Freshman
Emmanuel Badejo earned All-NSIC honors with a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash while seniors
Quentin Dreyer and
Daniel Elge each medaled in two events to lead the Wayne State College men's track and field team Saturday on the final day of the 2025 Northern Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships in Mankato, Minnesota. As a team, Wayne State finished ninth place with 25 points.
Minnesota State captured a 14
th consecutive NSIC men's team title scoring 206.5 points with Augustana second at 89. UMary was third with 79.5 points, just ahead of MSU Moorhead (77) and Northern State (73) to close out the top five teams. Sioux Falls scored 64.5 points to come in sixth, Concordia-St. Paul was seventh at 60, Minnesota Duluth eighth with 48 points and Wayne State ninth with 25 points. Southwest Minnesota State (13.5) and Minot State (4) rounded out the team standings.
Badejo, a freshman from Ijebu Ode, Nigeria, collected All-NSIC honors placing third in the finals of the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.95 seconds.
Dreyer earned two medals for the Wildcats as the senior finished sixth in the 1,000-meter run at 2:32.76 and was seventh in the one-mile run in a time of 4:16.90.
Elge also scored points in two events for the 'Cats, taking sixth in the weight throw on Friday (58' 9 ½") while collecting a seventh-place medal Saturday in the shot put with a toss of 51' 8 ¼".
Junior
Daylin Mallory posted a fifth-place finish Saturday in the shot put at 52' 9 ¼" while freshman
Mitchell Hupp took sixth in the finals of the 200-meter dash in 21.95 seconds.
The Wildcat 4 x 400-meter relay team of Badejo, Hupp,
Alex Leuenberger and
Wyatt Nissen closed out scoring for WSC taking seventh in a time of 3:20.84.