For Immediate Release
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016
NSIC Media Relations


NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championship set for Fri.-Sat in Mankato, Minnesota
The 2016 NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships will take place on Friday and Saturday, February 26-27 at Myers Field House on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato.  Field events begin Friday at noon followed by track events at 3 p.m.  Saturday will have field events begin at 10 a.m. and finals in track events at 1 p.m.  The awards ceremony is scheduled for approximately 4:30 p.m.  All-Conference performers shall consist of the top three place winners in each event and the members of the top two relay teams from the conference meet. More info at: www.NorthernSun.org/NSICIDTF

NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Kaitlyn Long (Throws, So., Cottage Grove, Wis. / Monona Grove HS) - Winona State
- Won the weight throw at the University of Wisconsin Red and White open
- Finished ahead of three-time Big 10 Field Athlete of the Week Kesley Card with a toss of 71-2 (21.69m)
- Longs throw surpassed the NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 19.44m
- Long had nearly a five foot personal record in the shot put with a heave of 14.65m (48-0.75)
- Long’s shot put was an NCAA provisional mark and ranks first in the NSIC and tenth in all of NCAA DII
- This marks the fourth time this season Long has earned NSIC Field Athlete of the Week honors

NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Emilee Trost (Mid-Distance, So., Goodhue, Minn. / Cannon Falls HS) - Minnesota Duluth
- Won the 800 meter run at the Parent’s Day Invite at the University of Minnesota
- Trost’s time of 2:08.67 shaved nearly two seconds off the previous school record (2:10.65) set by Liz Palkie in 2009
- Trost’s converted time of 2:07.21 ranks first in NCAA DII and is an automatic qualifying time
- Trost now owns four UMD records (three individual and one relay)
- This marks the fourth time this season Trost has been named NSIC Track Athlete of the Week

NSIC Team Notes
Augustana
- Augie competed at the SDSU Tune-up
Women’s Track
- Valerie Moos finished in first in the women’s 400 meter dash with a season best time of 57.95
- Avery Selberg finished in first in the women’s 800 meters with a time of 2:17.03
Women’s Field
- Calliann Brunswig finished in first in the women’s long jump with a jump of 5.55 meters
- Kelsey Kaufmann and Christine Campbell came in first and second in the women’s high jump
- Kaufmann cleared the bar at 1.63 meters, Campbell at 1.58 meters
 
Bemidji State
-The Bemidji State track and field team hosted the BSU Twilight Feb. 19
- The Beavers had five athletes finish among the top three in their respective events
Women’s Track
- Jane Austin placed second in the 3,000-meter run at the BSU Twilight Friday
- Austin crossed the finish line in a personal-best 11:36
Women’s Field
- Ciara Brewster won the shot put event at the Bemidji State Twilight Friday
- Brewster recorded a toss of 40-8.75 to finish over eight inches beyond the rest of the field
- Brewster also finished sixth in the weight throw, stretching the tape to 40-09.00
- Eleven other BSU athletes recorded personal-bests at the meet

Concordia-St. Paul
Women’s Field
- Erica Young picked up a pair of top-3 finishes in the Parents Day Open
- Young grabbed second in the 400m with a time of 59.06 seconds
- Young cleared 17’0.50” to finish third in the long jump

University of Mary
- The Marauders picked up eight titles and five NCAA provisional qualifying marks at the BSU Twilight in U-Mary’s final tune-up before defending their NSIC conference title on Feb. 26-27
Women’s Track
- Tonie-Ann Pandohie won two events at the BSU Twilight
- Pandohie won the 60 meter hurdles in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 8.69 seconds after posting a time of 8.64 in the preliminaries
- Pandohie captured the 200 meter dash in 25.42 seconds
Women’s Field
- Davina Carr won the pole vault at the BSU Twilight with an NCAA provisional qualifying height of 12-10.00
- Junior All-American Davina Carr (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) won the pole vault in a provo height of 12-10.00.
- Senior All-American Faith Kjelstrup (Glendive, Mont.) won the 60 meter dash (7.89) and the triple jump (37-04.00)
- Three more Marauders posted NCAA provisional qualifying marks: senior Molly McDonald (Lakewood, Colo.) in the high jump (5-05.25), freshman Maria Bolibruch (Kingstown, R.I.) in the 60 meter hurdles (8.81), and freshman Jaiden Schuette (Bismarck, N.D.) in the 800 meter run (2:15.40)

Minnesota Duluth
Women’s Track
- Emi Trost won the 800 meter run at the Parent’s Day Invite at the University of Minnesota
- Trost’s time of 2:08.67 broke the school record by two seconds and ranks first in DII this season
- Danielle Kohlwey also turned in a record-breaking performance Saturday
- Kohlwey finished first in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.71 --  breaking current senior Chanel Miller’s 8.75 record from three years ago

Minnesota State
Women’s Track
- Haley Kruger finished second in the 800-meter run at the Parents Day Open with a time of 2:11.57 (converts to 2:10.07)
- Kruger set a new personal best time and currently ranks as the ninth fastest time in Division II
Women’s Field
- Kayla Lindell won the high jump at the Parents Day Open with a leap of 5-5.25
- Lindell’s mark is tied for the 34th best mark in Division II

