Quick Facts - University of North Dakota Athletics

Table of Contents 

Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 

2006-07 Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3 

2006 Cross Country Review . . . . . . . . . . . .4 

2006 Cross Country Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 

2006 Cross Country Results . . . . . . . . . .6-7 

2007 Track and Field Preview . . . . . . . . . .8 

2007 Track and Field Roster . . . . . . . . . . . .9 

2006-07 Athlete Profiles . . . . . . . . . . .10-17 

All Time MVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 

Captains Roll Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 

UND Track and Field Records . . . . . .20-21 

Indoor Top 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-23 

Outdoor Top 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-25 

All-Time All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . .26-32 

Cross Country Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . .33 

Track & Field Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . .34-35 

Where Are They Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 

Dan Benson 

Athletic Media 

Relations Director 

MEDIA RELATIONS 

Director of Media Relations: Dan Benson 

Benson’s Phone: (701) 777-2985 

Benson’s Email: danbenson@mail.und.nodak.edu 

Assistant Director: Jayson Hajdu 

Hajdu’s Phone: (701) 777-2986 

Hajdu’s Email: jaysonhajdu@und.nodak.edu 

Publications Editor: Matt Schill 

Schill’s Phone: (701) 777-2668 

Schill’s Email: mattschill@mail.und.nodak.edu 

Mailing Address: 

Athletic Media Relations Office 

P.O. Box 9013 

Grand Forks, N.D. 58202 

Media Relations Fax: (701) 777-4352 

Web site: www.fightingsioux.com 

Jayson Hajdu 

Assistant Athletic 

Media Relations 

Director 

Matt Schill 

Publications Editor 

QUICK FACTS 

UND GENERAL INFORMATION 

Location: Grand Forks, N.D. 58202 

Enrollment: 12,834 (Fall 2006) 

Founded: 1883 

Nickname: Fighting Sioux 

School Colors: Kelly Green and White 

Track: Memorial Stadium 

Built: 1927 

Arena: Hyslop Sports Center (4,792 capacity) 

Built: 1951 

Arena: Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,406 capacity) 

Built: 2001 

Affiliation: NCAA Division II 

Conference: North Central 

President: Dr. Charles Kupchella 

Faculty Representative: Sue Jeno 

Athletics Director: Tom Buning 

Athletic Department Phone: (701) 777-2234 

COACHING STAFF 

Head Coach: Dick Clay 

Clay’s Office Phone: (701) 777-2979 

Alma Mater: St. Cloud State, 1982 

Years at UND: 22nd season 

Assistant Coaches: Lisa Rollefstad, Tim Delmore, Nate Foss, Nate 

Baukol 

Cross Country NCAA Team Appearances Under Clay: 11 

Cross Country NCC Championships Under Clay: 5 

2006 Cross Country NCC finish: 1st 

2006 Cross Country NCAA Finish: 13th 

Track and Field NCAA Appearances Under Clay: 30 

2006 Track and Field NCC Finish: Indoor 5th, Outdoor 3rd 

2006 Track and Field NCAA Finish: Indoor - did not score, 

Outdoor - did not score. 

Credits 

The 2006-07 University of North Dakota women’s track and 

field/cross country media and recruiting guide was written by Josh 

Haugan, Tracy Jentz and Dan Benson, with assistance from Dick 

Clay. 

Cover Design 

Covers designed by Fine Print, Inc., Grand Forks. 

Photo Credits 

Current team action shot photos by Neil DeKrey. Current team mug 

shots by Kory Wallen and Matt Schill. Other photos are UND 

Athletics file photos. 

Printed By 

Fine Print, Inc., Grand Forks 

1

2 

COACH DICK CLAY 

DICK ICK 

CLAY 

Head Coach 

22nd Season 

Dick Clay, the 2006 North Central Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year and 2000 NCAA Division II National Indoor Track & 

Field Coach of the Year, is in his 22nd season as head coach of the Sioux women’s cross country and track teams. 

In the 21 years Clay has been at UND, he has established a program that is respected for its success in the North Central Conference 

and at the national level in NCAA Division II Cross Country and Track & Field. Clay was named the 1988 NCC Coach of the Year in 

outdoor track. He was voted the 2000 NCC Indoor Track Coach of the Year and the 2000 Regional Indoor Track Coach of the Year. 

He was also named North Central Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1992, 1994 and 2001 and North Central Regional 

Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1991, 1994 and 1999. 

Clay served on the NCAA Track and Field Subcommittee and the NCAA Track and Cross Country Rules Committee from 1999-2004. 

He is a past president of the NCAA Division II Track Coaches Association and 

served on the U.S. Track Coaches Association Board of Directors from 1995- 

1997. Clay was also the coordinator of the NCAA Division II Track and Field 

Hall of Fame from 1996-2003. 

Photo (l-r): Lori Benke, Tika Baker, Jessica Messer, 

Kristi Dahlheimer 

A certified USATF Level I Track and Field Coach, Clay was honored by his 

peers when he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the NCAA 

Cross Country Coaches Association in 1992. In 1996, Clay received the 

Distinguished Service Award from the NCAA Track Coaches Association. 

Under Clay’s leadership, UND won the 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001 and 2006 North 

Central Conference Cross Country Championship and the 1994 North Central 

Region title. The 2000 cross country team placed second in the NCAA national 

championships. The runner-up finish was the highest for a UND cross country 

team. Since 1991, the Sioux have made 11 team appearances in the NCAA 

national cross country meet. The Sioux have posted team finishes of fifth place 

or higher in the NCAA National meet seven times including five fourth-place 

finishes. In track and field, UND’s highest team finishes came in 1993 and 1994 

when the Sioux placed fifth and sixth respectively at the NCAA Indoor National 

Track & Field Championships. Clay has coached Sioux track and cross country 

athletes to over 80 individual All-America finishes since 1987. 

