MANKATO, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul men's track and field team sits in fourth place in the NSIC Indoor Championships after day one while the women's team had a pair of athletes qualify for finals at Myers Fieldhouse on Saturday.
 
The Golden Bear men tallied 23 points on the meet's first day to put themselves in fourth, three points behind Northern State in third and five points behind Wayne State in second.
 
Jakob Tordsen played a big role in the team's strong day one performance as his third-place finish in the high jump earned him All-Conference honors and six points while his sixth-place finish in the pole vault brought his point total to nine for the day. Tordsen cleared 6' 6'75" in the high jump and 15' 3.75" in the pole vault to register his point-scoring results.
 
Tordsen was busy on the day as he also led all competitors through four events in the heptathlon as he comfortably paced the field with 3070 points. He followed up taking third in the 60m by finishing in the top spot in each of the final three heptathlon events (long jump, shot put and high jump) on the day.
 
Eben Mundfrom finished just a point behind Tordsen on the day as his distance of 62' 9.25" in the weight throw was good for second place, eight points and an All-Conference selection.
 
Calder Erick followed Tordsen in the heptathlon as he registered first-place finish in the 60m to go along with second-place finishes in the long jump and shot put to put him in second overall with 2804 points.
 
Rounding out the scoring for the men was the distance medley relay team of Thomas Schauerman, James Howard, Emmett Faltesek and Matthew Helser. The quartet put up a time of 10:10.99 to take home six points with a third-place finish.
 
On the women's side, Sydney Jackson and Cece Lewis each put themselves in a great position to score points as Jackson took third in the prelims of the 600m and Cece Lewis took eighth in the 400m to send both to the finals. Jackson secured a time of 1:37.76 while Lewis finished in 57.79.
 
Both teams will look to finish strong tomorrow with multi-event competition beginning at 9 a.m. followed by field events at 1 p.m. and running events at 1:30 p.m.
 
Men's Top 10 Finishes
800m
Matthew Helser – Prelims: 1:58.49, 4^th & Qualified for Final
 
1000m
Emmett Faltesek – Prelims: 2:33.08, 10^th
 
5000m
Owen Erickson – 15:28.59, 10^th
 
Distance Medley Relay
Thomas Schauerman, James Howard, Emmett Faltesek, Matthew Helser – 10:10.99, 3^rd & 6 Points
 
High Jump
Jakob Tordsen – 6' 6.75", 3^rd, 6 Points & All-NSIC
 
Pole Vault
Jakob Tordsen – 15' 3.75", 6^th & 3 Points
 
Long Jump
Ted Carey – 21' 11.75", 10^th
 
Weight Throw
Eben Mundfrom – 62' 9.25", 2^nd, 8 Points & All-NSIC
 
Heptathlon (Through Four Events)
Jakob Tordsen – 3070 Points, 1^st
               60m – 7.29, 3^rd & 782 Points
               Long Jump – 23' 2.50", 1^st & 830 Points
               Shot Put – 44' 4.75", 1^st & 700 Points
               High Jump – 6' 4.75", 1^st & 758 Points
Calder Erick – 2804 Points, 2^nd
               60m – 7.06, 1^st & 861 Points
               Long Jump – 22' 2.25", 2^nd & 757 Points
               Shot Put – 39' 6.00", 2^nd & 609 Points
               High Jump – 5' 8.50", 8^th & 577 Points
Peyton Enders – 2329 Points, 9^th
               60m – 7.75, 14^th & 634 Points
               Long Jump – 20' 1.75", 9^th & 617 Points
               Shot Put – 30' 11.25", 10^th & 451 Points
               High Jump – 5' 10.75", 7^th & 627 Points
 
Women's Top 10 Finishes
400m
Cece Lewis – Prelims: 57.79, 8^th & Qualified for Final
 
600m
Sydney Jackson – Prelims: 1:37.76, 3^rd & Qualified for Final
 
Pole Vault
Sofia Dodge – 10' 8.25", 10^th