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NCAA Championship Results

NSIC Indoor Track & Field Crowns Two National Champions & 15 All-Americans
The NSIC crowned two National Champions while 15 athletes claimed All-American honors in 18 different events.  Four relay teams also came away with All-American honors at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championship held in Winston-Salem, N.C.

NCAA National Champion - Women's Mile
Minnesota Duluth’s freshman Samantha Rivard (Oak Grove, Minn. / St. Francis HS) captured the mile title at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championship Saturday afternoon in Winston-Salem, N.C. and did so in 4:50.3, shaving 4.36 seconds off the previous UMD mark which she set earlier this winter. In the process, Rivard became the Bulldogs’ second NCAA II indoor track champion, joining high jumper Jodi Swenson (1991) and third overall national titleholder UMD has ever produced (Lexi Williams won the outdoor 800-meter crown in 2012). Just a couple of hours after becoming part of UMD history, Rivard attained All-American status in another event by taking third in the 3,000-meter run. She finished in 9:44.98

National Champion Women’s Pole Vault
Sioux Falls’ Brigitte Gross (PV, Sr., Alexandria, S.D./Hanson HS) brought home the title in the Pole Vault with her winning vault of 12-11.5 (3.95m). Gross made it through the competition having only missed two attempts before hitting the winning mark. Her previous All-American honors came in 2013 when she finished fourth in the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships.



NSIC Women's All-Americans

Kristin Brondbo	Augie	3000m	4th
Samantha Rivard	UMD	Mile	1st
Samantha Rivard	UMD	3000m	3rd
Kayla Wiltrout	UMD	Pole Vault	8th
Hannah Olson	UMD	Mile	7th
Briditte Gross	USF	Pole Vault	1st
Carly Fehringer	WSC	Weight Throw	2nd
Emily Wells	WSC	Weight Throw	8th
Sara Wells	WSC	Shot Put	6th

Augustana  DMR - 6th
Emma Anderson, Carina Hofmeister, Kayla Mescher, & Kyle Blakeslee
University of Mary - 4X400-meter relay - 3rd
Kathryn Stewart, Crystal Hovland, Melanie Rodriguez & Cassie Jones


NSIC Men's All-Americans

Chris Reed	MSU	Shot Put	2nd
Chris Reed	MSU	Weight Throw	4th
Jerrell Hancock	MSU	200m	2nd
Jerrell Hancock	MSU	60m	4th
Nathan Hancock	MSU	Heptathlon	2nd
Keyvan Rudd	MSU	High Jump	6th
Scott Greenman	USF	Pole Vault	3rd
George Kawalawu	SCSU	60m Dash	6th
Kirk Capdeville	Minot	Pole Vault	5th

Augustana - DMR - 6th
Henrik Hansson, Skyler Kuil, Aduo Omot, & Harald Karbo
Minnesota State  - 4x400-meter relay - 8th
N. Hancock, J. Hancock, Carmono Lane, & Zach Gearman

NSIC Team Notes
Augustana
Augustana’s distance medley relay teams ran to All-American finishes on day one of the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. Both men’s and women’s squads placed sixth in the loaded fields to give eight athletes All-American honors.
 The men’s squad of Henrik Hansson, Skyler Kuil, Aduo Omot, and Harald Karbo earned an automatic qualifying mark to place themselves in the 12-team field. The Vikings ran to sixth place for their third All-American finish in four years.
The women’s team of Emma Anderson, Carina Hofmeister, Kayla Mescher, and Kyle Blakeslee kept their All-American finish streak alive, taking sixth in the 13-squad field.
 
University of Mary
Women’s Track: Saving its best performance of the season for the biggest stage, the University of Mary women’s 4x400 relay team placed third at the 2014 NCAA women’s indoor  track and field championships. Juniors Kathryn Stewart and Crystal Hovland, both of whom ran on the Marauders national championship Distance Medley Relay team a year ago, were joined by two Canadian freshmen, Melanie Rodriguez and Cassie Jones. The quartet ran a school-record time of 3:47.24 to finish second in their heat and third overall. U-Mary was just .11 seconds out of second... Stewart and Janet Johnson also competed individually and both missed the finals by the slimmest of margins. Stewart finished ninth in the 200 meter dash, missing the finals and All-American honors by .1 seconds. Johnson placed ninth and missed the finals and All-American honors by .002 seconds in the 60 meter hurdles... U-Mary finished with six team points and placed 32nd overall.
 