Clay came to UND from Central Missouri State where he served two years as 

head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country team and the women’s track 

team. In 1984, Clay’s Central Missouri State track and field team claimed a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. 

A native of Dawson, Minn., Clay graduated from St. Cloud State in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. He went on 

to earn a master’s degree from St. Cloud State in 1983. A four-year track and cross country letterwinner and team captain for the 

Huskies, Clay qualified for the Division II cross country championships in 1978, 1979, and 1980.

LISA ISA 

ROLLESFSTAD 

ROLLESFSTAD 

Assistant Head Coach 

Lisa Rollefstad enters her first year with the Fighting Sioux track 

and field team. Rollefstad previously worked at Ferris State 

University as men’s and women’s track and field/cross country 

coach, and served as Ferris’ field events coordinator along with 

coordinating the track and field program’s conditioning and 

weight training areas. Rollefstad has had five All-Americans 

under her direction. Rollefstad was a graduate assistant coach at 

Bemidji (Minn.) State University during the 2001-2002 athletics 

season under head coach Craig Hougen, where she helped the 

Beavers to a third-place men’s finish and a fifth-place women’s 

ranking at the 2002 NSIC outdoor track and field championships. 

Prior to Bemidji State, Rollefstad was the girls basketball coach 

and assistant track and field coach in 2000-2001 at Lakota (N.D.) 

High School. From 1998-2000, she assisted with the track and 

field programs at UND, coaching the sprints, hurdles, pole vault 

and relay events. Rollefstad was a two-time NAIA All-American 

track and field performer in the sprinting events at the University 

of Mary. She graduated from Mary in 1998 with a bachelor’s 

degree in physical education and received her master’s degree in 

sports studies at Bemidji State in 2002. Rollefstad is a 1993 graduate 

of Cavalier High School. 

TIM IM 

DELMORE 

Assistant Coach 

Jumps 

Tim Delmore is in his eighth year as an assistant coach for the 

Fighting Sioux. Delmore is a 1976 graduate of UND and coaches 

the high jump, long jump and triple jump athletes. Delmore, a 

native of Cando, N.D., has 24 years of coaching experience and 

is considered one of the region’s top jump coaches. He has 

coached four All-Americans at UND, including Julie Johnson, the 

2003 NCAA runner-up in the high jump. 

NATE TE 

FOSS 

ASSISTANT COACHES 

Assistant Head Coach 

Nate Foss is in his first year as an assistant coach for the Fighting 

Sioux men’s and women’s cross country and track programs. For 

the past three years, Foss has been the head boys track and field 

coach at Chaska (Minn.) High School. Foss was a two time varsity 

letterwinner for the Sioux during the 1998-99 and 1999-00 

seasons, running cross country and middle distances in track. He 

earned his bachelor’s degree from UND in December of 2000 and 

completed his master’s degree from UND in the spring of 2002. 

Foss is currently working on his Doctorate in education. 

NATE TE 

BAUKOL 

Director of Strength & 

Conditioning 

Nate Baukol is in his first year as UND’s director of strength and 

conditioning. He was the assistant director of strength and conditioning 

at the University of Wyoming from May to October 2006. 

Prior to that, he spent three years as UND’s assistant director of 

strength and conditioning. Baukol is originally from Minnesota 

State-Moorhead with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. He 

received his master’s degree in kinesiology from UND in 2004. 

Baukol is a certified strength coach through the Collegiate 

Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and the National 

Strength and Conditioning Association, and is also a certified 

Level 1 Olympic lifting club coach. Baukol resides with his wife, 

Jennifer, and infant daughter, Emma, in Grand Forks. 

3

4 

‘06 CROSS COUNTRY REVIEW 

Comparable to the previous year, one of the chief objectives for the 2006 Fighting Sioux women’s cross country team was to make a return 

visit to the NCAA national championships. With only two runners remaining from the 2004 campaign, it wasn’t going to be the easiest battle 

the Sioux have attempted, but they weren’t going to let go of their dream easily. 

The Sioux began their season by capturing the team title at the UND/Ron Pynn Invitational. The team, which captured five of the top 10 positions, 

combined for a total score of 33. Leading the way for the women were Rachelle Duerre (Jr., Sherwood, N.D.), who finished fourth with 

a time of 19:49, and Mandy Gefroh (So., Bismarck, N.D.), who captured fifth, finishing two seconds behind Duerre. Other notable finishes 

were by Callie Malone (So., Eden Prairie, Minn.) finishing seventh, Kristy Keithley (Jr., Dickinson, N.D.) finishing eighth, and Kristi 

Dahlheimer (Fr., Anoka, Minn.) finishing ninth. 

2006 TEAM AWARDS 

Most Valuable Runner Kristy Keithley 

Most Improved Mandy Gefroh 

Spirit of the Sioux Renee Aune 

The following week the Sioux would head on the road to Minneapolis to 

compete at the prestigious University of Minnesota Roy Griak Invitational. 

Guiding the way for the Sioux was Keithley, who finished the 6k course in 

a time of 23:56 to place 28th overall. Also finishing in the top 100 runners 

were Duerre (36th–24:07), Margaret Landberg (Sr., Birchwood, Minn.) 

(40th–24:15), Gefroh (51st–24:23), Dahlheimer (53rd–24:26), Tika Baker 

(Fr., New Town, N.D.) and Erica Fossum (Jr., Bigfork, Minn.). The Sioux 

finished sixth in the 29-team race. 

