Junior Logan Moeller placed seventh in the long jump and sophomore Keaton Wattier broke his own school record in the 60-meter hurdles prelims Friday for the Wayne State men's indoor track and field team on the opening day of the 2024 Northern Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at Myers Fieldhouse in Mankato, Minnesota.
            Host Minnesota State holds a commanding lead after the opening day with 69.5 points followed by Augustana in second at 39 points.  Northern State was third with 31 points, Minnesota Duluth fourth at 24 and MSU Moorhead fifth with 14 points.  Rounding out the first day team scoring is UMary (6 pts.), Southwest Minnesota State with 5.5 points and Wayne State and Sioux Falls eighth at three points.
            Moeller picked up a seventh-place finish in the long jump with a top mark of 22' 11 ¼". 
            The men's distance relay quartet of Gabe Peitz, Austin Madsen, Andrew Wyllie and Quentin Dreyer came in eighth place with a time of 10:41.05.
            In prelims, sophomore Keaton Wattier advanced to Saturday's final of the 60-meter hurdles with the #6 qualifying time of 8.17 seconds to eclipse his previous record of 8.19 seconds set last month at the Mark Schuck Open in Mankato.
            The final day of the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships will be Saturday with multi-events starting at 9 a.m., field events at 1 p.m. and finals in all running events starting at 1:30 p.m. in Mankato, Minnesota.