Mankato, Minn. – The Northern State University track and field teams closed out the opening day of the NSIC Indoor Championships advancing six to the finals on Sunday. In addition, three Wolves tallied all-conference awards with multiple top-8 finishers as well. Northern sits third (men) with 26 points and sixth (women) with 14.5 points.
 
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Sean Juengst sits seventh in the heptathlon heading into day two with 2,441 points; he tallied marks of 7.71 in the 60m, 5.93m in the long jump, 10.55m in the shot put ,and 1.89m in the high jump
• Eli Radtke sits 11^th in the heptathlon with 2,305 points notching marks of 7.54 in the 60m, 5.91m in the long jump, 10.00m in the shot put, and 1.71m in the high jump
• The distance medley relay squad of Nathan Alto, Carter Moller, Jonathan Burkhalter, and Josh Martin took fifth with a time of 10:15.71
• Joel Matehs advanced to the 60m hurdle final in seventh with a time of 8.28
• Nick Olson landed on the podium in the weight throw, tossing 17.24m in eighth place overall
• Martin qualified for the finals of the 1000m with a time of 2:31.43 in sixth
• Jackson Harrison finished as the runner-up in the 5000m with a time of 14:51.45
• Glen Quayle added a runner-up finish in the pole vault, clearing 4.87m, followed by Sam Tremelling in fifth (4.67m) and Eli Radtke in eighth (4.47m)

 
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• The distance medley relay team of Jennifer Clark, Vanessa Klein, Alli Jackson, and Megan Pickering took seventh with a time of 12:37.26
• Renea Taylor advanced to the finals in the 60m hurdles with a provisional time of 8.70 in fourth
• Breaking her own school record in the 60m, Taylor advanced with a provisional time of 7.49 in third
• The Northern State women scored big in the pole vault, led by Kenzee Danielson in third with a mark of 3.71m
• Laci Leverty and Bethany Dybdahl followed in fifth and sixth with marks of 3.41m
• Mary Franssen heads into the finals of the 1000m tomorrow with the fast time in prelims, crossing the finish line in 3:02.57
• Taylor closed out her day, qualifying for the 200m final with a provisional time of 24.82 in sixth

 
BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Danielson recorded the first all-conference award of the meet for Northern State, taking third in the pole vault
• Harrison notched his second straight all-conference honor in the 5000m
• Quayle rounded out the all-conference honorees for the Wolves taking second in the pole vault
• Taylor will compete in three finals races tomorrow where she qualified for all three with provisional times

 
UP NEXT
Northern State continues the NSIC Championships tomorrow at 9 a.m. from the Myers Fieldhouse.