The team was optimistic they would continue their success as they traveled to Wayne, Neb., to compete in the Pre-Region Meet. Keithley finished 

in fifth place, completing the 6K run in 23:16. Other top runners for the Sioux included Malone (ninth), Landberg (16th) and Dahlheimer 

(17th). Baker and Fossum placed 23rd and 24th to round out UND’s top five runners. As a team, the Sioux took fourth place. 

One week later, the Sioux were on to Aberdeen, S.D., to participate in the Northern State Roe Granger Invitational. The team had five of the 

top six finishers and went on to win the invitational. Duerre led all Sioux runners with a second-place finish, finishing the 5k course in a time 

of 19:41. Other top UND finishers included Malone (third–19:57); Gefroh (fourth–20:04); Baker (fifth–20:15); and Lori Benke (Fr., 

Jamestown, N.D.) (sixth–20:17). 

Next on the schedule for the Sioux was the NCC championship meet in Vermillion, S.D. With two weeks between meets, the women could 

once again concentrate on their goal of ultimately making it to the national championship. The Sioux got the motivation they needed as the 

team won its first North Central Conference title since 2001 and fifth in team history. Sioux senior Landberg placed fourth individually to lead 

all UND runners with Duerre (seventh) and Keithley (eighth) also placing in the top 10, with the trio earning All-NCC honors. 

On the road once again to Wayne, Neb., and its goal within reach, the team was set to make an impression at the NCAA North Central Regional 

meet. Keithley and Gefroh finished 24th and 28th, respectively, to lead the Sioux to a fifth-place finish at the 24 team meet. The Sioux were 

one of six teams to qualify for the NCAA national meet. Keithley ran the 6k course in a 

time of 22:53.7, sixth-best among all North Central Conference runners at the meet. 

Gefroh’s time was 23:02, eighth-best among NCC runners. 

Traveling to Pensacola, Fla., for the NCAA Division II championship meet would bring an 

end to the journey the women found themselves on throughout the season. Having finally 

reached their goal, it was time for the Sioux women to prove themselves on a national 

stage. Landberg finished 37th overall in the 6k race to lead the Sioux women’s cross country 

team. Other runners from UND placing in the top 100 runners were Keithley 

(75th–22:19), Dahlheimer (77th–22:26), Malone (79th–22:28.1), Duerre (80th–22:28.2), 

Gefroh (81st–22:28.4) and Benke (94th–22.41). The Sioux placed 13th overall out of 24 

teams. 

Not to be outdone athletically, the Sioux proved themselves on the academic front as well. 

Eight members of the team were named to the NCC Commissioners Academic Honor Roll. 

Landberg, Keithley, Malone, Duerre and Gefroh were named to the USTCCCA All- 

Academic Team. UNDs team grade point average of 3.62 was 12th-highest of all Division 

II cross country teams. 

Callie Malone (left) and Rachelle Duerre

Sioux Cross Country 

Tika Baker 

‘06 CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER 

Name Yr. Hometown (High School) 

Renee Aune JR Devils Lake, N.D./Devils Lake High School 

Natika Baker FR New Town, N.D./New Town High School 

Lori Benke FR Jamestown, N.D./Jamestwon High School 

Kristi Dahlheimer FR Anoka, Minn./Anoka High School 

Rachelle Duerre JR Sherwood N.D./Sherwood High School 

Erica Fossum JR Bigfork, Minn./Bigfork High School 

Mandy Gefroh SO Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck High School 

Lisa Hedelson SO Rockford, Minn./Rockford High School 

Jessica Hensel SO Rochester, Minn./Century High School 

Leslie Hofland SO Bowman, N.D./Bowman High School 

Kristy Keithley JR Dickinson, N.D./Trinity High School 

Margaret Landberg SR Birchwood, Minn./White Bear Lake High School 

Callie Malone SO Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie High School 

Jessica Messer FR Richardton, N.D./Richardton-Taylor High School 

Rachel Nordlund FR Clearbrook, Minn./Clearbrook-Gonvick High School 

The UND women’s cross country team huddles before the 

NCAA National Championship. 

5

6 

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 

2006 MEET RESULTS 

Date Meet Teams Distance Location Points Place Top UND Runner 

Sept. 15 Ron Pynn 5K Ray Richards GC 33 1st R. Duerre/4th 

Grand Forks, N.D. 

Sept. 23 Roy Griak Invite 6K Les Bolstad GC 207 6th K. Keithley/28th 

Minneapolis, Minn. 

Sept. 30 NCAA Pre-Region 6K Wayne State, Neb. 65 4th K. Keithley/5th 

Oct. 6 Northern State 5K Aberdeen, S.D. 20 1st R. Duerre/2nd 

Invitational 

Oct. 21 NCC Championship 6K Vermillion, S.D. 44 1st M. Landberg/4th 

Nov. 8 North Central 6K Wayne, Neb. 152 5th L. Benke/6th 

Regional 

Nov. 18 NCAA II National 6K Pensacola, Fla. 348 13th M. Landberg/48th 

Championships 

The UND women’s cross country team at the finish line at the 2006 NCAA II National Championships.

