For Immediate Release
Monday, Feb. 12, 2018
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MANKATO, Minn. – Wayne State junior Robert Sullivan repeated as NSIC Heptathlon Champion as the 2017-18 NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championship got underway on Sunday and Monday from Myers Field House in Mankato, Minnesota.  Sullivan scored an NCAA Provisional score of 5202 as he improved upon his school record score.  The score ranks in the top ten performances of Division II this season.  
 
Sullivan finished 139 points ahead of teammate Derek Lahm, who scored 5063 points.  Sullivan, a junior from Bennington, Nebraska, won three of the seven events contested in the heptathlon, taking first in the shot put (12.52m / 41-1), high jump (2.04m / 6-8.25) and 60-meter hurdles (8.47) while placing second in the long jump (6.86 / 22-6.25) and fifth in the 60-meter dash (7.40) and pole vault (4.10m / 13-5.25). 
 
In all, the top seven finishers in the heptathlon scored over the NCAA provisional mark of 4671 in the competition.  Minnesota State’s Jack Curtis finished third with 5061 and joins Sullivan and Lahm as All-NSIC performers. 

The NSIC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championships continue Friday and Saturday, February 23-24 from Myers Field House in Mankato, Minnesota.

Men Heptathlon
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points      
  1 Robert Sullivan              Wayne State               5202   10         
  2 Derek Lahm                   Wayne State               5063    8         
  3 Jack Curtis                  Minnesota State           5061    6         
  4 Logan Rubeck                 Minnesota-Duluth          4872    5         
  5 Jonas Matzen                 MSU Moorhead              4866    4         
  6 Bryce Malsam                 Northern State            4845    3         
  7 Josh Johanson                Concordia-St. Paul        4816    2         
  8 Logan Bristol                Minnesota State           4551    1         
  9 Jackson Penner               U-Mary                    4510              
 10 Kelson Brewer                Northern State            4499              
 11 Calvin Buesgens              Minnesota State           4367              
 12 Jacob Minnick                MSU Moorhead              4336              
 13 Jordan Swango                U-Mary                    4303              
 14 Eric Chromy                  Minnesota-Duluth          4062              
 15 Jakob Tordsen                Concordia-St. Paul        4014