Minnesota Duluth
Men Track: Bulldog senior Cole Toepfer finished 14th in the mile prelimaries with a time of 4:18.94 and failed to advance to Saturday’s finals. He later ran a leg for UMD in the distance medley relay. That unit, which also consisted of senior Tyler Stevens and junior Phil D’Entremont and Chris Wilson was the first DMR group to ever compete in an NCAA II national event, settled for 10th despite dropping a baton midway through the race. Their time of 10:07.30 was just 3.09 seconds shy of an All-American performance (eighth place).
Women Track/Field:  Kayla Wiltrout came in as an NCAA II Indoor Track and Field Championship newcomer and left as an NCAA II All-American. The University of Minnesota Duluth sophomore tied for eighth place in the pole vault at the national event Friday afternoon in Winston-Salem, N.C., en route to becoming the first Bulldog pole vaulter to earn All-American distinction. She cleared 11’-7” on her first attempt and then 12”-1’ in two tries before failing three times at 12’-7” . In the mile Sam Rivard took home the title, while sophomore Hannah Olson joined UMD’s three-member All-American club for 2014 with a seventh-place effort and a 4:55.59 clocking. Also on Saturday, junior Amelia Maher, who like the other five Bulldogs this weekend were making their NCAA II national track debuts, was 14th in the pentathlon, accumulating 3,180 points. The Bulldogs wound up 10th -- their highest placing ever -- in the final team standings. Adams State University captured the No. 1 spots with 67.0 points while UMD had 18.50 points, tops among all Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference schools.

MInnesota State
The Minnesota State men’s track and field team finished fourth at this year’s NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships with 38 points. In total the Mavericks earned earned All-American honors in seven different events. Senior Chris Reed placed second in the shot put with a throw of 62’ 11 ½” and fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 68’ 5”. He is now a four-time All-American in the shot put and earned his second All-American honor in the weight throw. Senior sprinter Jerrell Hancock placed second in 200-meter with a time of 21.33 and fourth in the 60-meter dash with at time of 6.78. This marks Hancock’s fourth All-American honors in the 200 and his second in the 60. Junior Nathan Hancock earned his third All-American honors in the heptathlon placing second with a school record 5,449 points. Senior Keyvan Rudd earned his second All-American honors in the high jump finishing in sixth place clearing 6’ 10 ¾”. The 4x400-meter relay team of N. Hancock, J. Hancock, Carmono Lane, and Zach Gearman took eighth place finishing with a time of 3:16.56.
Women Track:  The 4x400-meter relay team of Jenni Vantinnen, Taylor Glover, Madison Alexander, and Taylor Naatz finished in 12th place crossing the finish line with at time of 3:54.83.
Women Field:  In the weight throw junior Morgan Stampley had a throw of 56’ 3.25”. That throw placed her 12th out of 17 competitors. Junior Bryanna Sudman competed in the pole vault for the Purple and Gold. She had a vault of 12’ 1.5” to finish in tenth place.

MSU Moorhead
Men’s Track: The Minnesota State University Moorhead men’s 4x400 relay team finished 12th at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C. That relay consisted of senior Keith Turner, junior Ryan Olson, junior Kyle Kastello and junior Matt Loehr.
Women’s Track & Field: Minnesota State University Moorhead track athletes Tia Knight and Molly Montonye competed at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in Winston-Salem, N.C. Neither Dragon was able to advance to the finals in their respective events.
Knight competed in the preliminaries of two events on Friday. She placed 15th in the 60-meter dash prelims at 7.73 and was 17th in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.88. It was Knight’s first trip to the indoor championships.
Montonye was also making her first trip to the indoor championships, and placed 13th in the mile at 5:03.02. She was just four seconds away from qualifying for the finals. It is Montonye’s first trip to the indoor nationals.

