ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul men's and women's track and field teams are set for a busy week ahead, with CSP athletes competing at four different meets stretching from Wednesday to Saturday.
Concordia's multi athletes will travel to Pella, Iowa for the Dutch Spring Invite on Wednesday and Thursday, while Golden Bear distance runners will head to Platteville, Wis. for the UW-Platteville Invite on Friday. Larger groups of Concordia athletes will compete at the Stomper Open on Wednesday and the Minnesota State Open on Saturday, both hosted by Minnesota State in Mankato, Minn.
DUTCH SPRING MULTI INFORMATION
The Dutch Spring Multi is scheduled for this Wednesday and Thursday, April 8 and 9, in Pella, Iowa on the campus of Central College. Concordia will travel four multi athletes to the meet:
Mina Nguyen,
Mehlayna Straub,
Will Hugo, and
Jeffrey Odamtten. Live results will not be available, but full results will be uploaded to tfrrs.org at the conclusion of the meet.
STOMPER OPEN INFORMATION
The Stomper Open, hosted by Minnesota State at Schuck Track and Field Complex in Mankato, Minn., is scheduled for Wednesday, April 8. Live results will be available here:
https://live.herostiming.com/meets/61501
UW-PLATTEVILLE INVITE INFORMATION
Concordia will send select distance runners to compete at the UW-Platteville Invitational in Platteville, Wis. on Friday, April 10. Live results will be available here:
http://live.accuracetiming.com/timers/197
MINNESOTA STATE OPEN INFORMATION
The Minnesota State Open, hosted by Minnesota State at Schuck Track and Field Complex in Mankato, Minn., is scheduled for Saturday, April 11. Live results will be available here:
https://live.herostiming.com/meets/61518
NSIC LEADERBOARDS
Early in the outdoor season, several Golden Bears rank in the top five on the Northern Sun leaderboards in their respective events.
Senior
Nyadio Chan paces the conference in the 800-meter with a time of 2:15.81 recorded at the WashU Distance Carnival.
In the women's hammer throw, sophomore
Bernie Barnhardt sits third in the conference with a mark of 165' 9" from the Wildcat Classic.
Freshman
Kate Miriovsky ranks third in the NSIC in the pole vault with a height of 10' 11.75" set at the Hamline Invite.
For the Concordia men, senior
Ethan Blischke holds the highest conference ranking at second place in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:12.85 set at the WashU Distance Carnival. Fellow senior
Andrew Boyum is just behind Alexander with the fourth-fastest 5k time in the NSIC at 15:22.43.
Senior
Carter Krummen sits in third place in the hammer throw with a toss of 185' 2" at the Wildcat Classic.
Junior
Andrew Alexander holds the third-fastest 10,000-meter time at 32:11.78, a mark that he recorded at the WashU Distance Carnival.
In the 4000-meter hurdles, senior
David Olowookere sits fourth in the NSIC with a time of 56.15 seconds set at the Hamline Invite.
Senior
Cade Feist ranks fourth in the shot put with a distance of 157' 7".
In the 400-meter, freshman
Jayden Kuhlman ranks fifth in the Northern Sun with a time of 49.02 seconds recorded at the Hamline Invite.