Lori Benke 

Ron Pynn Invite 20:14 14th 

Roy Griak Invite 24:52 83rd 

NCAA Pre-Region 24:32 27th 

Northern State Invite 20:17 6th 

NCC Championships 23:06 13th 

NCAA NC Regional 23:57 6th 

NCAA National 22:41 114th 

Kristi Dahlheimer 


Roy Griak Invite 24:26 54th 


NCC Championships 23:29 21st 



Rachelle Duerre 



Northern State Invite 19:41 2nd 



NCAA National 22:28.2 99th 

Erica Fossum 


Roy Griak Invite 24:52 82nd 



Lisa Hedelson 

Ron Pynn Invite 24:42 52nd 


Jessica Hensel 



Leslie Hofland 





NCC Championships 25:12 42nd 

Kristy Keithley 






NCAA National 22:19 92nd 

Margaret Landberg 


Roy Griak Invite 24:15 41st 



NCAA NC Regional 23:09 32nd 


CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 

2006 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 

Time Place 

Time Place 

Time Place 

Mandy Gefroh 

Callie Malone 

Tika Baker 

Ron Pynn Invite 19:51 5th Ron Pynn Invite 19:53 7th 

Ron Pynn Invite 20:40 18th Roy Griak Invite 24:23 52nd NCAA Pre-Region 23:27 9th 

Roy Griak Invite 24:40 67th Northern State Invite 20:04 4th Northern State Invite 19:57 3rd 

NCAA Pre-Region 24:15 23rd NCC Championships 23:17 17th NCC Championships 23:06 12th 

Northern State Invite 20:15 5th NCAA NC Regional 23:02 28th NCAA NC Regional 23:09 33rd 

NCC Championships 24:33 35th NCAA National 22:28.4 100th NCAA National 22:28.1 98th 

Jessica Messer 






Rachel Nordlund 





7

8 

‘07 TRACK & FIELD PREVIEW 

As the Fighting Sioux enter the 2007 track and field season, there is an air of optimism to continue the achievements from last 

year: a fifth-place team finish at the NCC indoor championships, and a third-place team finish at the NCC outdoor championships. 

Going into his 22nd season as head coach of the women’s track and field teams, Dick Clay will look to a talented mixture of 

returnees and newcomers in several key events to once again be considered a strong contender in the North Central 

Conference. 

Jessica Messer 

placed fourth in the shot. 

Jumps 

A talented group of returnees will lead the way for the Sioux. Michelle Burgard (Sr., 

Jamestown, N.D.) is a strong contender in the triple jump. Burgard placed third in the triple 

jump for the Sioux at the NCC outdoor championships last season. Nikki Dahlstrom (Jr., 

Grand Forks, N.D.) will provide significant contributions in the high jump. Sophomore 

Jessica Clausnitzer (Bismarck, N.D.) and freshman Kate LaRoche (Faribault, Minn.) will 

also provide competitiveness for the team in this area. Jess Fleck (Sr., Wahpeton, N.D.) will 

return in the pole vault. Fleck holds the indoor pole vault school record and qualified for the 

NCAA Indoor Meet in 2006. 

Sprints/Hurdles 

This area will once again be young for the Sioux, but is full of promise. With a strong group 

of freshmen, only time will tell the potential these women will have on the track. Clausnitzer 

will be pulling double duty for the Sioux as she will be a competitive force for the Sioux in 

hurdle events. 

Throws 

There are plenty of crossover athletes that will compete for the Sioux in several throwing 

events. Suzy Homstad (So., Grand Forks, N.D.) is a top returning thrower for the Sioux 

who also placed third in the javelin at the NCC outdoor championships last season. Heidi 

Zander (Williston, N.D.) will participate in both throwing and jumps for the Sioux. Danye 

Guinn (So., St. Francis, Minn.), also a member of the Fighting Sioux women's basketball 

team, will compete in the discus and shot put. Guinn was NCC champion in the discuss and 

Mid-Distance/Distance 

An area of strength for the Sioux, the success is expected to continue into the 

2007 season. Leading the pack are seniors Heidi Evans (Roseau, Minn.), 

Rachelle Duerre (Sherwood, N.D.), and Margaret Landberg (Birchwood, 

Minn.). Evans placed fourth in the 800-meter run last season at the NCC outdoor 

championship and also qualified to compete at the 2006 NCAA Division II 

Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Duerre placed third in both 

the 1500-meter run and 3000-meter run, and Landberg finished second in the 

5000-meter run at the 2006 NCC outdoor championship. Joining them are Kristy 

Keithley (Jr., Dickinson, N.D.), Callie Malone (So., Eden Prairie, Minn.) and 

Amanda Gefroh (So., Bismarck, N.D.). A talented group of freshmen, which 

includes Tika Baker, Lori Benke, Kristi Dahlheimer, and Jessica Messer will 

add depth to an already strong group of middle-distance runners. In addition, 

Renee Aune, a provisional national qualifier in the steeplechase, will return after 

receiving a medical hardship. 

Jessica Fleck

Sioux Track & Field NameYr. 

‘07 TRACK & FIELD ROSTER 

Event Hometown (High School) 

Renee Aune JR Distance Devils Lake, N.D. (Devils Lake HS) 

Natika Baker FR Mid-Distance New Town, N.D. (New Town HS) 

Lori Benke FR Mid-Distance Jamestown, N.D. (Jamestown HS) 

Michelle Burgard SR Jumps Jamestown, N.D. (Jamestown HS) 

Sara Carpenter FR Sprints Grand Forks, N.D. (Red River HS) 

Jessica Clausnitzer SO Hurdles/Pole Vault Bismarck, N.D. (Century HS) 

Kristi Dahlheimer FR Mid-Distance Anoka, Minn. (Anoka HS) 

Nikki Dahlstrom JR Jumps Grand Forks, N.D. (Red River HS) 

Heidi Evans SR Mid-Distance Roseau, Minn. (Roseau HS) 

Jessica Fleck SR Jumps Wahpeton, N.D. (Wahpeton HS) 

Erica Fossum JR Distance Bigfork, Minn. (Bigfork HS) 

Amanda Gefroh SO Distance Bismarck, N.D. (Bismarck HS) 

Lyndsy Gegelman SR Jumps Casselton, N.D. (Central Cass HS) 

Danye Guinn SO Throws St. Francis, Minn. (St. Francis HS) 

Lisa Hedelson SO Mid-Distance Rockford, Minn. (Rockford HS) 

