For Immediate Release
Monday, May 2, 2022
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Men's Track Athlete of the Week
Ibrahim Oduong (Sprints, So., Bismarck, N.D. / Century HS) – MSU Moorhead
Travis Joseph (Sprints/High Jump, So., Coral Springs, Fla. / J.P. Taravella HS) – MSU Moorhead
Elliott MacLennan (Sprints, Fr., Edmonton, Alberta / Paul Kane HS) – MSU Moorhead
Ty Dawkins (Sprints, Sr., Freeport, Bahamas / Bishop Michael Eldon HS) – MSU Moorhead
- Won the Drake Relays College Division 4X400m relay 
- Winning time was 3:14.40, winning by .03 seconds 
- The team ran a season-best of 3:11.93 in prelims
- The prelim mark was a provisional time and ranks 11th best time Division II this season

NSIC Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Tanner Berg (Throws, Gr., Watertown, S.D. / Watertown HS) - Northern State
- Placed second (top division II thrower) in the hammer throw at the Drake Relays & the Kip Janvrin Open
- Threw a new school record mark of 230-10 (70.37m) at the Drake Relays
- The mark is the best in NCAA Division II this season
- Added a 13th place finish in the discus (43.40m) and a fifth place finish in the shot put (16.40m) at the Drake Relays
- Threw the hammer 66.55m at the Kip Janvrin Open
- Named NSIC Field Athlete of the Week for the fourth time this season

Other Top Track Performances
Henry Klitzke (AUGIE) placed 16th in the 5,000m at Drake Relays running 14:25.35. His time ranks him third in the NSIC this season.
Nick Jacobson (UMD) ran 4:00.63 and earned himself first place on the leader board in the 1,500 meter run at the Gustavus Drake Alternative. His time was a new personal record, was well as a new meet record.
Tanner Maier (MSU) was part of the MSU team that won the sprint medley at the Drake Relays with a time of 3:22.75. He was joined by Shaheed Hickman, Kenry Atubel, and Carter Nesvold.
Jackson Harrison (NSU) broke the Northern State school record in the 5000m with a time of 14:38.63. He took fifth in the event from the Kip Janvrin Open. 
Joseph Donahue (USF) had his best performance outdoors with a fifth place finish in the 100 meter dash at 10.70 (second all-time at USF) and a sixth place finish in the 200 meter dash (fourth all-time at USF) at the Kip Janvrin Meet. 

Other Top Field Performances
Tyl Woelber (AUGIE) placed 11th in the high jump (6-8.75) and ninth in the javelin throw (187-9) at Drake Relays. His mark in the high jump was an NCAA Qualifying Mark and ranks him tied for third in the NSIC.
Jakob Tordsen (CSP) won the decathlon at the Drake Relays and he shattered the school record with 7145 points, surpassing Josh Johanson's mark of 6472 set back in 2018. He broke his own school record in the javelin (190'7") winning the event and finished in the top-six in all 10 events. He moved into fifth on the NCAA qualifying list in the decathlon.
Colton Kostynick (UMD) posted two first place finishes at the Gustavus Drake Alternative. In the discus throw, Kostynick threw a distance of 48.42m to earn the top spot. In the shot put, he would again take home first place after securing a distance of 15.65m.
Tyler Hiatt (USF) set a school record with an NCAA DII provisional mark and the 12th best throw in DII in the shot put with his personal-best of 17.95M (58-10.75) at the Kip Janvrin Open. He finished second overall at the competition. He was also sixth in the discus throw with another DII provisional mark of 50.56M - 165-10, which was just shot or his outdoor best of 52.22M-171-4 set at the South Dakota Challenge on April 21 at No. 17 in DII.
Dylan Kneifl (WSC) won high jump at Prairie Wolf Invite in Lincoln with new school record jump of 6-11. The NCAA provisional mark that is now tied for first in NSIC and tied for ninth in NCAA Division II. He broke a 37-year old school record in high jump at WSC.
 
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 (2)
4/18/22
T: Austin Miller - Augustana (2) 
F: Shyrone Kemp - MSU Moorhead
4/25/22
T: Abel Christiansen – Minnesota State
F: Tanner Berg - Northern State (3)
5/2/22
T: Ibrahim Oduong,  Travis Joseph, Elliott MacLennan, Ty Dawkins – MSU Moorhead
F: Tanner Berg - Northern State (4)

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.