For Immediate Release
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Men's Track Athlete of the Week
Austin Miller  (Sprints, Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D. / Washington HS) - Augustana 
- Ran the 1,500m in 3:40.59 at the Bryan Clay Invitational
- The NCAA provisional time ranks him No. 3 in Division II this season
- Also ran a personal best in the 800m, running 1:48.61 to rank him No. 7 in Division II this season
- Named NSIC Track Athlete of the Week for the second week in a row

NSIC Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Shyrone Kemp (Jumps, Jr.,  Jones Town, Bahamas / Tabernacle Baptist Christian Academy) - MSU Moorhead
- Set a school record in the triple jump at Bryan Clay Invitational
- Won the event with a jump of 51-8.25 (15.75m)
- The jump is an NCAA qualifying mark and fourth-best in Division II this season

Other Top Track Performances
Tanner Maier (MSU) ran a 1:48:35 in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invite. He ranks fifth in the nation this season as he broke the school record that was held by Ted Nelson since 1960.
Nadir Yusuf (MSUM) set a school record in the 10,000m at Mt. SAC Relays. His time was 29:03.05 which was an NCAA qualifying time. He finished fifth ahead of Division I runners from BYU, South Dakota, South Dakota State and Minnesota as he ran the fastest time in NSIC and eighth in Division II this season.
Jacob Jensen (MINOT) broke the all-time, 45-year-old Minot State school record in the 1,500 meters, clocking a time of 3:51.93 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the third-fastest time in the NSIC in the event this spring.
 David Ecker (USF) nearly had a school record by running the second best 5,000-meter by a men's runner in school history at the UW-Platteville Invite. In finishing 11th at the meet, he had a time of 14:27.24 just missing the record (Bobby Brockmueller, 14:25.87, 2015).

Other Top Field Performances
Tyl Woelber (AUGIE) turned out two NCAA Provisional Qualifying marks at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, hosted by Long Beach. He had a long jump of 23-11 to rank him 21st in the nation. Additionally, he set a season’s best in the javelin with his throw of 203-6, ranking him 18th in the nation. Both marks are second in the NSIC this season.
Carson Dittel (MSU) vaulted 5.05m at Mt. SAC Relays to rank 13th in Division II in the event. 
Leif Nelson (MINOT) won the javelin throw at the Pacific Coast Invitational hosted by Long Beach State on Thursday with a new all-time Minot State school record and an NCAA provisional mark of 210-1, which ranks him No. 1 in the NSIC and No. 12 in the nation. He also turned in the 9th-best throw in the shot put this spring with a mark of 47-7.25 inches at the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific.
Tyler Hiatt (USF) had an NCAA DII provisional mark and won the shot put with a throw of 17.22m, which is his second best all-time and also the program's second best throw at the Loper Invitational. He also finished third in the discus at 48.17m  (158-0) which is also a top-10 program mark, although just off his best effort.
Logan Moeller (WSC) hit NCAA provisional marks in the long jump and triple jump at the Loper Invitational Friday in Kearney, Nebraska. He placed second in long jump at 24-3 and now ranks No. 1 in the NSIC in event at No. 17 in NCAA Division II. He had a second place finish in the triple jump at 48-7.5, and now ranks second in the NSIC and No. 22 in NCAA Division II in the triple jump.

 
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
3/28/22
T: Jacob Jensen - Minot State
F: Cole Christoffersen - Wayne State
4/4/22
T: Tanner Maier- Minnesota State
F: Tanner Berg - Northern State
4/11/22
T: Austin Miller - Augustana 
F: Tanner Berg - Northern State
4/18/22
T: Austin Miller - Augustana (2) 
F: Shyrone Kemp - MSU Moorhead

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 25 team national championships and crowned 90 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 have the opportunity to 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.