Leslie Hofland SO Mid-Distance Bowman, N.D. (Bowman HS) 

Suzy Homstad SO Throws Grand Forks, N.D. (Red River HS) 

Kristy Keithley JR Distance Dickinson, N.D. (Trinity HS) 

Allison Kelly FR Jumps/Sprints West Fargo, N.D. (West Fargo HS) 

Shannon Kern FR Hurdles/Sprints Bismarck, N.D. (Century HS) 

Krista Klabo SO Throws Cooperstown, N.D. (Griggs County HS) 

Margaret Landberg SR Distance Birchwood, Minn. (White Bear Lake HS) 

Kate LaRoche FR Jumps Fairbault, Minn. (Fairbault HS) 

Callie Malone SO Distance Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS) 

Jessica Messer FR Mid-Distance Richarton, N.D. (Richarton-Taylor HS) 

Dana Peterson FR Sprints/Hurdles Mohall, N.D. (Mohall HS) 

Kayla Pfau FR Jumps Minot, N.D. (Minot HS) 

Cierra Roebuck SO Throws Grand Forks, N.D. (Central HS) 

Krista Vogel SO Sprints Kulm, N.D. (Kulm HS) 

Heidi Zander SR Multi/Jumps Williston, N.D. (Williston HS) 

Renee Aune, Rachelle Duerre Lyndsy Gegelman 

9

10 

SIOUX SENIORS 

Senior 

Jumps/Sprints 

Jamestown, N.D. 

Business & Pre-Optometry 

M ICHELLE 

BURGARD 

BURGARD 

2006: Named to the USTCCCA All Academic Track Team ... Provisional national qualifier in the triple jump ... Placed seventh in the long jump 

at the NCC indoor championships ... Placed eight in the long jump and third in the triple jump at the NCC outdoor meet ... 2005: Competed in 

five indoor meets in the long jump, and triple jump … Placed eighth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump at the NCC indoor championships 

… Competed in six outdoor meets in the long jump and triple jump … Placed sixth in the triple jump at the NCC outdoor championships 

… 2004: Competed in six indoor meets and six outdoor meets ... Was on UND’s eighth-place NCC outdoor 4x100 relay team ... Before 

UND: A 2003 graduate of Jamestown High School ... Lettered 13 times, including six in track & field ... Participated in six state meet events ... 

Placed second at the state meet in the triple jump in 2002 ... Member of the honor roll. 

Senior 

CC/Distance 

Sherwood, N.D. 

Speech Pathology 

R ACHELLE 

DUERRE 

DUERRE 

2006: Named to the USTCCCA All Academic Track and Cross Country Teams ... Placed seventh in the mile run, sixth in the 1000 meter run at 

the NCC indoor Championships ... Placed third in the 1,500-meter run, and 3,000-meter run at the outdoor NCC meet...Named All Conference 

in cross country, finishing seventh...2005: Placed 13th at the NCC cross country championships and 49th at the NC regional … Named to 

USTCA All-Academic cross country team ... Provisional national qualifier in the distance medley relay ... Placed eighth in the mile and third in 

the 1,000 meters at the NCC indoor championships … Placed second in the 1,500-meter race at the NCC outdoor championships … Named to 

USTCA All-Academic track team ... 2004: Placed fourth at NCC indoor championships in 1,000 meters ... Was sixth in 1,500 meters in NCC 

outdoor championships ... Was member of fourth-place distance medley relay team and fifth-place 3,200 relay team at Drake Relays ... 

Redshirted 2004 cross country season ... 2003: Competed in six cross country meets ... Before UND: A 2003 graduate of Sherwood High School 

... Advanced to the state meet four times, finishing as high as second in the 800-meters in 2001 and 2003 ... Placed eighth at the state cross country 

meet in 2002 ... Received academic highest honors all four years of high school ... Lettered four times in track and once in cross country … 

All-region in cross country … MVP in track and cross country. 

Senior 

Mid-Distance 

Roseau, Minn. 

Physical Education 

H EIDI 

EVANS 

EVANS 

2006: Named to the USTCCCA All-Academic Track Team ... Placed 13th in the 800 at the NCAA indoor championships...A provisional qualifier 

in the distance medley relay ... Placed 4th in the 800-meter run at the NCC outdoor championships ... Competed in the 800-meter run at the 

NCAA outdoor championships ... 2005: Placed third in the mile, eighth in the 800 meters, fifth in the 4x400 meter relay at the NCC indoor championships 

… Provisional national qualifier in the distance medley relay … Named to the USTCA All-Academic track team ... Placed fourth in 

the 800 meters and sixth in the 4x400 meter relay at the NCC outdoor championships … 2004: Competed in six indoor meets ... Was on the 

3,200-meter relay team that placed second at the NCC indoor championships with a school-record time of 9:19.35 ... Redshirted outdoor season 

... Before UND: A 2003 graduate of Roseau High School ... A six time letterwinner in track & field ... Also a five-time letterwinner in volleyball 

and four-time letterwinner in basketball ... A member of two state champion 1,600-meter relay teams ... Also was champion and two-time 

individual runnerup in the 800-meters ... A member of the UND volleyball team.

Senior 

Pole Vault/Jumps 

Wahpeton, N.D. 

