ST. PAUL, Minn. – With one weekend to go before the NSIC Indoor Championships, Concordia-St. Paul senior Arika Harbo is set to compete at the US Indoor Championships in the high jump while the rest of the Golden Bears travel to the Phil Lundin Snowshoe Open at the University of Minnesota on Friday.
 
USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION
Harbo is set to make history as she becomes the first active CSP student-athlete to take part in the US Indoor Championships. This year's edition of the championships will take place in Albuquerque, N.M. at the Albuquerque Convention Center from Feb. 16-18. The St. Paul native will be in action at 3:25 p.m. CT on Friday, Feb. 17 as she competes against the best from across the nation.
 
PHIL LUNDIN SNOWSHOE OPEN MEET INFORMATION
The rest of the Golden Bears will be crossing the river and heading to Minneapolis as they return to the University of Minnesota for the third time this season. Field events are set to begin at 2 p.m. at the Minnesota Fieldhouse while running events get underway at 3 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Last weekend, the Golden Bears had a big weekend as they combined for four school records, four wins, seven provos and 39 top-five finishes at three different meets.
 
The Golden Bears got the weekend off to a flying start on Friday at the MSU Massive Meet #1 as Jakob Tordsen and Sydney Jackson both broke school records along with the men's distance medley relay team.
 
Tordsen edged Bryan Elyea-Wheeler's school record set in 2014 by 0.25" with a mark of 15' 7.25" to finish second in the event as he moved to 34th on the indoor qualifying list with a provo Tordsen added a third place result by clearing 6' 5.5" in the high jump.
 
Jackson put up a time of 57.75 in the 400m to take seventh with a provo to move into 42nd in the nation. Her time eclipsed Alyssa Christianson's 2014 mark of 58.07.
 
The DMR unit of Thomas Schauerman, James Howard, Emmett Faltesek and Matthew Helser shattered the previous school record of 10:15.33 as their time of 10:08.71 was the 31st-best mark in DII this year and good for third in the event.
 
At the second Massive Meet, Cece Lewis, Arika Harbo, Jaid Perry and Sydney Jackson broke the 4x400m relay record with a time of 3:57.46, bettering the old mark of 3:59.37 set back in 2017. Harbo added a win in the high jump, clearing 5' 9.75".
 
LAST TRIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Just two weekends ago back on Feb. 4, CSP combined for 18 top-10 finishes at the Gopher Classic as Thomas Schauerman and Eben Mundfrom each collected NCAA Provisional Qualifying Marks for the Golden Bears.
 
Schauerman won the 800m with a time of 1:52.97 that ranks 18th in Divison II and Ted Carey won the triple jump with a distance of 44' 6.25".
 
Ella Paaverud led the way for the women with a first-place finish in the high jump with a height of 5' 5".
 
INDOOR QUALIFYING LIST
Women
High Jump
Arika Harbo – 5' 10.75", 2^nd
 
Pentathlon
Arika Harbo – 3848 Points, 4^th
 
Long Jump
Arika Harbo – 19' 0.75", 30^th
 
400m
Sydney Jackson – 57.00*, 45^th
 
Men
Heptathlon
Jakob Tordsen – 5604* Points, 1^st
Calder Erick – 5047* Points, 18^th
 
Weight Throw
Eben Mundfrom – 63' 0.75", 15^th
 
800m
Thomas Schauerman – 1:50.84*, 16^th
 
High Jump
Jakob Tordsen – 6' 8.75", 29^th
 
Distance Medley Relay
Thomas Schauerman, James Howard, Emmett Faltesek, Matther Helser – 10:00.56*, 31^st
 
Pole Vault
Jakob Tordsen – 15' 7.25", 34^th
 
Long Jump
Jakob Tordsen – 23' 3.5", 58^th