For Immediate Release
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Rose Cramer (Sprints, So., Milwaukee, Wis.) - Minnesota State
- Placed first in the 200m dash at the SDSU D2 Open
- Recorded a NCAA provisional time of 24.63
- The time ranks second in the NSIC and seventh fastest in Division II this season

NSIC Women's Field Athlete of the Week
Katie Taylor (Throws, Sr., Hayward, Wis. / Hayward HS) - Minnesota State
- Won the shot put and the weight throw at the SDSU D2 Open
- Placed first in the shot put with a provisional mark of 48-2.5 (14.69m) 
- The throw ranks second in the NSIC and seventh in Division II
- Won the weight throw with a provisional distance of 63-7.75 (19.4m)
- The weight throw would rank fourth best in NCAA Division II this season
- Own the top mark in the weight throw in DII this season (65-8.75/20.03m - Chuck Petersen Open - 12/4/21)
- Named NSIC Athlete of the Week for the second week in a row

Other Top Track Performances
Nyanas Kur (AUGIE) had two top-five finishes at the SDSU D2 Open placing fourth in the 60m final and fifth in the 200m to open her collegiate career for Augustana. Kur's times of 7.86 and 25.42 rank her 14th and 10th in the conference along with fifth and fourth on Augustana's top-10 list.
Julia Nielsen (UMD) notched a first-place finish in the 1 mile run with a mark of 5:15.01 at the Twin Ports Invite.
Robynn Curry (MSUM) won the 60-meter dash at the Cobber Open with time of 8.09. She also won long jump as she had two top seven finishes at SDSU D2 Invitational.
Caitlin Cornell (MINOT) broke the NCAA D-II era Minot State record in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:19.32.
Megan Mooberry (NSU) won the 1000m and 5000m at the SDSU Division II Invite. She tallied a 1000m time of 3:12.13, which ranks ninth in the NSIC. She recorded a 5000m time of 17:46.71, which ranks second in the NSIC.
KaNya Henderson (USF) had a top-10 program marks in the 200 meters and in the 60-meter dash at the SDSU DII Invitational. Henderson was third in the 60-meter dash in 7.77 and clocked a 25.88 in the 200-meters to finish eighth.
Isatu Shirek (SMSU) set a school record in the prelims of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.02 at the SDSU D2 Invite on Friday. She then went on to place sixth in the final with a time of 9.18. Shirek also ran in the 200 meters and finished 10th at 26.07.
Nailea Espinoza (UIU) ran 7.97 and Maddie Stevens 8.02 to go 1-2 in the finals of the 60m dash to score 10 and eight points, respectively. Zakaria Fuller added 10 more points with the event title in the 400-meter race in a time of 1:02.60.
Lindsay Cunningham (WSU), one week removed from setting the Winona State program record in the 3000-meters, recorded yet another great mark at the UW-Stout Open, this time in the 1-mile run. She won the event with a time of 5:01.52 as she moved into third all-time at WSU with that mark. 

Other Top Field Performances
Kylee Sallee (AUGIE) placed fifth in the long jump at the SDSU D2 Open in her second collegiate meet as a Viking. Sallee's jump of 18-0.5 ranks her 12th in the NSIC along with seventh on Augustana's top-10 all-time list.
Arianna Passeri (UMary) won the long jump at the D2 Invitational at South Dakota State. She captured the event with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 5.67 meters. She ranks fourth in long jump in nation and 1st in NSIC with effort of 5.96 meters earlier this season. She also placed 7th in the 60-meter dash at the D2Invite (7.85 seconds top mark on day).
Bryn London (UMD) took first-place in the high jump with an impressive mark of 1.55m at the Twin Ports Invite.
Rachel Schumacher (MSUM) won the high jump twice this past weekend. She won the high jump on Friday at the SDSU D2 Invitational with jump of 5-5 and then at Cobber Open on Saturday.
Sophia Kenyon (MINOT) turned in a career-best throw of 49-6.5 at the South Dakota State D2 Invitational on Friday.
Emma Hertz  (USF) finished third in the weight throw at the SDSU DII Invitational with an NCAA DII provisional mark of 18.88 meters / 61-11.5. The mark is her second-best throw of the season and her fourth best in her career. On Dec. 3, she set a school record with a throw of 63-2.25.
Parker Buske (SCSU) had a career day at the UW-Stout Open, closing out the Field Events with her second straight meet win in the Triple Jump, covering a personal best 11.89m. This was a mark that clears the NCAA Provisional of 11.70m and currently places her 16th in the NCAA DII leaderboards. She also took second in the Long Jump with an Indoor personal-best 5.54m leap.
Brooklynn Chipps (WSC) posted NCAA provisional mark in weight throw at SDSU Division II Invite Friday night...placed second at 62-2.5, eighth best throw in NCAA Division II this year...also finished seventh in shot put with mark of 42' 11".
Madison Rizner (WSU) transitioned seamlessly from the volleyball court to the track, where she finished tied for first place at UW-Stout this past weekend. She had a 1.43 meter effort in the high jump.
 

Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
12/7/21
T: Ja'Cey Simmons  - Minnesota State
F: Arika Robinson  - Concordia-St. Paul
12/14/21
T: Elizabeth Acheson  - UMary
F: Arianna Passeri - UMary
1/18/22
T: Lindsay Cunningham - Winona State
F: Katie Taylor - Minnesota State
1/25/22
T: Rose Cramer - Minnesota State
F: Katie Taylor - Minnesota State (2)

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 24 team national championships and crowned 81 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.