Social Work 

SIOUX SENIORS 

2006: Placed fourth in the pole vault, and fourth in the triple jump at the NCC indoor championships ... Holds indoor school record in the pole 

vault ... Red-shirt outdoor season...Qualified for the pole vault with a jump 12-01.5 ... Finished 10th at the NCAA indoor championships ... 2005: 

Competed in five indoor meets in pole vault and triple jump … Placed fourth in pole vault and sixth in triple jump at the NCC indoor championships 

… Competed in five outdoor meets in pole vault and triple jump ... Placed fourth in pole vault and seventh in triple jump at the NCC 

outdoor championships … 2004: Competed in six indoor meets and six outdoor meets ... Was eighth-place finisher in triple jump at NCC outdoor 

championships ... Before UND: A 2003 graduate of Wahpeton High School ... Lettered 10 times, including four in track & field ... Voted 

most valuable jumper in 2000-03 ... Member of the National Honor Society. 

Senior 

Jumps 

Casselton, N.D. 

Education 

J ESSICA 

FLECK 

FLECK 

2006: Placed fifth in the high jump at the NCC indoor championships ... Tied for eight in the high jump at the NCC outdoor championships ... 

2005: Competed in four indoor meets in high jump … Placed fourth in high jump at the NCC indoor championships … Competed in five outdoor 

meets in high jump … Placed fourth in the high jump at the NCC outdoor championships …2004: Competed in five indoor meets and six 

outdoor meets ... Placed third in high jump at NCC outdoor championships ... Before UND: A 2003 graduate of Central Cass High School ... 

Earned six letters in track & field ... A five-time state qualifier in track & field, including a Class B state championship in the high jump and two 

second-place finishes ... Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and volleyball ... Also plays volleyball for the Fighting Sioux. 

Senior 

CC/Distance 

Birchwood, Minn. 

Forensic Science 

L YNDSY 

GEGELMAN 

GEGELMAN 

M ARGARET 

LANDBERG 

LANDBERG 

2006: Named to the USTCCCAAll-Academic cross country team...All conference cross country performer with a fourth place finish at the NCC 

meet ... Voted team captain in cross country and track ... Placed fifth in the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter run at the NCC indoor championships 

... Placed second in the 5,000-meter run at the NCC outdoor championships ... 2005: Earned All-NCC cross country honors with a third-place 

finish ... Placed 21st at the NCAA North Central regional meet ... Named USTCA All-Academic cross country team ... Placed fifth in the distance 

medley, and seventh in the 3k at NCC indoor championships … Competed in five outdoor meets in the 5k, and the 1,500-meter race … 

Placed second in the 5k at the NCC outdoor championships … 2004: Member of cross country team that placed 15th at NCAA national meet ... 

Finished 18th at NCC cross country championships ... Named USTCA All-Academic cross country team ... Competed in six indoor meets and 

five outdoor meets ... 2003: Competed in six cross country meets ... Before UND: A 2003 graduate of White Bear Lake High School ... An allstate 

athlete in 2000 and 2001 ... Lettered in track & field (four times), swimming (four) and cross country (two) ... Received eight all-conference 

awards in various sports ... All-conference and MVP in cross country … High School Stand-Out Female Athlete … Top 10% of graduating 

class. 

11

12 

SIOUX SENIORS/JUNIORS 

Senior 

Jumps 

Williston, N.D. 

Physical Education 

H EIDI 

ZANDER 

ZANDER 

2006: Placed 11th in the indoor pentathlon at the NCC indoor championships ... Placed seventh in the javelin throw at the NCC outdoor championships 

... 2005: Competed in four indoor meets in the 55- and 60-meter hurdles, long jump, and pentathlon … Placed eighth in the pentathlon 

at the NCC indoor championships … Placed sixth in the 4x100 meter relay at the NCC outdoor championships … 2004: Competed in five 

indoor meets and five outdoor meets ... Before UND: A 2002 graduate of Williston High School ... Lettered seven times, including four in track 

& field ... Placed third in the triple jump at the 2002 WDA ... Member of the honor roll and National Honor Roll. 

Junior 

CC/Distance 

Devils Lake, N.D. 

Pre-Physical Therapy 

R ENEE 

AUNE 

AUNE 

2006: Named to the USTCCCAAll Academic Track Team...Placed fifth in the mile run and third in the 1,000-meter run at the NCC indoor championships 

... Provisionally qualified in the steeplechase ... 2005: Competed in five indoor meets in the 800-meter, 1,000 meter, and the mile run 

… Placed fifth in the distance medley relay, and sixth in the mile at the NCC indoor championships ... Competed in five cross country meets 

in 2004 ... Before UND: A 2004 graduate of Devils Lake High School … Lettered six times in track and five times in cross country … Six-time 

all-conference and three time all-state in cross country … Four-time all-conference and one-time all-state in track … 2004 Eastern Dakota 

Conference Senior Athlete of the Year in 2004 ... 2003 North Dakota Class A State runnerup in cross country. 

Junior 

Jumps 


Occupational Therapy 

N IKKI 

DAHLSTROM 

DAHLSTROM 

2006: Named to the USTCCCA All-Academic Track Team ... Voted team captain ... Placed fourth in the high jump with a provisional mark of 

5.06 feet at the NCC indoor championships ... Placed 11th in the high jump at the NCC outdoor championships ... 2005: Competed in five indoor 

meets in high jump … Placed sixth in the high jump at the NCC indoor championships … Competed in six outdoor meets … Placed seventh in 

the high jump at the NCC outdoor championships … Before UND: A 2004 graduate of Red River High School ... 2002 North Dakota state high 

school Class A and Eastern Dakota Conference high jump champion ... Four-time all-state high jumper ... Also lettered in volleyball and basketball.

Junior 

Distance 

Bigfork, Minn. 

Exercise Science 

SIOUX JUNIORS 

2006: Placed 13th in the 5,000-meter run at the NCC indoor championships ... Placed 11th in the 5,000-meter run at the NCC outdoor championships 

... 2005: Competed in four cross country meets ... 2003: Competed in six cross country meets ... Placed 78th at the NC regional cross 

country championships...Before UND: A 2003 graduate of Bigfork High School … Earned five varsity letters in track and four in cross-country 

… Named all-conference and all-state. 

