Des Moines, Iowa – The Northern State University track and field teams closed out their weekend on Saturday at the Drake Relays, going 2-for-2 in school records. In addition, Tanner Berg and the women's distance medley relay tallied top-10 finishes in their events.
 
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Tanner Berg threw to a runner-up finish in the hammer with a new school record of 70.37m

 
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• The distance medley relay squad of Megan Pickering, Jennifer Clark, Mary Franssen, and Isabel Kinzer took sixth overall with a school record time of 12:37.65

 
BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Berg held a school record of 69.55m in the hammer that he set at the Jo Meaker Classic earlier this spring
• The DMR record was last set in 1998 by Julie Huss, Nancy Johnson, Lisa Urlaub, and Holly Schumacher with a time of 12:52.10

 
UP NEXT
Northern State concludes the regular season next Friday, May 6 at the USD Twilight. NSU then hosts the NSIC Championships from Swisher Activities Complex, May 12-14.