Pair of Vikings Auto Qualify for Nationals On Day Two of NSIC Meet - Augustana College Vikings

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DULUTH, Minn. -- The Augustana track & field teams had a record-breaking day two of the NSIC Outdoor Championships in Duluth, Minnesota, on Friday.

The highlights of the day came in two events. In the high jump, Mearah Miedema broke the NSIC Outdoor Championships record in an NCAA Auto-Qualifying mark of 5-9.75. Her efforts put her in a four-way tie for first in the nation and put her No. 2 on the all-time list at Augustana.

In the decathlon, NSIC Preseason Field Athlete of the Year Tyl Woelber made good of that accolade when he broke the NSIC Outdoor Championships record in the ten event series. Woelber's point total of 7,302 points was also an NCAA Auto-Qualifier that ranks him fourth in the nation. The score is also a new school record, breaking a record that stood since 1982.

Woelber won the event by over 950 points. He started the day with a third-place finish in the 110m-hurdles, granting him 774 points. Throwing the discus 126-09.75 gave Woelber the nod to take claim to first, earning 637 points. He had another third-place finish in the pole vault, vaulting 14-01.25 for 702 points. He also gained 704 points for winning the javelin with a heave of 189-5.75.

Heading into the final event of the decathlon, Woelber needed to score 538 points to hit the auto-qualifying mark. He rose to the occasion, and then some, running a time of 4:55.22 to place third and more importantly grant him 588 points.

Mathias Kollberg completed the decathlon with a seventh-place finish with a score of 5,846 points to secure two points for the Vikings. He came back and placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 23 feet.

Freshman Ryan Hartman made a splash in the men's 3,000m steeplechase, dropping his personal-best by almost forty seconds. He won the event with a time of 9:07.77 in just his second-ever steeplechase. His time is also a provisional qualifying time and ranks him eighth on Augustana's all-time list.

In the women's 10,000m, Megan Means had a runner-up performance in a new personal-best time of 35:24.84. Her time was an NCAA Provisional Qualifier that puts her 16th in the nation as well as No. 5 on the all-time list.

In total, the Vikings secured 14 points from the event with Nicolette Schmidt placing fifth in a time of 37:22.34 while Cait Savey placed seventh in 37:34.00.

The men's 10,000m brought in 17 points for Augustana. Henry Klitzke led the way for the Vikings with his runner-up finish of 30:29.04. Senior Alec Kray joined him in all-conference fashion with a third-place finish running 30:52.80, Kray Person rounded out the scoring with his time of 32:04.14 claiming 3 points in his sixth-place finish.

Augustana grabbed big points in the women's 3,000m steeple with Rebekah Rairdon and Rachel Rairdon combining for 18 points. Rekebah won the event in a time of 10.36.99 while Rachel claimed runner-up honors in 10.50.68 fashion. Callin Naddy placed sixth in the race with a time of 11:16.24 to bring the point total to 21 from the event.

Isaiah Morin-Baxter secured points for the Vikings in the high jump placing fifth with a leap of 6-4.75.

Senior Selin Dikmen qualified for the finals of the 100m-hurdles with her time of 14.57.

Seniors Austin Miller and Tiegen Lindner will be racing in the 800m finals after their performances in the trials of 1.51.49 and 1:52,94, respectively.

Cami Streff will be in the 800m tomorrow as well qualifying with her time of 2:13.50.

The Augustana men enter the meet's final day holding first place with 48 points. The Viking women are in third place with 45 points.

The remainder of the NSIC Outdoor Championships will take place Saturday. Field events take place at 10 a.m. while running events are slated for a 1 p.m. start.

--GoAugie.com--

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