Junior 

Throws 


Business 

E RICA 

FOSSUM 

FOSSUM 

2006: Placed second in the hammer throw and third in the javelin throw at the NCC indoor championships... 2005: Competed in one indoor meet 

in the weight throw … Competed in five outdoor meets in the hammer throw, javelin, and discus … Placed fourth in the javelin at the NCC outdoor 

championships … Before UND: A 2004 graduate of Red River High School … Lettered four times in track … 2003 state champion in 

javelin … On the A honor roll ... Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and made the 2003 basketball all-state second team. 

Junior 

CC/Distance 

Dickinson, N.D. 

Nursing 

S UZY 

HOMSTAD 

HOMSTAD 

K RISTY 

KEITHLEY 

KEITHLEY 

2006: Placed 10th in the 5000-meter run at the NCC indoor championships ... Placed fifth in the 5,000-meter run at the NCC outdoor championships 

... All-NCC cross country ... Named to the USTCCCA All-Academic cross country team ... 2005: Placed 19th at the NCC cross country 

championships ... Named USTCA All-Academic cross country team ... Competed in three indoor meets in the 3k race … Redshirted outdoor 

season … 2004: Member of cross country team that placed 15th at the NCAA national meet ... Before UND: A 2004 graduate of Trinity High 

School … Lettered six times in track and four times in cross country … Fourth at 2003 North Dakota Class A cross country championships ... 

All-conference in cross country … WDA athlete of the year … Participated in cross country state meet in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 … Member 

of the National Honor Society … State finalist for High School Heisman. 

13

14 

SIOUX SOPHOMORES 

Sophomore 

Hurdles/Pole Vault 

Bismarck, N.D. 

Pre-Optometry 

J ESSICA 

CLAUSNITZER 

CLAUSNITZER 

2006: Provisional national qualifier in the pole vault...Placed fourth in the hurdles and sixth in pole vault at the NCC indoor meet...Placed second 

in pole vault at the NCC outdoor ... Before UND: A 2005 graduate of Century High School … Earned four varsity letters in track and one 

in diving … Three time most valuable athlete in track, two time heart award … Most improved diver … Member of 2005 state championship 

track team, school record in 100 meter hurdles, two time state pole vault champion … Received President’s Education Award. 

Sophomore 

CC/Distance 


Communications 

M ANDY 

GEFROH 

GEFROH 

2006: Placed eight in the 3,000-meter run at the NCC outdoor championships ... Placed fourth in the distance medley at the NCC indoor meet 

... Named to the USTCCCA All-Academic cross country team ... Competed in NCAA national cross country meet ... 2005: Competed in four 

cross country meets ... Before UND: A 2005 graduate of Bismarck High School… Earned four varsity letters in cross country and track and 

three in hockey … Three-time all state in cross-country placing second her senior year ... Two-time member of women’s 4x400 championship 

team … North Dakota High School state women’s hockey second place team, and winner of Tiffany Alkanls Award … National Honor Society 

junior and senior year. 

Sophomore 

Throws 

St. Francis, Minn. 

Undecided 

D ANYE 

GUINN 

GUINN 

2006: NCC champion in the discus...Placed fourth in the shot put at the NCC outdoor championships ... 2005: Redshirted track season. 

Before UND: A 2004 graduate of St. Francis High School...Earned 13 letters in volleyball, basketball and track as a prep ...Was a two-time allconference 

selection in volleyball and four-time all-conference pick in track...Named All-State in discus two years...Won conference MVP honors 

in basketball twice...A top five finalist for Minnesota Miss Basketball...Scored over 1,500 points in her high school career. 

Sophomore 

CC/Mid-Distances 

Rockford, Minn. 

Atmospheric Sciences 

L ISA 

HEDELSON 

HEDELSON 

2006: Competed in two cross country meets ... 2005: Competed in four cross country meets...Before UND: A 2004 graduate of Rockford High 

School… Earned six varsity letters in track, five in cross country, and three in basketball … Three time all conference selection in cross-country 

… All conference selections in track and basketball … Excel award winner, AAA award winner, apart of the National Honor Society.

Sophomore 

CC/Distance 

Bowman, N.D. 

Biology/Pre-Physical Therapy 

SIOUX SOPHOMORES 

2006: Competed in five cross country meets ... Member of the NCC championship team ... 2004: Competed in five cross country meets...Placed 

26th at the NCC cross country championships ... Before UND: A 2004 gradaute Bowman High School ... Six-time letterwinner in track ... Fivetime 

letterwinner in cross country ... Served as captain for one year for both track and cross country ... Named North Dakota High School Athletic 

Association Outstanding Senior Athlete ... Named All-State cross country five times ... Member of state record holding 4x800 relay team in 2001 

and 2002 

Sophomore 

Throws 

Cooperstown, N.D. 

Elementary Education 

L ESLIE 

HOFLAND 

HOFLAND 

2006: Placed seventh in the weight throw at the NCC indoor championships ... Placed nineth in the shot put at the NCC outdoor championships 

... Before UND: A 2005 graduate of Griggs County Central… Earned four varsity letters in volleyball and basketball and two in track … All 

district in volleyball, and basketball … Barnes County all-tournament team … Two-year captain in volleyball and basketball … A member of 

the National Honor Society. 

Sophomore 

CC/Distance 

Eden Prairie, Minn. 

Business 

K RISTA 

KLABO 

KLABO 

2006: Placed 10th in the 3,000-meter run at the NCC indoor championships ... Placed foiurth in the distance medley at the NCC indoor meet... 

