DULUTH, Minn. – In the second day of competition at the NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, two Vikings emerged with an individual conference crown while others booked their ticket to tomorrow's event finals.
 
Action started hot with Ella Bakken taking second place in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 36:04.64, garnering an All-Conference accolade. Taylor Melton was right behind her in fourth place with a time of 37:08.39 
 
For the men's 10,000-meter run, Kadin Groen took third to claim his All-Conference honor. 
 
The women heptathlon athletes kept it going, sweeping the top three spots in the heptathlon 800-meter dash. Maria Pedroso took first with a time of 2:22.47, Ashton Massey with a time of 2:23.49 claimed second and Kylee Sallee with a personal best of 2:24.98 took third. 
 
Sallee went on to secure her first ever NSIC Championship title in the heptathlon, finishing with 4901 points. Pedroso was fourth with 4717 points and Massey ended up sixth with 4407 points.  
 
Sallee also jumped to claim the label of runner-up after taking second place in long jump with a mark of 19-04.00 (5.89 meters). Jayda Becker placed eighth with a jump of 18-03.75 (5.58 meters). 
 
Bryn Greenwaldt added NSIC Champion to her long list of accolades after jumping a height of 1.73 meters in high jump. That jump gives her the 15th spot overall on the DII College Outdoor Rankings.
 
Lindsey Young had a personal best in the 3000-meter steeplechase, earning All-Conference honors after finishing third in 11:11.01. Parker Fitzgerald also had a personal best in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase, taking ninth place with a time of 9:50.60. 
 
Three Vikings qualified for the women's 1500-meter run final, including Ramsey Karim, Ally Sample, and Tenley Nelson. Ryan Hartman, Bryant Keller, Nick Batchelor, Payton Brown, Kieran Weigelt and Tyson Ricker all qualified for the finals on the men's half of action. 
 
Andrew Martens will move on to Saturday after finishing first in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.90. This time gives him the ninth-best time in Division II so far this season. 
 
Jude Jarding had a personal best and the sixth-fastest prelim time to qualify for the 400-meter dash with a clocking of 48.19. 
 
Sydnee Serck continued the personal bests in the 800-meter run and qualified for finals on Saturday with a time of 2:13.34. Caroline Sudbeck will also join her tomorrow in the event.
 
Pedroso qualified for finals in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.43 while for the men, Martens ran a 54.33 qualifying time and a season best. 
 
Nyanas Kur competed and is moving on to the finals in the 200-meter dash after running a time of 24.04. 
 
Augustana will return to competition in the final day of the conference meet as field events start at 11 a.m. and track events begin at 1:05 p.m.