Schmidt, Stroh Win Summit League Titles to Get Bison Men Started
5/10/2018 8:11:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
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TULSA, Okla. – The North Dakota State men's track & field team scored 49 points in two throwing events on the first day of the Summit League Outdoor Championships, opening up an early lead in the hunt for its ninth straight team title.
NDSU leads the team race with 54 points through three events on the first day. South Dakota State is second with 40 points.
NDSU senior Steffan Stroh won his second straight conference title in the hammer throw, taking first with a toss of 210-3 (64.09m). Bison senior Austin Schmidt claimed his first Summit League title in the javelin, extending NDSU's streak of conference javelin titles to seven years with his throw of 212-10 (64.88m).
Redshirt freshman Alex Talley took runner-up honors in the hammer, throwing a personal-best 202-8 (61.78m) that ranks him fifth in NDSU history.
The Bison men scored 29 team points in the hammer throw, finishing 1-2-4-5-7 with Jacob McBride, Payton Otterdahl and Michael Keogan behind Stroh and Talley.
Freshman Ty Ogren (Grand Forks, N.D.) earned All-Summit League honors in the javelin with a third-place finish, throwing 185-1 (56.41m).
Sophomore Elliott Stone ran a 10,000m personal-best of 31:36.16 to take fourth place.
NDSU stands to score significant points when the decathlon is completed on Friday. Senior Matt Neururer is the leader after the first day of competition, and the Bison stand first, second, third, and sixth halfway through the decathlon. Neururer (3,857), junior Ryan Enerson (3,755), sophomore Ben Klimpke (3,709) and junior Daniel Asa (3,308) all recorded new first-day personal-best scores.
The Summit League Outdoor Championships will continue over the next two days at the OneOK Complex on the Oral Roberts campus.
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TULSA, Okla. – The North Dakota State men's track & field team scored 49 points in two throwing events on the first day of the Summit League Outdoor Championships, opening up an early lead in the hunt for its ninth straight team title.
NDSU leads the team race with 54 points through three events on the first day. South Dakota State is second with 40 points.
NDSU senior Steffan Stroh won his second straight conference title in the hammer throw, taking first with a toss of 210-3 (64.09m). Bison senior Austin Schmidt claimed his first Summit League title in the javelin, extending NDSU's streak of conference javelin titles to seven years with his throw of 212-10 (64.88m).
Redshirt freshman Alex Talley took runner-up honors in the hammer, throwing a personal-best 202-8 (61.78m) that ranks him fifth in NDSU history.
The Bison men scored 29 team points in the hammer throw, finishing 1-2-4-5-7 with Jacob McBride, Payton Otterdahl and Michael Keogan behind Stroh and Talley.
Freshman Ty Ogren (Grand Forks, N.D.) earned All-Summit League honors in the javelin with a third-place finish, throwing 185-1 (56.41m).
Sophomore Elliott Stone ran a 10,000m personal-best of 31:36.16 to take fourth place.
NDSU stands to score significant points when the decathlon is completed on Friday. Senior Matt Neururer is the leader after the first day of competition, and the Bison stand first, second, third, and sixth halfway through the decathlon. Neururer (3,857), junior Ryan Enerson (3,755), sophomore Ben Klimpke (3,709) and junior Daniel Asa (3,308) all recorded new first-day personal-best scores.
The Summit League Outdoor Championships will continue over the next two days at the OneOK Complex on the Oral Roberts campus.
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