Final Men's Results 2020 NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships

            Nathan Pearson placed fifth in the 800-meter run and Noah Lilly earned an eighth place finish in the men's heptathlon for the Wayne State College men's indoor track and field team Saturday on the final day of the 2020 Northern Sun Conference Championships held at Myers Fieldhouse in Mankato, Minnesota.  As a team, Wayne State finished ninth out of 12 teams with 22 points.
            For the ninth straight year, Minnesota State won the NSIC men's indoor team title with 213.50 points with Augustana a distant second at 121.50 points.  MSU Moorhead (80), University of Mary (68.50) and Northern State (63.50) closed out the top five teams.
            Sioux Falls edged Minnesota Duluth 55-52 for sixth place with Concordia-St. Paul eighth at 45 points.  Wayne State (22) was ninth with Southwest Minnesota State (12), Minot State (5) and Upper Iowa (2) rounding out the team scoring. 
            The Wildcats had two medal winners in Saturday's competition as Pearson collected a fifth place finish in the 800-meter run finals with a time of 1:58.07 while Noah Lilly came in eighth place in the men's heptathlon scoring 4,619 points.
            Shot putter Ben Allen made Saturday's finals of the shot put, but just missed placing with a ninth place finish at 48' ¾". 
            Friday's results saw junior Cade Kalkowski earn All-NSIC honors in the weight throw with a second place mark of 67' 3 1/4", an NCAA provisional mark that moves him up to sixth place in NCAA Division II.  Senior Dylan Kaup also placed in the event, just missing All-NSIC honors with a fourth place finish at 62' 8".
            Sophomore Mikhail Sands also scored points with a seventh place finish in the long jump at 21' 10 ¼".
            The Wildcat 4 x 400 meter relay team of Preston Davis, Bryce Holcomb, Michael Kueny and Pearson scored the final points of the event placing seventh with a time of 3:28.21.