MSU Moorhead
Women’s Track
- Caroline Jansen had three top three finishes at the BSU Twilight
- Jansen was second in the long jump (17-6.25), second in the triple jump (37-1) and third in the 60-meter hurdles (8.99)
Women’s Field
- Bailey Reiner won the long jump at the BSU Twilight
- Reiner finished with an effort of 17-11.5, which was a season-best
- Reiner’s jump was the eighth-best in the NSIC this season
 
Minot State
-Minot State University was idle last weekend

Northern State
- NSU finished off the indoor regular season last Friday at the SDSU Last Chance Meet
Women’s Track
- Toni-Ann Ingram continued to take time off her 60-meter dash mark, taking second in the race with a time of 7.87 seconds
Women’s Field
- Breann Jackson was the top Division II finisher in the shot put, taking second with a 13.15-meter throw
- Jackson went on to win the weight throw with an 18.16-meter mark

Sioux Falls
- Sioux Falls Women’s Track & Field closed the regular season at the SDSU Tune Up on Friday, Feb. 19
Women’s Track
- Jessica Justin placed third in the 200-meter dash while Rachel Huffman was fourth in the 1000-meter run and Becca Goertzen took fourth in the 3k
Women’s Field
- Kimberly Peterson placed third in the women’s pole vault, clearing 3.95 meters (12 feet-11.5 inches), a provisional qualifying mark
- Sophie Harano and Megan Muller placed fifth and sixth, respectively, with provisional marks
- Amber Cook finished second in the triple jump and Jada Carr was third in the long jump
- Haley Hinseth and Hannah Steele both finished top-eight in the weight throw and shot put competitions

Southwest Minnesota State
-The SMSU women’s team set four records at the SDSU Last Chance Meet on Friday
Women’s Track
- Kim Shabino finished third in the finals of the 60 meters with a school record time of 7.91
- Ellen Padmore ran a 28.85 in the 200m to finish second out of 17 runners, while Eisha Oden placed third out of 13 in the 400m with a time of 58.99
- Sarah Mayfield finished in the fifth place in the 400m crossing the line at 59.76
- Macy Violett also put her name in the record book with a time of 1:41.61 in the 600m to finish sixth
Women’s Field
- Holly DuHoux recorded a 14.45m toss in the weight throw, to finish fifth
- Rhiannon Sears also had a toss that beat the previous school mark, placing ninth at 13.94m

St. Cloud State
- SCSU competed at the University of Minnesota at the Parents Day Open
Women’s Field
- Patience Yalartai earned her third triple jump victory of the season
- Her jump of 11.61m was an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark, but didn’t better her previous best leap in the event this season
- Redshirt junior Cassie Cardinal ended up finishing third in the shot put with her season-best and NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark of 13.44m
- Senior Heather Clankie finished fifth in the unseeded weight throw (12.85m).

Upper Iowa
- Upper Iowa had standout performances in distance running at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge in Columbia, Mo. on Friday
Women’s Track
- Junior Chandra Smith picked up her second win of the year by claiming the 5000-meter title
- Smith finished with a time of 21:00.71, just two behind her school record pace
- Fellow junior Bethani Jacobsen finished sixth in the 3000-meter run, breaking her own school record by nearly 30 seconds with a time of 11:26.65
Women’s Field
- Freshman Gabbie Mohs set a new personal record in the shot put and finished eighth with a throw of 11.32 meters.
 
Wayne State
Women’s Track
- Rachel Rauner placed 12th in the 200 meter dash in a time of 26.70 seconds Friday night at the Nebraska Tune-up Invitational held at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln
Women’s Field
- Kyndra Sturm recorded a fifth place finish in the weight throw at 53-8.5 Friday night at the Nebraska Tune-up Invitational held at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln

Winona State
Women’s Track
- Megan Seidl once again broke the school record in winning the 200m at the University of Wisconsin Red and White Open, beating athletes from Wisconsin, Marquette and Northern Iowa
- Seidl then went on to lead off the Warriors winning 4x400 relay that took over the #1 spot in the NSIC and attained a NCAA II provisional standard
Women’s Field
- Kaitlyn Long won the weight throw at the University of Wisconsin Red and White open, which included athletes from three D1 Schools
- Long, who finished ahead of three-time Big 10 Field Athlete of the Week Kesley Card, won the event with a toss of 71-2 (21.69m)
- To follow up her weight throw win Long had nearly a five foot PR in the shot put of 14.65m (48-0.75)
- Long’s shot put was an NCAA provisional mark and ranks first in the NSIC and tenth in all of NCAA DII



Past NSIC Athletes of the Week
Women’s Field
12/08/15    Kaitlyn Long - WSU
                 Davina Carr - U-Mary
1/12/16    Kimberly Peterson - USF  
1/19/16    Kaitlyn Long - WSU (2)   
1/26/16    Kimberly Peterson - USF (2) 
2/2/16    Kaitlyn Long - WSU (3)   
2/9/16     Kimberly Peterson - USF (3)
2/16/16  Davina Carr - U-Mary (2)
2/23/16    Kaitlyn Long - WSU (4)   

Women’s Track
12/08/15    Emi Trost - UMD
1/12/16    Afure Adah - MSU
1/19/16    Alexis Zeis - U-Mary
1/26/16    Emi Trost - UMD (2)
2/2/16      Emi Trost - UMD (3)
2/9/16      Altonice Williams - MSU
2/16/16    Haley Kruger - MSU
2/23/16      Emi Trost - UMD (4)