The University of Minnesota Duluth women's indoor track & field team has been picked to finish fifth out of 15 schools in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), the conference office announced on Thursday morning. The UMD men's indoor track and field team was picked seventh of out 12 schools in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).

The UMD women received a total of 148 rank points to earn a spot in the conference's top five, while the men earned 68 points to land a spot in seventh place. Minnesota State was selected to finish first in both the men and women's indoor track and field polls (NSIC). Augustana was selected to finish second in both conference polls, respectfully.

Minnesota Duluth (men) enters the indoor season after a eighth place finish at the 2022 NSIC Indoor Championships in February. Additionally, both Colton Kostynick and Nick Jacobson have been tabbed as the UMD's (men) athletes to watch this indoor season. The UMD women enter the season after a fifth place finish at the 2022 NSIC Indoor Championships in February. Bulldogs, Haleigh Reindl and Bryn London were selected as athletes to watch this indoor season for UMD.

"Our women's team has grown in size and in depth in a lot of areas, we will have a lot of young talent and great leadership from our upper classman," said Director of Track & Field and Cross Country, Karly Brautigam. "Our men's program has grown in depth over every event group with young talent and deeper, more competitive training groups. It's exciting to think about how that depth is going to serve us in creating a championship level environment," said Director of Track & Field and Cross Country, Karly Brautigam.

Director of Track & Field and Cross Country, Karly Brautigam had this to say about the Bulldogs to watch:

Colton Kostynick
"Colton is our most decorated returner at the NSIC conference level and a returning captain. Colton hopes to to find conference scoring success in both throwing events this indoor season." 

Nick Jacobson
"Nick accomplished our 5k school record last winter and a fantastic competitor. Nick has big goals to be one of the top distance athletes in the conference."


Haleigh Reindl
"As a returning All-American, Haleigh is a leader for our middle distance group and has the range to contribute from 400M to the Mile. Haleigh leads by example on and off the track and her experience at the highest level of NSIC conference competition is hard to match."

Bryn London
"Bryn has scored at the conference level in high jump and will be among the most experienced in the pent this season with goals to bring back conference points."

The Bulldogs will open their season in Duluth at the CSS Opener on Saturday, December 10th. 

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