Podiums a Plenty for the Bulldogs in Final Day of NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championship

The University of Minnesota Duluth men's and women's indoor track teams wrapped up the second day of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference with 20 podium performances, including four top-three finishes. Both Bulldog squads finished fifth overall in the meet.

Sat, Feb 24, 2024

The University of Minnesota Duluth men's and women's indoor track teams wrapped up the second day of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference with 20 podium performances, including four top-three finishes. Both Bulldog squads finished fifth overall in the meet.

Fifth-year senior Jacqi Rae had a monster day, placing third in the shot put with a provisional throw of 13.73 meters after finishing fourth and locking in a provisional score of 3,397 points in the pentathlon. Rae's pentathlon performance included a 13.55m throw, good for first, and a fourth place long jump of 5.22 meters.

Nick Jacobson ran a PR time of 4:14:59 in the mile, which landed the senior a third place finish. UMD had another third place finish, courtesy of junior Savannah Schley, who finished with a time of 2:13:48 – six seconds ahead of teammate Francine Seidel, who crossed the line in fifth with a time of 2:19:72.

The Bulldogs got another third place finish from Finn Youberg in the 800 meters. The junior ran a time of 1:56:39, followed by teammate Jordan Grueness, who finished in fourth in 1:57:17.

Here's a look at the rest of UMD's top-8 podium finishes Saturday –

Men's 600m

Bereket Loer; 4th (1:23.90)

Women's 1000m

Rachel Ulrich; 4th and PR (2:56.10)

Men's 1000m

Mikey Kvaal; 5th and PR; 2:31.71

Nick Jacobson; 8th and PR; 2:35.51

Men's 3000m

Austin Antony; 5th; 8:36.00

Jack Van Kempen; 6th and PR; 8:37.55

Women's 4x400m relay