MANKATO, Minn. - On day two of the 2024 NSIC Outdoor Championships, the Concordia-St. Paul track and field team was crowned conference champions in four events as Arika Harbo won the heptathlon and high jump while Calder Erick won the decathlon and Owen Erickson won the 10000m.

The Golden Bear men finished the day in fourth place with 28 points while the women sit in fifth with 26.5 points after a collection of strong performances on both sides.

Harbo carried the load on the women's side as she collected 23.5 of the team's 26.5 points on the day, winning both the heptathlon and the high jump and tying for fifth in the long jump.

The big highlight came in the heptathlon as she made history by breaking the NSIC Championship record with 5354 points. The record was held by Golden Bear alum Kalle Burney, who put up 5323 points in 2018. In the final three events on Friday, Harbo finished inside the top five in all three, taking second in the javelin, fourth in the 800m and fifth in the long jump.

She followed up that performance with a mark of 18' 10.75" in the long jump to earn 3.5 more points before finishing with her second conference crown of the day in the high jump. In the high jump, her mark of 5' 7.25" secured the top spot to put the bow on an impressive day.

The Golden Bears lived up to their reputation as a dominant force in the multi-event category as Erick took home first in the decathlon after a strong day two. Entering the day 20 points out of the top spot, he wasted little time moving up to first as he started the day with a win in the 110m hurdles. Like Harbo, Erick showed his consistency as he ranked fourth or better in all five events on the day as he added second-place results in the discus and javelin as well as fourth-place finishes in the pole vault and 1500m. His total of 6613 points was comfortably a PR as he improved on his NCAA provisional qualifying mark.

Joining Erick in the points in the decathlon were Jeffrey Odamtten and Will Hugo as Odamtten grabbed sixth place and three points while Hugo took seventh for two points for the team.

Erickson had a special day of his own as he paced the field in the 10000m with a time of 31:32.80, eclipsing Augustana's Brady Hogan by 3.3 seconds to earn the crown. His mark broke Caleb Troe's school record of 31:34.58 set in 2018.

Erickson wasn't the only CSP distance runner to score points as Matt Krummel earned two points and Ethan Blischke earned one point, finishing seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 3000m steeplechase.

Esther Mensah rounded out the scoring for the women as she cruised to a sixth-place finish in the hammer throw as she cleared 162' 8".

The Golden Bears has several others put themselves in a good position to score points as Thomas Dietel (100m & 200m), Tyce Smith (200m & 400m) and Drake Daniels (110m hurdles) all qualified for finals in their respective events while Jaid Perry (400m hurdles) earned a spot in the finals for the women.

Concordia will look to finish strong tomorrow with field events beginning at 11 a.m. and running events at 1 p.m. at Minnesota State's Mark Schuck Outdoor Track & Field Complex.

DAY TWO TOP 10 FINISHES
Men - 28 Points, 4th
100m Prelims
Thomas Dietel - 10.69, 9th & Qualified for Final

200m Prelims
Thomas Dietel - 21.22, 5th & Qualified for Final
Tyce Smith - 21.27, 8th & Qualified for Final

400m Prelims
Tyce Smith - 47.85, 2nd & Qualified for Final

10000m
Owen Erickson - 31:32.80, 1st, NSIC Champion & 10 Points

3000m Steeplechase
Matt Krummel - 9:46.77, 7th & 2 Points
Ethan Blischke - 9:48.52, 8th & 1 Point

110m Hurdles Prelims
Drake Daniels - 14.42, 5th & Qualified for Final

Shot Put
Cade Feist - 50' 8.25", 10th

Decathlon
Calder Erick - 6613 Points, 1st, 10 Points, NSIC Champion & NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark
100m - 11.27, 2nd & 801 Points
Long Jump - 22' 0.25", 2nd & 746 Points
Shot Put - 38' 4.25", 4th & 588 Points
High Jump - 5' 8.75", 6th & 585 Points
400m - 49.57, 1st & 835 Points
110m Hurdles - 15.17, 1st & 829 Points
Discus Throw - 117' 2", 2nd & 578 Points
Pole Vault - 12' 8.25", 4th & 581 Points
Javelin Throw - 153' 8", 2nd & 542 Points
1500m - 5:05.64, 4th & 528 Points

Jeffrey Odamtten - 5803 Points, 6th & 3 Points
100m - 11.44, 5th & 765 Points
Long Jump - 19' 11.00", 10th & 602 Points
Shot Put - 36' 11.75", 5th & 562 Points
High Jump - 5' 6.50", 11th & 536 Points
400m - 51.60, 3rd & 742 Points
110m Hurdles - 16.54, 8th & 673 Points
Discus Throw - 105' 10", 6th & 509 Points
Pole Vault - 10' 4.75", 10th & 398 Points
Javelin Throw - 150' 4", 4th & 527 Points
1500m - 5:12.71, 6th & 489 Points

Will Hugo - 5633 Points, 7th & 2 Points
100m - 11.30, 3rd & 795 Points
Long Jump - 20' 10.75", 6th & 668 Points
Shot Put - 33' 5.25", 7th & 497 Points
High Jump - 5' 7.75", 9th & 560 Points
400m - 53.98, 8th & 640 Points
110m Hurdles - 16.52, 7th & 675 Points
Discus Throw - 96' 4", 8th & 640 Points
Pole Vault - 10' 4.75", 10th & 398 Points
Javelin Throw - 135' 10", 9th & 462 Points
1500m - 5:13.20, 7th & 486 Points

Women - 26.5 Points, 5th
400m Hurdles Prelims
Jaid Perry - 1:04.28, 5th & Qualified for Final

Hammer Throw
Esther Mensah - 162' 8", 6th & 3 Points

Long Jump
Arika Harbo - 18' 10.75", 5th & 3.5 Points
Cadence Tanner - 18' 4.25", 9th

High Jump
Arika Harbo - 5' 7.25", 1st, 10 Points, NSIC Champion & NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark
Cadence Tanner - 5' 3.00", 9th

Heptathlon
Arika Harbo - 5354 Points, 1st, 10 Points, NSIC Record & NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark
100m Hurdles - 14.20, 2nd & 950 Points
High Jump - 5' 9.75", 1st & 941 Points
Shot Put - 35' 8.75", 7th & 588 Points
200m - 26.08, 5th & 790 Points
Long Jump - 18' 10.75", 5th & 756 Points
Javelin Throw - 113' 5", 2nd & 563 Points
800m - 2:24.33, 4th & 766 Points