BROOKINGS, S.D. – With the regular season winding down, the Minot State track and field teams are looking for a big push this weekend at a final power-packed meet.

The Beavers head to South Dakota State to compete Friday and Saturday alongside more top NCAA Division I rivals at the SDSU Indoor Classic hosted by the Jackrabbits.

The meet is one of two final tune-ups for Minot State prior to the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Minnesota State, Mankato, February 27-28.

Minot State will compete one more time prior to the Championships, next weekend at the Marauders Tune-Up hosted by the University of Mary.

Heading into this weekend's meet, the Beavers have posted four Top-10 NSIC marks this winter, with junior Bailey Wride leading the way with two of those top performances.

Wride, a two-time NSIC Indoor Track & Field Champion, sits No. 7 this winter in the women's 1,000 meters with a time of 3 minutes, 3.01 seconds, and also is 7^th in the mile with a time of 5:08.26.

Joining her from the Minot State women's team is senior Summer Krebsbach, who is 7th in the women's 200-meter standings this season with a best time of 25.34.

On the men's side, senior Peyton Tuhy has the lone Minot State top-10 time as he is 8th in the NSIC in the 1,000 meters with a time of 2:32.39.

Of course, plenty of other Minot State competitors are lurking just outside the Top 10 this winter, and who look to make a push this weekend.

Some of them include Brayan Augustin, who set a new NCAA Division II-era school record in the long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 5 inches, Emery Smith in the women's 3,000 meters with a top time of 10:29.43, Holter Bridwell in the men's 3K with a best effort of 8:52.73, Zander Grover in the men's 600 with a fastest-time of 1:25.26, and Justin Williams in the men's 200 with a career-best 22.40.