Aberdeen, S.D. - The Northern State track and field program will open the 2021-22 indoor season this weekend at the SDSU Holiday Invite in Brookings. Action begins Friday with the bulk of the meet and concludes with the second half of the men's heptathlon on Saturday. All action will take place at the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings.

How to watch

• Live results: www.results.dakotatiming.com
• Admission: $5.00 for adults and middle and high school aged students; grade school students $3.00; under 5 free.

Storylines

• Northern is coming off a 2020-21 indoor season that saw the women's team finish fifth at the NSIC Championships in late February. The men's team was a close fourth in those standings.
• The Wolves will have a partial squad of approximately 45 athletes in action this weekend.

Men's storylines

• Northern will return the services of NSIC record holder and NCAA Division II All-American Tanner Berg, who returns after taking his Covid season, but is not bereft of other returning talent, including a corps of young sprinters. The Wolves finished second in last year's NSIC indoor meet in the 4x100-meter relay. That group included two sophomores (Tafara Hondonga and Ronald Stephenson) and two freshmen (including Seth Martens, who was the Wolves' NSIC Athlete to Watch this season).
• Jackson Harrison is back to anchor the distance runners for the Wolves.
• Glen Quayle, a freshman, is also expected to have an impact in the pole vault.
• NSU was picked to finish fourth in the NSIC Preseason Coaches Poll.

Women's storylines

• Kealy Hill, also a senior, is back, as well, after finishing in a tie for third.
• Shona Juliana was eighth last season in the triple jump in indoor and fifth during the outdoor season. She was also second in the outdoor long jump.
• Incoming freshman Renee Taylor is expected to contribute, as well. Taylor is a hurdler/sprinter for the Northern women's squad.
• The Wolves were picked fifth in the NSIC Preseason Coaches Poll.