MANKATO, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Ted Nelson Classic hosted by Minnesota State on Saturday afternoon, notching 41 top-10 finishes and toppling one school record.

Senior Nyadio Chan was the headliner for Concordia, shattering a 24-year-old school record in the 1,000-meter run. Chan clocked a new record time of 2:57.44 to finish in second place, breaking the existing school record of 3:00.49 set by Sarah Keiser in 2002. Chan now owns three Concordia records, including the indoor 800-meter, indoor 1,000-meter, and outdoor 800-meter.

Junior Mehlayna Straub picked up an individual event victory for CSP in the high jump, placing first after clearing 5'2.25".  

For the Concordia men, freshman Jayden Kuhlman claimed an individual event win and set a new personal record in the 600-meter, clocking a time of 1:23.38.

Senior Ethan Blischke also nabbed a first-place finish, winning the 3,000-meter run with a season-best time of 8:58.26.

Freshman John Schmitz set a new personal record in the 60-meter dash, clocking a time of 7.07 seconds to qualify for finals and placing fifth in finals with a time of 7.08 seconds.

The Golden Bears will have one final tune-up next weekend at the Snowshoe Open hosted by the University of Minnesota before competing in the NSIC Indoor Championships the following weekend.
RESULTS
Men's Top 10 Finishes
400m
Cullen Heminover – 52.66, 8th
Jacob Jensrud – 52.85, 10th

600m
Jayden Kuhlman – 1:23.38, 1st
Zay Acosta – 1:23.85, 2nd
James Howard – 1:26.03, 4th

1000m
Jordan Stumm – 2:45.14, 4th
Jovani Iglesias – 2:48.36, 5th

3000m
Ethan Blischke – 8:58.26, 1st
Andrew Boyum – 9:02.72, 2nd
Josh Krummel – 9:23.88, 3rd

5000m
Travis Tock – 15:58.30, 7th
Nathaniel Merrell – 16:50.97, 8th

High Jump
Mason Williams – 6'5", 3rd
Jeffrey Odamtten – 5'9.25", 6th
Kenny Gardiner – 5'7.25", 9th
Will Hugo – 5'7.25", 9th

Long Jump
Cam Mata – 22'9.25", 3rd
Fadel Johnson Jr. – 22'5.75", 6th
Arik Nikolas – 21'7.5", 9th

Pole Vault
Basheer Alam – 13'3.75", 10th

Shot Put
Cade Feist – 53'3.5", 4th
Dan Otto – 52'8.75", 5th
Matt Hunter – 49'2.75", 7th

Triple Jump
Fadel Johnson Jr. – 46'11.5", 3rd

Weight Throw
Carter Krummen – 57'11.25", 2nd
Austin Sikorski – 52'9.5", 5th
Dan Otto – 51'0.75", 8th
Andrew Giger – 49'2.25", 9th

Women's Top 10 Finishes
400m
Karlina Zimmerman – 1:02.15, 9th

600m
Jaidynn Dietel – 1:46.47, 9th

1000m
Nyadio Chan – 2:57.44, 2nd
Kayla Anderson – 3:04.47, 4th

High Jump
Mehlayna Straub – 5'2.25", 1st
Desiree Loyd – 5'2.25", 2nd

Long Jump
Mehlayna Straub – 17'6.25", 7th
Nevaeh Coffer – 17'3.5", 8th
Mina Nguyen – 16'8", 10th

Pole Vault
Kate Miriovsky – 10'11.5", 9th

Shot Put
Maya Lavendusky – 41'7.25", 4th

Weight Throw
Bernie Barnhardt – 52'0.5", 4th
Taylor Thompson – 49'4.5", 8th