MANKATO, Minn. – Augustana men's and women's track and field completed the final day of the NSIC Championships with multiple NSIC Individual Champions and All-Conference honorees. 

Augustana Director of Track and Field Tracey Hellman "It was another outstanding NSIC championship by both our men and women! Every year is always a challenging year but our kids did a great job competing. Highlighting the weekend was Kaja's school record and NCAA qualifying mark in the triple jump! I was also impressed with Ryan Hartman's double where he scored 20 points for our men's team. I also thought Andrew Martins had an outstanding weekend!

"All in all we had numerous personal bests, and top-ten marks, and both teams performed well! To finish second and fourth is a great way to finish the season! Now we wait for the NCAA qualifiers to come out. As always it's a great day to be a Viking!"

Augustana's men's team finished second with 78 points while the women finished fourth with 85. The men have finished second four times since 2016. 

Ryan Hartman dominated the day with two NSIC Championships in the men's 1500m finals and men's 5000m. Hartman dashed across the finish line with a time of 3:45.86 in the men's 1500m and crossed the finish line with a time of 14:41.59 in the men's 5000m. Colten Brand finished fourth in the 1500m with a time of 3:49.80, and Tyson Ricker and Nick Bachelor finished in their respective spots of seventh and ninth. 

Dawson Strom finished behind Hartman in the men's 5000m and was named All-Conference with a time of 14:44.19. Brady Hogan crossed the line with a time of 14:46.88 in fourth and Jesse Kaas finished just inside the top 10 with a time of 15:04.10.

Maia Peterson finished as an All-Conference honoree in the women's 400m as she finished third with a time of 55.75. Ella Heinitz finished in ninth with a time of 58.48.

Andrew Martens continued his strong weekend as he was crowned an NSIC Champion in the men's 110m hurdles with a first-place time of 13.74. He also finished fifth in the men's 400m hurdles with a time of 54.01. On the women's side of the 400m hurdles, Noa Marteau finished in eighth with a time of 1:04.21.

Trent DeCook dashed across the line in eighth in the men's 200m with a time of 21.53. 

Ashley Overgaauw was named an NSIC All-Conference honoree in the women's 1500m with a third-place finish and time of 4:37.61.

Ella Bakken won her second award on the weekend as she finished as an All-Conference honoree in the women's 5000m with a time of 17:20.04. Eleni Lovgren finished seventh in the event with a time of 17:38.26.

Kaja Salemonsen landed a school record and an All-Conference mark of 12.85m in the women's triple jump. Also in the field events, Kylee Sallee finished with a seventh-place mark of 36.48m in the women's javelin throw. 

Caroline Sudbeck continued the strong day for the Vikings with her own All-Conference award in the women's 800m with a time of 2:11.94. 

The men 4x100 group of Luke Berends, Melik Davis, Trent DeCook and Martens dashed to a time of 42.20. On the women's side, Jennifer Noutsougan, Olivia Amundson, Lily Juhnke and Sallee blazed to a third-place finish with a time of 47.34.

The men's 4x400 relay team of Matthew Schoessow, Jed Dooyema, Ethan Boyens and Tyler Sellin placed eighth with a time of 3:19.50. For the women, Sydnee Serck, Sudbeck, Peterson and Heinitz placed sixth with a time of 3:58.06.

Up Next
Augustana will await to see who qualifies for the NCAA Championships set to be held in Emporia, Kansas May 23-25.