For Immediate Release
Saturday, May 12, 2018
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WINONA, Minn. – The University of Mary returned to the top of the NSIC as it won the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship behind an impressive performance at Paul Giel Field in Winona, Minnesota. The Marauders amassed 157 points to win by 47 points over second place Minnesota State. This marks the Marauders eighth NSIC Outdoor Women’s title and their first since 2015.
Cold temperatures and rain forced the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championship run the 10,000m runs on Friday with all of Friday's prelims being cancelled and all of Saturday's events run as finals.
Four records were broken over the last two days of the NSIC Championships.
Wayne State’s Michaela Dendginer was name the NSIC High Point Performer after scoring 30 points in winning three events for the second year in a row. The five-time NSIC Field Athlete of the Week, Dendginer set a new NSIC record in the shot put with a heave of 16.52-meters (54-3.75) to surpass the 2015 mark of 16.05 set by Wayne State’s Sara Wells. In the hammer throw she threw 61.96-meters (203-3) and had a discus toss of 50.75-meters (166-6) to win both events.
Other records that fell were the 5000-meter run as Alexis Zeis of UMary ran a time of 16:34.35 to break the 2015 record of 16:47.56 ran by Augustana’s Leah Seivert.
Sioux Falls’ Kimberly Peterson set a record in the pole vault as she cleared 4.20-meters (13-9.25) to surpass the 2016 mark of 4.08 held by USF’s Courtney Crandall.
The championship started out with Northern State’s Sasha Hovind crushing the record in the 10,000 meter run. Hovind ran an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 34:12.43 to break the 2015 record of 34:55.57 held by Augustana’s Leah Seivert. Defending 10K champion Lexie Zeis of the University of Mary finished second with a time of 35:11.85.
The top three finishers in each event and the top two relay teams are named to the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference team. NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Athletes and Coach of the Year will be announced next week at NorthernSun.org.
The 2018 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held May 24-26 at the Irwin Belk Complex in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will be hosted by Johnson C. Smith University. The entire field for the NCAA Championships will be announced on Tuesday, May 15 on NCAA.com.
Women - Team Rankings - 21 Events Scored
1) U-Mary 157
2) Minnesota State 110
3) Winona State 81.33
4) Augustana 80
5) Minnesota-Duluth 78
6) Sioux Falls 55.50
7) Concordia-St. Paul 55.33
8) Wayne St 50
9) Northern State 38
10) MSU-Moorhead 35
11) St. Cloud State 34.33
12) Upper Iowa 20
13) Bemidji State 14.50
14) Southwest Minnesota State 7
15) Minot State 3
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