So., Frazee, Minn.) soared 12-9 1/2 to win
the National Women’s Pole Vault title at the 2007 NCAA Division II Outdoor
Track & Field Championships. This marks the fourth time Hensel has been
named All-American as she finished sixth this year at the inndoor event witha
12’4.75 flight. She also earned All-American in both the indoor and outdoor
pole vault last season.
2007 NSIC Outdoor Track & Field All-Americans
| Jennifer Hensel | So | MSU Moorhead | 1st | Pole Vault | 12’ 9 1/2” |
| Sheena Devine | Jr | Bemidji State | 1st | Shot Put | 50’ 7 1/2” |
| Brooke Wiedrich | Jr | MSU Moorhead | 3rd | Pole Vault | 3.90m |
| Jake Hamik | Jr | Northern State | 4th | 400m Hurdles | 50.92 |
| Emily King | Sr | Winona State | 4th | Hammer Throw | 54.74m |
| Joe Remitz | Jr | Bemidji State | 6th | Shot Put | 17.30m |
| Tanna Walford | Sr | Wayne State | 7th | High Jump | 1.75m |
May 15, 2007 |
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee has announced the participants for the 2007 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
A total of 620 participants will compete in the championships. Student-athletes
qualified for the championships by reaching the automatic and provisional standards
established for each event. The championships will be held May 24-26, at the
Irwin Belk Complex on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte,
North Carolina. Click
here for qualifiers
May 15, 2007 |
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Moorhead, Minn. - Wayne State men won the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship on Saturday, May 12 in Moorhead, Minn. Wayne State came away with the title after scoring 166 points and besting Northern State by 32 points. The Wayne State men also won the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championship this past winter in Bemidji, Minn.
NSIC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year honors went to Marlon Brink of Wayne State while Track Athlete of the Year was awarded to Jake Hamik of Northern State. Field Athlete of the Year was given to Joe Remitz of Bemidji State while Newcomer of the Year and High Point Performer was earned by Zac Preble of Bemidji State.
The University of Mary women won the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship on Saturday, May 12 in Moorhead, Minn. Mary came away with the title after scoring 210 points and besting MSU Moorhead by 47 points. The University of Mary women also won the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championship this past winter in Bemidji, Minn.
NSIC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year honors went to Mike Thorson of the University of Mary while Track Athlete of the Year was awarded to Cassie Blazer of he University of Mary . Field Athlete of the Year and High Point Performer was earned by Jennifer Hensel of MSU Moorhead while Newcomer of the Year was awarded to Megan Zavorka of Wayne State.
NSIC All-Conference performers shall consist of the top two place winners in each event and the members of the top relay team from the Conference meet. Honorable Mention awards shall be provided to the third-place performers and the second-place relay teams. Click here for NSIC ODTF All-Conference Teams.
May 12, 2007| Final
Results
Photo Courtesy of Liz Chinander
Moorhead, Minn. - The University of Mary women won the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship on Saturday in Moorhead, Minn. Mary came away with the title after scoring 210 points and besting MSU Moorhead by 47 points. The University of Mary women also won the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championship this past winter in Bemidji, Minn.
Women - Team Rankings - 22 Events Scored
1) University of Mary - 210
2) MSU Moorhead - 163
3) Winona State - 115
4) Wayne State - 93
5) Bemidji State - 55
6) Northern State - 30
7) Concordia-St. Paul - 16
Men's Coach of the Year - Marlon Brink, WSC
Women's Coach of the Year - Mike Thorson, UM
Men's Track Athlete of the Year - Jake Hamik, NSU
Women's Track Athlete of the Year - Cassie Blazer, UM
Men's Field Athlete of the Year - Joe Remitz, BSU
Women's Field Athlete of the Year - Jennifer Hensel, MSUM
Men's Newcomer of the Year - Zac Preble, BSU
Women's Newcomer of the Year - Megan Zavorka, WSC
Men's High Point Performer - Zac Preble, BSU
Women's High Point Performer - Jennifer Hensel, MSUM
May 8, 2007 |
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NSIC
Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Bemidji State’s Shelby Hougen (Jr., Bemidji, Minn.) earned a
trio of second place finishes on the track last weekend in the wet and windy
conditions at the Ron Masanz Invitational in Moorhead, Minn. She equaled her
own school-record and provisional qualifying time in the 400-meter hurdles of
1:03.05 while participating on BSU’s 4x100-meter (50.70) and 4x400-meter
(4:04.68) relay teams which each also finished second.
