ABERDEEN, S.D. -- The second day of the 2022 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Northern State University, wrapped-up Friday night at the Swisher Athletics Complex. Several events were moved indoors due to strong wind throughout the day.
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SMSU had a handful of athletes advance to finals on Saturday and one record set on Friday.
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Isatu Shirek advanced to Saturday's finals of the 100-meter hurdles with a prelim time of 14.43 and advanced to the finals of the 200-meters with a time of 25.01.
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Sierra Clifford ran 59.01 in the 400-meters to advance to Saturday's finals.
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Shealyn Tom earned the SMSU women's team four team points with a fifth-place and school record mark of 3.44m in the pole vault.
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Taytum Klink went 5.37m in the long jump to finish in 13
th.
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On the men's side,
Renald Pierre and
Zak Kubitz both moved to Saturday's finals of the 110-meter hurdles. Pierre ran 14.59 to finish third in the prelims, while Kubitz finished with the eighth fastest time at 15.64.
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Max Schmitt just missed moving to the finals of the 400-meters as he placed ninth at 55.87, while
Nathan Lear was 11
th at 57.57.
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Carl Swedzinski finished 10
th overall in the hammer throw at 47.56.
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Brendon Rasmussen threw 14.02m in the shot put to finish 13
th.
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Isaiah Nelson placed 12
th in the long jump at 6.80m, with teammate
Nathan Lear finishing 14
th at 6.77m.
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SMSU's
Isadora Mickelson and
Blain Dilly both competed on Thursday and Friday in the heptathlon and decathlon, respectively.
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Mickelson on Friday finished 14
th in the long jump at 4.80m, 20
th in the javelin at 15.07m, and 20
th in the 800-meters at 2:59.27. On Thursday, she ran 16.04 in the 100-meter hurdles to place ninth, finished 10th in the shot put at 9.54m, was 16th in the 200-meters crossing the line at 28.15 and placed 21st in the high jump at 1.38m. Mickelson finished the seven events with 3,394 points for 19
th place.
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Dilly closed the decathlon on Friday earning a total of 4,269 points to finish 13
th overall. He placed 13
th in the 110-meter hurdles crossing the line at 21.89, eighth in the javelin at 37.91m, 11
th in the pole vault at 2.98m, ninth in the discus at 22.30m and 13th in the 1500 meters at 6:09.92. In Thursday's action, Dilly finished 10th in the long jump at 6.01m, 10th in the 100-meters at 12.04, 10th in the high jump with a mark of 1.73m, 12th in the shot put at 8.81m and 13th in the 400-meters with a time of 56.62.
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Noah Eckelberg recorded a time of 16.04 in the wheelchair 100-meters.
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The final day of the three-day meet continues Saturday at 11 a.m.
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