ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minot State's reigning indoor shot-put champion earn All-NSIC honors once again, this time in the outdoor shot put with a runner-up finish.

Chase Snyder led the way for the Beavers on Friday, finishing 2nd in the men's shot put with a throw of 52 feet, 10 inches at the NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Concordia, St. Paul.

Tyler Hiatt from Sioux Falls won the event with a throw of 56 feet, 8 inches.

That helped the Minot State men to score 9 team points and put them in 10th place after Friday's competition at Sea Foam Stadium.

Wayne State led the men's team standings with 47 points, while Minnesota State, Mankato leads the women's team title race with 100.4 points. The Minot State women did not score any team points in Friday's events.

The NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships conclude Saturday.

While Snyder finished second, Minot State hurdler Nathan Trujillo-Aragon finished first, albeit in the 400-meter hurdle prelims, sending him into the finals with the meet's top time 55.03 seconds.

Doing double duty, Trujillo-Aragon also qualified for the 110-meter hurdle finals as he was fifth in the prelims in 14.96 seconds. Trujillo-Aragon's time was a new NCAA Division II-era school record and broke his own record of 15.15 he ran earlier this spring.

Adding to the Beavers point total on the men's side was Charles Hardcastle who finished 8th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9 minutes, 33.65 seconds.

And poised to add to the Minot State scoring are Jacob Jensen and Nicholas Merillana who each qualified for the men's 1,500-meter finals as Jensen was 9th in the prelims in 3:57.22, and Merillana was 12th in 3:59.12.

On the women's side, Nicole Reeves led the way for Minot State as she finished 15th in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase in 12:11.93.