MARSHALL, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State University women's and men's track and field teams will travel to Mankato, Minn., tomorrow and Saturday competing at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Indoor Championships at Myers Field House on the campus of Minnesota State University.
 
The heptathlon begins at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, followed by field and running events starting at 12 p.m. SMSU's first events will begin at 12 p.m.
 
Action continues Saturday with the pentathlon starting at 9 a.m., field events beginning at 1 p.m. and running events getting underway at 1:30 p.m. SMSU's first events on Saturday will start at 1 p.m.
 
The team awards presentation is expected to take place at 6:25 p.m.
 
All-NSIC performers consist of the top three place winners in each event and the members of the top two relay teams from the meet. A total of 15 schools will compete for the women's championship, while the men's championship field will include 12 teams.
 
At the 2025 NSIC Indoor Championship, SMSU finished eighth on the women's side—the program's highest since being reinstated in 2014, while the SMSU men's team finished 10^th overall. The SMSU men's team had one All-NSIC performer a season ago with Tyler Smith placing second in the 600 meters, while Nadia Sanford finished second in the shot put for the women's team.
 
SMSU Men's Indoor Conference Champions
1982 - Steve Baune, 55-meter hurdles
1984 - Walt Larson, 55-meter hurdles
1990 - Walter Sutton, 55 meters
1990 - Walter Sutton, 300 meters
1991 - Walter Sutton, 55 meters
1992 - Wayne Hawkins, 55 meters
1992 - Wayne Hawkins, 300 meters
2015 - Will Hanson, 60-meter hurdles
2015 - Alejandro Sanchez, 800 meters
2018 - Bashir Aidrus, 5,000 meters
 
SMSU Men's Indoor All-NSIC Honorees (since program reinstated in 2014)
2014 - Alejandro Sanchez, 2nd place, 800 meters
2015 - Will Hanson, 1st place, 60-meter hurdles
2015 - Alejandro Sanchez, 1st place, 800 meters
2016 - Will Hanson, 3rd place, 60-meter hurdles
2016 - Alex Weis, 3rd place, shot put
2017 - Jordan Flinn, 2nd place, weight throw
2017 - Alex Weis, 2nd place, shot put
2017 - Josh Behning, 3rd place, shot put
2017 - Austin LaFollette, 3rd place, 600 meters
2018 - Bashir Aidrus, 2nd place, 3,000 meters
2018 - Bashir Aidrus, 1st place, 5,000 meters
2020 - Connor Wigand, 2nd place, shot put
2021 - Connor Wigand, 2nd place, shot put
2022 - Renald Pierre, 2nd place, 60-meter hurdles
2025 – Tyler Smith, 2nd place, 600 meters
 
SMSU Women's Indoor All-NSIC Honorees (since program reinstated in 2014)
2019 - Rebecca Manteuffel, 2nd place, weight throw
2020 - Rebecca Manteuffel, 3rd place, weight throw
2020 - Ashlyn Jones, 2nd place, high jump
2021 - Rebecca Manteuffel, 3rd, shot put
2024 - Nadia Sanford, 2nd, shot put
2024 - Sierra Clifford, 3rd, 600 meters
2025 - Nadia Sanford, 2nd, shot put