For Immediate Release
Monday, February 13, 2023
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Men's Track Athlete of the Week
Jared Gregoire (Distance, Fr., Buffalo, Minn. / Buffalo HS) - MSU Moorhead 
- Won the 800m run at the Minnesota State Massive Meet #2 with a time of 1:50.95
- Set a MSUM school record, besting the record set by teammate Braxton Bruer earlier this season
- The mark is the top time in the NSIC this season and is the sixth best run in Division II

NSIC Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Shyrone Kemp (High Jump, Sr., Jones Town, Bahamas / Tabernacle Baptist Christian Academy) - MSU Moorhead 
- Leapt a season-best 50-4.50 in Friday's triple jump at the Minnesota Massive Meet #1
- Won the event by over a foot
- Ranks eighth in Division II this season and tops in the NSIC

Other Top Track Performances
Henry Klizke (AUGIE) broke the Augustana school record in the 5000 meter run with a time of 14:06.49 while garnering an NCAA provisional mark. Klitzke's time is ranked at 15th in the nation while winning the event at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
Qai Hussey, Rashion Walker, Junior Pontes Da Veiga, and Kenry Atubel (MSU) of the 4x400 relay team combined to win the event at the Massive Meet #2 (3:16.20). The set a new season-best unadjusted time in the event, shaving 0.01 seconds after their previous best time. The converted time (due to track size) of 3.13.12 now ranks eighth in NCAA Division II, moving up 19 spots from where they were entering the weekend. Helped Mavericks win their sixth team meet of the season.
Jackson Harrison (NSU) ran to a school record time of 14:35.11 in the 5000m to finish eighth in the event at the SDSU Indoor Classic. He sits second in the NSIC in the event with the converted time of 14:44.48. 
Alex Pitts (UIU) was a part of 11 points for the Peacocks helping to lead the team to a fifth-place finish at the Platteville Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Pitts placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles and was part of UIU's runner-up finish in the 4K medley relay. Pitts teamed up with David Snider, Peyton Halverson and Nathan Goranson in the relay to post a time of 11:08.7.
Titus Kiptoo (WSC) place second at the Minnesota State Massive Meet in the 5,000 meter race with a time of 14:57.26

Other Top Field Performances
Eben Mundfrom (CSP) hit a NCAA provisional qualifying marks in the weight throw on back-to-back days. He cleared 60- 0.25 to take second in the event at the MSU Massive Meet #1 on Friday. He won the event with a distance of 63-0.75 in the MSU Massive Meet #2 on Saturday as he moved into 15th in the nation in the weight throw. 
Carson Dittel (MSU) won the individual title in two separate meets on the week (Massive Meet #1; Massive Meet #2). He had a winning-height of 5.01 m (16-5.25) in Friday's competition, and went for nearly the same height in winning Saturday's competition (5.00 m; 16-4.75). Literally missed by his chin, which nicked the bar causing it to dislodge, a successful clearance on Saturday of 5.19 m (17' 0.25"), which would have been a career-best effort. He ranks eighth nationally in the pole vault at 16-11 from back on January 27. He helped the Mavericks win both meets on the weekend.
Glen Quayle (NSU) took third in the pole vault as the top Division II placer at the SDSU Indoor Classic. He vaulted a national provisional mark of 4.90m. The season best mark moved Quayle up to 19th in the country in the event. 
Jaylen Hobson (UIU) was a part of 18 points for the Peacocks leading the team to a fifth-place finish at the Platteville Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Hobson won the invite's triple jump with a mark of 44-5.5 (13.55m) and placed second in the long jump with a leap of 6.57 meters.
Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
12/6/22
T: Jakob Hanna – Sioux Falls
F: Carson Dittel – Minnesota State
12/13/22
T: Brendon Hoyte - University of Mary
F: Jakob Tordsen - Concordia-St. Paul
1/17/23
T: Brendon Hoyte - University of Mary (2)
F: James Gilbert – Minnesota State
1/24/23
T: Braxton Bruer – MSU Moorhead
F: James Gilbert – Minnesota State (2)
1/31/23
T: Lawrence Lokonobei - Augustana
F: Jakob Tordsen - Concordia-St. Paul (2)
2/6/23
T: Braxton Bruer – MSU Moorhead (2)
F: James Gilbert – Minnesota State (3)
2/13/23
T: Jared Gregoire - MSU Moorhead 
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 96 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.