GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The MSU Beavers Track & Field team had an impressive day of competition at the UND Open as both men and women's teams finished in the top 10 in total team points.

Junior Leif Nelson had himself a day competing in the men's shot put. His toss of 51 feet, 3 inches makes him the new NCAA Division II indoor school record holder in the event as he broke the old record held by Logan Krueger of 51-1.5 set in 2021. Nelson finished in 7^th place, and not to be undone were teammates Chase Snyder and Corbin Harris who finished in 8^th and 9^th place with throws of 49 feet, 11 inches and 46 feet, 11 inches, respectively.

Sprinters Francis Short Bull and Nathan Trujillo- Aragon motivated each other to finish 3^rd and 4^th respectively in the men's 300 meters while also breaking the indoor 300-meter D-II school record. Short Bull crossed the line at 36:02 while Trujillo Aragon finished at 36.10 and now both men sit at 1 and 2 in the record books. Joseph Green set the old school record of 36.67 last season.

The distance runners on the men's side saw good production from Jacob Jensen in the mile, he finished in 6^th place with a time of 4:19:67. Grayson Bonilla stuck with it in a long 3,000m finishing under 10 minutes in 9:35:08. Nicholas Merillana and Charles Hardcastle also finished in the top ten in the men's 800 meters, 9^th and 10^th respectively. Both ran under two minutes in the event, Nicholas finished in 1:57:54 and Charles finished in 1:58.40.

Sidra Sadowsky and Summer Krebsbach added quality team points on the women's side as Sadowsky finished her 800 meters sprint in 6^th place with a time of 2:22:53 and Krebsbach also finished in 6^th place in the 300 meters sprint in 43:72.