NSIC
Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Winona State’s Bria Magnuson (Sr., Cold Spring, Minn. / St Cloud
Tech HS) won the Pole Vault competition at the University of Wisconsin Twilight
meet in a NSIC leading mark of 13’ ¼” which also places her
3rd on the NCAA II national honor roll.
May 1, 2007 |
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NSIC
Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
University of Mary’s Hannah Moen (Jr., Galesburg, N.D.) was a
triple winner at the Al Cassell Relays in Jamestown, N.D. Moen won the 800 meter
(2:19.76) and the 1500 meter runs (4:45.81). She also ran the opening leg on
the winning 4x400 meter relay team that set a new meet record with a time of
3:53.87. Moen is the NSIC leader in the 1,500 meter (4:45.81).
NSIC
Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Bemidji State’s Nicole Friend won the NSIC Heptathlon as she
edged last year’s champion Jessica Trautwein 4338 to 4296. Friend came
from eighth place to first place over the final two events. She threw personal
best in the javelin 131’1” and ran a personal best in the 800m (2:22.90).
This year’s heptathlon marked the first time in NSIC history that every
place winner scored over 4,000 points.
April 23, 2007 |
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NSIC
Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
University of Mary’s Cassie Blazer, the 2007 NSIC Indoor Newcomer
of the Year, won the unseeded 800 meter run in a time of 2:12.57 at the Kansas
Relays in Lawrence, Kan., on the first day of the meet. A freshman from Mandan,
N.D., Blazer came on the third and final day of the meet to anchor the sprint
medley to a second-place finish in a school-record performance of 4:05.01. She
capped off her day with another medal performance in the 400 meter hurdles by
placing third in an NSIC-leading time of 61.62.
NSIC
Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Wayne State’s Lacey Jensen (Jr., Central City, Neb.) - Jensen
won the hammer throw at the Sioux City Relays with a new school record and new
provisional national qualifying mark of 161’ 1”. She is currently
ranked third in the NSIC in the event.
April 17, 2007 |
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NSIC
Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Paige Paulson (Fr., Clark, S.D.) opened her outdoor track and field
season by winning two events at the Concordia College Cobber Sunny Day meet.
Paulson ran 58.86 in the 400 meters and 26.40 in the 200 meters. She later ran
the anchor leg on NSU’s 4x400 meter relay which placed third in 4:07.61.
NSIC
Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Sheena Devine (Jr., Harris, Minn.) captured first place in the shot
put at the Cobber Open Saturday with throw of 47-1 3/4. The toss ranks the 2007
indoor champion in the top ten in all of NCAA Division II this outdoor season
and provisionally qualifies her for the 2007 Outdoor Championships to be held
in Charlotte, N.D. During the last week of May.
April 16, 2007 |
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NSIC
Track Athlete of the Week
Kacie Sweep
Sophomore
Bismarck , N.D.
Univeisity of Mary
University of Mary’s Kacie Sweep won the 100 meters at the University of Montana Invitational in Missoula, Mont., with a time of 12.54. She came back later in the meet to place second in the 200 meters in a time of 25.32. Sweep also ran on U-Mary’s 4x100 meter relay team that placed third.
NSIC
Field Athlete of the Week
Emily King
Senior
Cudahy, Wis.
Winona State University
Winona State’s Emily King, in a weather-shortened competition at the Viking
Olympics at Augustana, Ill., threw the nation-leading mark on her first attempt
of the season tossing the hammer 180’ 1 ¼”.
April 4, 2007 |
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