BURNSVILLE, Minn. – Augustana College junior Bree Woelber was named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Indoor Field Athlete of the Year the conference announced on Thursday after helping the Vikings to a second-place finish at the NSIC Indoor Championships taking first in the pentathlon. 

Woelber set a new school record and took home the NSIC Pentathlon title with an NCAA Automatic qualifying score of 3892 points, which ranks third in the nation on Feb. 15 at the NSIC Multis-Events on Feb. 15 in Mankato, Minn. Woelber clocked a time of 8.98 in the 60-meter hurdles, followed by lunging 5.54 meters (18 feet, 9 inches) in the long jump, which ranks fourth in the NSIC, to take first to head into the next event.

The Pipestone, Minn. native dominated the next two events starting with a toss of 11.79 meters (38 feet, 8.25 inches) in the shot put. In the high jump, nobody would come close to Woelber as she recorded an new NSIC record jump of 1.76 meters (5 feet, 9.25 inches) earning 181 more points than the next competitor. 

Woelber closed out competition in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:30.14 to capture the top mark in the women's pentathlon and become the new NSIC Indoor Women's Pentathlon Champion.

Woelber and eight Vikings now prepare for the upcoming NCAA Division II National Championships in Birmingham, Ala. on March 13-14.