| Feb. 23, 2007
BEMIDJI, Minn. - The Bemidji State University track
and field teams completed their first day of the 2007 Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships
today with the men holding tight to first place in the team
standings and the women holding down the fifth spot.
Day one of the event featured four field events, four preliminaries
and and the men's and women's distance medley relay.
The highlight of the day for the day for the Beavers was
the performance of junior Shenna Devine (Harris,
Minn.). Coming in as the nation's top shot putter, Devine
continued her undefeated season in the event earning the 2007
NSIC Championship with a conference-record throw of 46-11.50.
Devine stretched the tape over 19 inches past Bemidji State's
Pattie Fitzgerald's 1990 mark of 45-3.75.
Claiming third place in the shot was Lindsey Bergeson
(Sr., Trail, Minn.). The senior recorded a season-best throw
of 42-02.25 for third and six points for the team.
Also scoring points for the BSU women on day one were M'Kelle
Tomberlin (Jr., Cohasset, Minn.) and Angela
Miller (Jr., Grove City, Minn.). Tomberlin scored
two points with a fifth place finish in the long jump leaping
17-07.50 while Miller cleared 10-06.75 in the pole vault to
place fifth.
In addition to Devine's record-breaking afternoon, a pair
of other NSIC marks were bettered. Minnesota State University
Moorhead's Jennifer Hensel earned first place in the pole
vault with a conference-best height of 13-02.25--breaking
the old mark (12-0) set in 2000 by fellow Dragon Aaron Clark.
In the long jump, University of Mary's Kayla Campbell jumped
18-10.5 to take the title in the event. Her jump breaks the
league record set by Adejoke Adedeji of Concordia St.Paul
set at the 2004 championships.
On the strength of it jumpers, Mary (N.D.) holds a 10-point
lead over the field heading into day two (44.50). They are
followed by MSU Moorhead (34). Just six points separates third
and firth place as Winona State University, Wayne State College
and BSU are at 26, 24.50 and 20 respectively. Concordia-St.
Paul (8) and Northern State University (4) round of the field
still striving to reach double-digits.
On the men's side of things, Joe Remitz
(Jr., North Branch, Minn.) measured his best 35-pound weight
throw toss of 2007 to capture NSIC honors in the event. His
throw of 59-09.00 stands as the best of the season for the
junior and could move him as high as 12th on the NCAA Division
II performance list.
Senior Justin Cox (Menahga, Minn.) took
third in the weight throw with a distance of 54-01.25 earning
all-conference honorable mention honors.
Also earning team points for BSU were Jon Clemons
(Jr., Princeton, Minn.), Mychael Aker
(Jr., Perham, Minn.) and Brock Beidlemann
(Fr. Anoka, Minn.). Clemons posted a season-best 6-4.75 for
third in the high jump, Beidlemann was three spots back after
clearing 6-00.75 and Aker bested his season-best long jump
by 19 inches with 22-07.75 to place fifth.
The Beavers hold down first place as a team with 47 points
after garnering 20 points during last week's heptathlon. Defending
indoor champion, Wayne State finished day one right on BSU's
heels with 42 points. Concordia-St. Paul finds itself in third
with 30, while Northern State, MSU-Moorhead and Mary (N.D.)
round out the men's field with 13, 10 and two point respectively.
The Bemidji State track and field teams will be back in action
tomorrow morning as the second and final day of the 2007 NSIC
Indoor Championships get underway at 9 a.m. with the women's
weight throw, triple jump and men's pole vault. Running events
are slated to begin at 12 p.m. at the Gillett Recreation/Fitness
Center.
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