BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The 11-time defending NSIC Champions of Minnesota State University, Mankato were picked to win the NSIC in the preseason men's indoor track & field coaches' poll. The Mavericks received 11 first place votes and tallied 121 points, ranking them ahead of Augustana, which was second with 107 points and the other first place vote.
Concordia-St. Paul's Jakob Tordsen field) and Minnesota State's Tanner Maier (track) were selected as the preseason athletes of the year. Tordsen finished first in the heptathlon with a score of 5026 at the SDSU Holiday Open last season and was runner-up in the heptathlon with a score of 5279 at the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships to earn All-NSIC honors. Maier is the MSU record holder in the 800m run and is a two-time All-American after a third-place finish in the 800m run with a time of 1:50.57 at last year's NCAA Indoor Championships
The 2022-23 NSIC indoor track & field season gets underway this weekend with the regular season culminating on Friday-Saturday, February 24-25 at the NSIC Championship held at Myers Fieldhouse in Mankato, Minnesota, hosted by Minnesota State University, Mankato.