Minot State
Minot State University junior Kirk Capdeville (Pole Vault, Hinsdale, Mont.) made school history Friday at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships as he became the school’s first men’s All-American since joining NCAA DII. Capdeville also set a personal best, breaking his own school record, as he finished fifth overall with a vault of 16-feet-4 ¾. He helped the Beavers finish tied for 34th with his four points. Capdeville was Minot State’s only competitor at the Indoor championships on the men’s and women’s side.

Sioux Falls
The Cougar track & field team competed at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C. where the women finished the meet in 21st place finish while the men ended the weekend in 25th place.
Women Field:  Brigitte Gross (PV, Sr., Alexandria, S.D./Hanson HS) brought home the title in the Pole Vault with her winning vault of 12-11.5 (3.95m). Gross made it through the competition having only missed two attempts before hitting the winning mark. Her previous All-American honors came in 2013 when she finished fourth in the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships.
Women Track: Kendra Knight (Sprints, Sr., Mitchell, S.D./Mitchell HS) made her first trip to the NCAA Championships, improving on the original seeding, as she entered the meet with the slowest time in the field and came away from the meet with the 15th fastest time run. Knight’s time of 57.16 was just 0.7 seconds away from qualifying for the finals.
Men Track: Bobby Brockmueller (Distance, Jr., Brandon, S.D./Brandon Valley HS) helped guide the Cougars as they came up just short in their bid to claim All-American status. Brockmueller anchored the Cougars relay with a 4:13.8 mile as they finished just 0.48 seconds out of All-American status with their 9th place finish.  Brockmueller was honored as the NCAA Elite 89 Award winner at the championships.
Men Field:  Scott Greenman (PV, So., Clovis, Calif./Clovis HS) brought home All-American honors for the Cougars with his 3rd place finish in the Pole Vault. Greenman’s vault of 16-8.75 (5.09m) ties a USF school record set by Brian Schenavar in 2011. The All-American honors are the first for Greenman in his third time competing at a NCAA Track & Field Championship.

St. Cloud State
St. Cloud State track and field athlete’s senior George Kawalawu and sophomore Ryan Johnson competed the NCAA Indoor Championships this past weekend. Kawalawu competed in the 60m dash, while Johnson competed in the men’s weight throw. Kawalawu closed out the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships with an All-American performance in the finals of the 60-meter dash Saturday afternoon. Kawalawu ran the race in 6.83 and placed sixth to earn All-American status. This was Kawalawu’s third trip to the NCAA Indoor National Championships and most satisfying as it is his first championship finish in the indoor 60 meters. The last two years he did not advance out of the preliminaries. Last season he suffered an injury in the prelims and in 2012 placed two positions out of the championship race. Ryan Johnson completed his first ever appearance at the national stage in the weight throw championships on Friday afternoon finishing 15th as he threw for a distance of 59-00.75. Earning his spot on the national stage, Johnson posted a mark of 64-0.50 for second place in the NSIC Championships on Feb. 28.

Wayne State
The Wayne State College women’s indoor track and field team had three All-Americans and finished tied for 16th place in the team standings with 12 points at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships in Winston-Salem, North Carolina over the weekend.
Wayne senior Carly Fehringer earned All-American honors in the weight throw for a second straight season finishing second with a throw of 62’ 5 3/4” while Albion senior Emily Wells collected her first All-American finish taking eighth in Friday’s weight throw at 60’ 5 1/4”.
Saturday, junior Sara Wells earned All-American honors in the shot put for a second straight season with a top heave of 47’ 11 1/4” to finish sixth.  
 
Winona State
Women’s Track: The Winona State 4x400 meter relay squad finished ninth at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championship Saturday, posting a time of 3:51.37. The relay of Kelsey Bethke, Katie Bagley, Taylor Vogel and Catherine Whitcomb recorded their second-best time of the season and the fourth-best mark in program history, finishing just over two seconds off the school record time of 3:49.13. The quartet also holds the second-best time in the event in program history with a time of 3:49.16 posted earlier in the year. The Warrior relay was joined by Elisa Kupferschmid at the national championship meet, with the senior finishing 13th Friday in the weight throw.