MANKATO, Minn.- Concordia-St. Paul track and field kicked off the 2022-23 indoor season this weekend at the Liberty Kickoff Invitational in Lynchburg, Va., and the Chuck Peterson Open in Mankato, Minn.
 
LIBERTY KICKOFF INVITATIONAL
Arika Harbo and Jakob Tordsen represented the Golden Bears at the Liberty Kickoff Invitational last Friday. The event featured Division I and Division II athletes from across the country. 
 
Arika Harbo picked up right where she left off a season ago with a new school in the pentathlon with 3848 points and a second overall finish. She recorded three first-place finishes in the 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump in route to the record-setting performance.
 
Pentathlon
Arika Harbo - 3848
80m - 2:30.92, 5.66, 1st
60m Hurdles - 9.04, 1st
High Jump - 5' 9.75", 1st
Long Jump - 18' 7", 2nd
Shot Put - 35' 2", 2nd
 
The NSIC Preseason Field Athlete of the Year, Jakob Tordsen, started the season strong with a new school record in the heptathlon with a score of 5280 and a second-overall finish in the event. The senior finished first in the high jump, along with runner-up finishes in the long jump, shot put, 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1000m dash.
 
Heptathlon
Day 1
Jakob Tordsen - 5280, 2nd
60m - 7.44, 7th
High Jump - 6' 6", 1st
Long Jump - 22' 5", 2nd
Shot Put - 40' 9.5", 2nd
60m Hurdles - 8.63s, 3rd 
PV - 14' 9", 2nd
1000m - 2:50.28, 2nd


CHUCK PETERSON OPEN
CSP concluded the opening weekend of the 2022 indoor season on Saturday at the Chuck Peterson Open.
 
The men finished fourth in a field of 10 teams with a score of 59, while the women finished sixth in a field of 10 with a score of 27. The Minnesota State Mavericks claimed first place in the team standings in both the men's (231) and women's (285) divisions.
 
Emmett Faltesek collected the lone top finish for the Golden Bears at the meet. The sophomore would set a personal best in the mile run with a time of 4:26.75. He would add a fifth-place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:05.03.
 
Eben Mundfrom added a second-place finish in the weight throw with an NCAA Division II provisional mark distance of 59' 3" for the Golden Bears.
 
Carolina Scott led the women with a second-place finish in the 1000m with a personal best time of 3:44.60. She also added an eighth-place finish in the 600m with a time of 1:53.49.
 
The 400x100 relay team of Michaella Hartinger, Gianna Bedford, Karina Zimmerman and Sydney Jackson collected a third-place finish with a time of 4:17. 76
 
(+) =NCAA Division II Provisional Mark
 
RESULTS                  
Men - 50 points, 4th
 
60m
Thomas Dietel - 6.99, 6th
 
200m
Thomas Dietel - 23.14, 4th
Priestly Jibunor -23.22, 6th
 
400m
Cullen Feist - 54.53, 10th
 
800m
Emmett Faltesek - 2:05.03, 5th
 
Mile
Emmett Faltesek - 4:26.75, 1st
 
5000m
Matt Krummel - 15.33.10, 4th
 
60m Hurdles
Calder Erick - 8.45, 5th
 
High Jump
Calder Erick - 5' 10.75", 7th
Peyton Enders - 5' 8.75", 10th
 
Pole Vault
Calder Erick - 13' 3.75", 5th
Basheer Alam - 11' 4.25", 8th
Tom Cao - 11' 4.45", 8th
 
Long Jump
Ted Carey - 21' 2.75", 8th
 
Triple Jump
Ted Carey - 43' 4.25", 4th
 
Shot Put
Dan Otto - 43' 4.25", 3rd
 
Weight Throw
Eben Mundfrom - 59' 3" (+), 2nd
 
Women - 27 points, 6th
 
200m
Lauryn Samuel - 26.26, 8th
 
400m
Sydney Jackson - 1:00.16, 7th
Michaella Hartinger - 1:03.18 , 10th
 
600m
Carolina Scott - 1:53.49, 8th
 
1000m
Carolina Scott - 3.44.60, 2nd
 
4x400 Relay
Michaella Hartinger, Gianna Bedford, Karina Zimmerman, Sydney Jackson - 4:17. 76 , 3rd
 
High Jump
Ella Paaverud - 5' 0.5" , 7th
 
Pole Vault
Sofia Dodge - 10' 5.25" , 5th
Callie Reintsma - 3.03m , 7th
 
Shot Put
Maya Lavendusky - 36' 6.75" , 7th
Kya Dixon - 35' 1" , 9th
 
Weight Throw
Jenna Morris - 41' 8.5" , 9th