Van Kempen emphasizes the strong performance for the UMD icing athletics teams in the first day of the NSIC championships

The athletics teams of the University of Minnesota Duluth had a successful start to the weekend of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championship on Friday on the campus of the University of Minnesota State, Mankato in Manko, Minn.

Most of the events on Friday were preliminary rounds, but Bulldogs ran in some finals, jumped and threw himself on panel places.

The performance of the day came from the fifth year Jack van Kempenwho, as a conference champion in the men's 5,000 m run, ended up on the podium with a time of 15: 01.48.

Other big points for the men came from their third place distant medley team, the stock Noah FosterPresent Brock UngerPresent Mikey KvaalAnd Owen Dickenson (10: 11.79).

The distance medley team of women Savannah SchleyPresent Kate FitzgeraldPresent Ellie HanowskiAnd Rachel Ulrich Also caught third place with a preliminary qualification of 11: 57.64.

Newcomer Noah Rodenwald We had a great day on the runway, with its brand of 4.44 m.

Junior Jackson Weston Also threw his way to a podium that loaded the seventh place in the men's shot with a PR throw of 17.83 m. Junior Jaden Johnson He also became the men's high jump with a brand of 1.96 m.

In the 60 m prelims of the men, both juniors Brock Unger And Cole Brisbois Breaked the school record again with times of 6.89 or 6.91.

The final campaign will be recorded tomorrow with field events from 1:00 p.m. for the Bulldogs

An extended list of the PRS of the day is listed below.

PR list

Men 60m

Reid Olson 8.57

Women 600m

Emily Bastian 1: 39.60

Madi Wodele 1: 39.88

Men 600m

Nathan Amundson 1: 24.48

Women 60m

Hailey Hollar 7.74

Women 800 m

Sierra Ingle 2: 18.86

Women 1000m

Claire Becker 3: 00.41

Women 5000m

Elizabeth Vanloon 18: 27.65

Ella Cole 19: 23.38

Women 200m

Hailey Hollar 25.47 (interiors)

Kate Fitzgerald 25.73 (interiors)