Day 1 Results NSIC Men's Indoor Track/Field Championships

            Wayne State College sits in second place with 28 points following the opening day of the 2023 Northern Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held at Myers Fieldhouse in Mankato, Minnesota.
            Minnesota State holds a commanding lead in the men's team race with 74 points followed by WSC, Northern State (26), Concordia-St. Paul (23) and MSU Moorhead (21) in the top five.
            The Wildcats had one All-NSIC performer Saturday as junior Dylan Kneifl collected a second place finish in the high jump clearing 6' 9 ½" with teammate Alex Brandt fourth at 6' 4 ¾".
            Pierce sophomore Logan Moeller broke his own school record in the long jump, taking fifth at 24' ¾" to just pass his previous mark of 23' 11 ¾" set January 21 in Seward.  It was also an NCAA provisional mark for Moeller.  Braden Johnson also placed in the long jump taking eighth with a mark of 22' 11 ¾".
            Senior Grant Fritsch hit an NCAA provisional mark and took fourth in the weight throw at 59' 7".
            The Wildcat distance medley relay team of Brandon Mundorf, Alex Leuenberger, Gabe Peitz and Quinten Dreyer placed fourth in a time of 10:13.98.
            A number of Wildcat athletes qualified in finals of their respective events in Saturday's prelims.
            Peitz was the #5 qualifier for the finals in the 600-meter run at 1:23.41.  Freshman Jordan Porter had the sixth-fastest qualifying time in the 60-meter dash prelims in 6.93 seconds while freshman Keaton Wattier made the finals of the 60-meter hurdles with the #8 qualifying time of 8.28 seconds.  Mundorf was the #7 qualifier in the 1,000-meter run prelims with a time of 2:31.54.
            The second and final day of the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships will be held Sunday in Mankato with field events starting at 9:30 a.m. and finals in all running events starting at 1:30 p.m.