SPEARFISH, S.D. – In their final tune-up for the Championships, the Minot State track and field teams gained ground in the standings on the rest of the conference, and Jacob Jensen smashed another school record.

A pretty good regular-season wrap-up for the Beavers as they head to the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships next Friday and Saturday hosted by Minnesota State, Mankato.

Jensen led the way in the final weekend of regular-season action, running the mile at the Alex Wilson Invitational hosted by Notre Dame and finishing ninth in the race in 4 minutes, 9.75 seconds. An effort that broke the all-time school record in the event, indoors, of 4:10.47 run by Brad Tighe back in 2002. Jensen's performance also is an NCAA Division II national provisional qualifying time and ranks him 57th in the nation in the event.

That effort propels Jensen to seventh in the NSIC standings in the mile heading into next weekend's championship.

One of several Minot State student-athletes who made a strong move in the NSIC standings, as the majority of the Beaver teams competed in South Dakota at the Black Hills State Stinger Open on Friday and Saturday.

The Minot State women's distance medley relay team of Alicia Murillo, Ashley Miller, Emily Hansen, and Caitlin Cornell finished third at the Stinger Open in 12:42.93, climbing to fourth in the NSIC standings in the DMR, and were joined by a slew of Minot State throwers who also made strong moves in the NSIC standings.

In the shot put, Chloe Gunderson had a season-best effort of 42 feet, 11 inches, finishing third at the Stinger Open and climbing to the No. 12 spot in the NSIC, while teammate Tori Nygard had her best throw of the winter in the weight throw of 53-8.5, finishing sixth and moving to 10^th in the NSIC, and Jenna Hardy also had a season-best in the weight throw of 48-1.75, finishing 11^th in the event to move to 26^th in the NSIC.

On the men's side, Ray Hribal added a season-best throw in the men's shot put, finishing ninth with a mark of 45-7.75 which puts him ninth in the NSIC, and Samuel Kriens was 11^th in the men's weight throw with a mark of 49-4.5, ranking him 25^th in the NSIC.