BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The 10-time defending NSIC Champions of Minnesota State University, Mankato were picked to win the NSIC in the preseason men's outdoor track & field coaches' poll. The Mavericks received 10 first place votes and tallied 120 points, ranking them ahead of Augustana, which was second with 112 points and two first place votes. MSU Moorhead was third with 91 points, University of Mary was fourth with 88 points while Wayne State was fifth with 76 points.
Augustana's Henry Klitzke was voted by the coaches as preseason outdoor track athlete of the year while MSU Moorhead's Shyrone Kemp was named the preseason field athlete of the year.
The 2023 NSIC outdoor track & field season gets underway this weekend with the regular season culminating on Thursday-Saturday, May 11-13 at the NSIC Championships held at Sea Foam Stadium, hosted by Concordia-St. Paul.