The University of Minnesota Duluth men's/women's indoor track & field teams competed on Sunday in day two of the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships in Mankato. UMD saw six NSIC All-Conference performers across the men's and women's teams along with a school record from Owen Dicksenson in the 1000M and a first place finish in the mile from
Cailee Peterson.
NSIC All-Conference Performers:
DAY TWO RECAP
Day two of the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships saw Bulldogs earn multiple podium finishes along with
Owen Dickenson breaking the UMD school record in the 1000m. Dickenson finished second with a time of 2:29.81, breaking the former UMD school record of 2:30.17 set by Lou Hughes (2011) and
Jonathan Tostenson (2020).
Cailee Peterson rolled into the women's mile and continued her dominate performances crossing the line in first place with a time of 4:46.50.
In the 600m finals it was Bulldogs
Rachel Boelke finishing in second with a time of 1:36.88 and
Bereket Loer with a third place finish with a time of 1:23.16. In the 800m, the Bulldogs qualifiers all finished on the podium. In the women's race,
Savannah Schley earned a third place mark with a time of 2:14.83 followed by
Haleigh Reindl in eighth in a time of 2:21.0. On the men's side, both
Jordan Gruenes (sixth - 1:57.44) and
Brennan Amundson (eighth - 2:00.73) earned points for the Bulldogs.
Dickenson stole the show in the men's 1000m but
Franny Seidel crossed the finish line in 3:03.05 for a sixth place finish. In the men's 3000m, it was Bulldog
Austin Antony earning an eighth place finish with a time of 8:37.21.
In the field events,
Bryn London started things off on the day with an eighth place finish in the women's high jump. Will Heydt earned the Bulldogs points in the triple jump with a leap of 13.70m for an eighth place finish. The men's shot put duo of
Colton Kostynick and
Jackson Weston brought the thunder as they finished in second (Kostynick - 15.88m) and sixth (Weston - 15.44m).
Bryn London also finished in eighth place in the women's pentathlon with 3,206 points.
In the final relay of the weekend, the UMD women's 4x400m finished in fifth with a time of 3:56.08 (Gilles, Boelke, Schley, Fitzgerald) and the men's 4x400m team landed a seventh place finish with a time of 3:26.28 (Loer, Croston, Rogers, Gruenes).
The UMD men finished in 6th place with 48 points, while the UMD women's team landed a 8th finish with 37 points.
Coach Brautigam's Thoughts on the women's team:
"We wanted more from this weekend but we can walk away with a lot to be proud of from this young group. They competed with grit and maxed out the opportunity across the board. The majority of our points were new point scorers this year and I know that is going to be contagious moving forward."
Coach Brautigam's Thoughts on the men's team:
"We fought hard for every point today and did not back down from a single challenge this weekend. It's not the team finish we want but we scored more than we were seeded to do and had people step up from every event group. We have a young group of talent that proved they have what it takes to compete on this stage right away. We have a lot of room to grow and this experience will be so valuable our first time conference competitors that made up the majority of our team this weekend."
Up Next
The Bulldogs will await NCAA Division II participants which will be announced this week. The NCAA Division II National Championships will take place in Virginia Beach, VA on March 10-11.
Gallery: (2-26-2023) NSIC Indoor Track & Field Day Two 2023
