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Hostager Doubles, Bulldogs Find More Success on Final Day of NSIC Track and Field Championships
Story Links The 2025 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Track and Field Championships came to a close Saturday at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s James S. Malosky Stadium. This year’s Championships was full of great successes for the University of Minnesota Duluth track and field teams. The crown jewel of […]

The 2025 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Track and Field Championships came to a close Saturday at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s James S. Malosky Stadium. This year’s Championships was full of great successes for the University of Minnesota Duluth track and field teams.
The crown jewel of these successes came from graduate student Shaelyn Hostager, who won the women’s 5000m in a time of 17:10.41. After taking the women’s 10,000m on Friday, it was Hostager’s second win on the weekend.
The Bulldog relays also showed up big this weekend. The women’s 4x100m school record was broken again by the team of Emily Anderson, Kate Fitzgerald, Jordan Grell, and Hailey Hollar. The women ran to fifth in a time of 47.00.
In the same event, the Bulldog men ran to a third place finish with a time of 41.06. The squad consisted of Cole Brisbois, Brock Unger, Nick Westphal, and Brady Johnson.
In the men’s 110m hurdles, junior Sam Blomberg took fourth with a time of 14.41. Also landing herself on the podium was fifth year Madeline Verkerke in the women’s 1500m. Verkerke ran to fifth place with a time of 4:36.04.
Freshman Noah Rodenwald launched himself to a fourth place finish in the men’s pole vault (4.46m), and junior Will Heydt threw to a mark of 55.23m to take fourth in the men’s javelin throw.
Over in the pit, sophomore Erin Steinman leaped to a mark of 11.72m in the women’s triple jump, with freshman teammate Allysah Larson just behind with a bound of 11.51m. The women placed fifth and seventh respectively.
In the women’s 400m hurdles, freshman Avary Fitzpatrick ran to a PR and fifth place finish in a time of 1:02.92, while sophomore Noah Foster also ran a PR and eighth place finish in the men’s 1500m (3:54.11). Freshman Billy Auvin also took eighth in the men’s 400m run.
Sophomore Brady Johnson showed up big in both the men’s 100m and 200m races. His times of 10.59 and 21.34 were good for seventh and sixth, respectively.
The day of competition wrapped up with the 4x400m relays, where the Bulldog women claimed fourth, and the
PR’s
Women’s 5000m;
Eve Anderson 18:01.16
Mileena Sullivan 18:12.37
Elizabeth Van Loon 18:13.33
Women’s Javelin Throw; Graycee Roubinek 36.79m
Women’s Triple Jump; Parker Ennis 10.10m