MANKATO, Minn. – One day after teammate
Jasiah Hambira stole the show for Minot State at the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, it was
Ramon Duran's turn on Saturday.
While Duran missed out on the triple-feat accomplished by Hambira of a title, a record, and an NCAA mark, he came within one place of that accomplishment as he doubled up with an NCAA qualifying mark and an all-time Minot State record as runner-up in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the Championships hosted by Minnesota State, Mankato that concluded Saturday.
Duran finished second only to Anthony Collins of MSU, Mankato as the Beaver junior clocked a time of 52.53 seconds in Saturday's event finals, a career best that also is an NCAA qualifying time that currently ranks him No. 30 in the nation.
"Ramon had been a rock for us all year and I'm so happy that he got over that hump and got an NCAA mark!" Minot State's coach
Steven Schultz said.
Also an All-NSIC performance, as the top 3 finishers in an individual event earn All-NSIC honors, Duran's race also broke the all-time Minot State record in the event of 52.68 seconds run in 2015 by Tyler Flatland.
The Mavericks' Collins won the event on Saturday in 50.75.
Duran's hurdles effort was one of two records and All-NSIC honors he brought home as he also was part of the Beavers' 4x400-meter relay quartet that finished second on Saturday to earn All-NSIC honors for Duran,
Devontae Daley,
Zaccharius Brown, and Hambira. The Beavers finished second in 3:14.78. MSU, Mankato won the relay in 3:12.05.
"We had a good feeling about this men's 4x400 relay coming into this weekend and they all put together great races! It was an awesome race and they had to fight for everything they got; I'm so proud of their effort!" Schultz said.
Minot State's quartet broke the all-time school record of 3:15.44 run in 1998 by Gabe Iverson, Mike Lunn, Keith Jorgenson, and Trevor Sinclair.
The pair of runner-up finishes helped rack up the team points for the Minot State men who finished 10
th with 31 points. The Beaver women also added points to their team total on Saturday and finished 12
th with 10 points.
Host Minnesota State, Mankato won both team titles.
"I cannot say enough about how proud of this team I am!" Schultz said. "They really came into this weekend focused and prepared and it showed with a lot of awesome performances."
Adding to those awesome performances were middle-distance runners
Sidra Sadowsky in the women's 800 meters, and
Peyton Tuhy and Daley in the men's 800 as all three turned in top-8 finishes and scored for the Beavers.
Sadowsky finished 8th in the women's 800 in a career-best and NCAA Division II school-record time of 2:13.64. She broke her own previous D-II record of 2:16.57 run last season.
Tuhy finished 7th in a career-best 1:55.14 in the men's 800 and Daley was 8th in 1:55.64.
Adding another stellar performance on the day was the women's 4x100 relay team of
Summer Krebsbach,
De'Andre Cornwall,
Tandy Plainichek, and
Autumn Wright who broke the all-time school record with a 6
th-place finish in 47.76 seconds. The Beaver quartet broke the record of 48.41 run by Sienna Dailey, Allie Helterbran, Dijah Nash, and Mary Roy in 2014.