Placed fourth in the 3,000-meter run at the NCC outdoor championships ... Named to the USTCCCA All-Academic cross country team...Placed 

12th at the NCC cross country championship and 33rd at the regional meet ... 2005: Placed 12th at the NCC cross country championships and 

40th at the NCAA North Central regional ... Before UND: A 2005 graduate of Eden Prairie High School … Earned three varsity letters in crosscountry, 

track, and nordic skiing … Was an all-conference, all-state and all-academic selection and a three-sport captain. 

Sophomore 

Throws 


Elementary Education 

C ALLIE 

MALONE 

MALONE 

C IERRA 

ROEBUCK 

ROEBUCK 

2006: Placed in 5th in the javelin at the NCC outdoor meet ... Before UND: A 2005 graduate of Grand Forks Central High School...Lettered 

three times in basketball and was an all-conference... Earned four varsity letters in track & field and was a two-year captain...Multiple-time state 

qualifier ... Team’s most valuable thrower ... Also competed in volleyball ... Member of National Honor Society ... Recipient of UND Leadership 

Award and Rising Scholarship ... Also a member of the Fighting Sioux womens basketball team. 

15

16 

SIOUX SOPHOMORES/FRESHMEN 

Sophomore 

Sprints 

Kulm, N.D. 

Wildlife Biology 

K RISTA 

VOGEL 

VOGEL 

2005: Redshirted season ... Before UND: A 2005 graduate of Kulm High School … Earned five varsity letters in track and three in basketball 

… Placed second at the North Dakota State Meet in the 200 and 400 meter dash … All district team in basketball … Valedictorian. 

NATIKA TIKA 

BAKER 

Freshman 

Mid-Distance 

New Town, N.D. 

Undecided 

2006: Competed in five cross country meets ... Placed 35th at the NCC 

meet ... Member of the NCC championship team ... Before UND: A 

2006 graduate of New Town High School ... Six-time letterwinner in 

both track and cross country ... Four-year letterwinner in basketball ... 

Earned five all-state cross country honors and six all-region cross 

country honors. 

LORI ORI 

BENKE 

Freshman 

Mid-Distance 

New Town, N.D. 

Undecided 

2006: Placed 13th at the NCC championships...Member of the NCC 

championship team and NCAA national team...Before UND: A 2006 

graduate of Jamestown High School ... A six-time letterwinner in both 

cross country and track ... An All-Conference selection from 2001-05 

... All-State in 2005 ... Member of the state champion 4x800 relay in 

2005 and 2006. 

SARA ARA 

CARPENTER 

Freshman 

Sprints 


Nursing 

Before UND: A 2006 graduate of Red River High School … Earned 

two varsity letters in soccer and one in track … Co-captain of soccer 

team … Member of National Honor Society. 

KRISTI RISTI 

DAHLHEIMER 

Freshman 

Sprints 


Nursing 

2006: Placed 21st at the NCC cross country meet ... Member of the 

NCC championship team and NCAA national team ... Before UND: A 

2006 graduate of Anoka High School ... Lettered four times in track 

and one time in cross country ... All-Conference Honorable Mention 

for track in 2005 ... All-Conference selection in track for 2006.

ALLISON LLISON 

KELLY KELL 

Freshman 

Jumps/Sprints 

West Fargo, N.D. 

Communications 

Before UND: A 2006 graduate of West Fargo High School … Earned 

four varsity letters in track and cross-country … Four-year most valuable 

field athlete … Member of National Honor Society. 

SHANNON HANNON 

KERN 

Freshman 

Hurdles/Sprints 


Graphic Design 

Before UND: A 2006 graduate of Century High School … Earned four 

varsity letters in track … Participated in both volleyball and basketball 

in high school … Captain of track team … Member of the National 

Honor Society. 

KATE TE 

LAROCHE 

Freshman 

Jumps 

Fairbault, Minn. 

Dietetics 

Before UND: A 2006 graduate of Faribault Senior High School … 

Earned five varsity letters in both track and diving … Was an all-conference 

and all-state selection in track ... All-conference selection in 

both gymnastics and diving … Member of the National Honor Society. 

JESSICA ESSICA 

MESSER 

Freshman 

Mid-Distance 

Richardson, N.D. 

Biology 

DANA ANA 

PETERSON 

Freshman 

Sprints/Hurdles 

Mohall, N.D. 

Undecided 

KAYLA YLA 

PFAU PFAU 

Freshman 

Jumps 

Minot, N.D. 

Nursing 

SIOUX FRESHMEN 

2006: Placed 27th at the NCC cross country championship team ... 

Before UND: A 2006 graduate of Richardton-Taylor High School ... 

Awarded 15 total letters, including five in track and field, two in cross 

country and four each in volleyball and basketball ... Served as captain 

for cross country and track (two times). 

Before UND: A 2006 graduate of Mohall High School … Earned five 

varsity letters in track and two in volleyball … Placed sixth in state 

meet in 100 and 300 meter hurdles. 

Before UND: A 2006 graduate of Minot High School ... Earned six 

varsity letters in gymnastics, four in track and field and one in cheerleading 

... Athlete of the week for both gymnastics and track and field 

... On honor roll four years and graduated with a 4.0 GPA. 

17

18 

ALL TIME MVP’S 

CROSS COUNTRY MVPs 

(Women’s cross country began at UND in 1977) 

YEAR 

1977-78 Unavailable 

1979 Lynne McKeane 


1982 Jeanne Likar 

1983 Unavailable 

1984 Kari McIntire 

1985 Kristy Aune 

1986 Kristy Forsberg-Aune 

1987 Sheila Pexsa 


1989 Steph Bruening 




1993 Heather Parr 


1995 Kim Olund 


1997 Traci Korynta 

1998 Becky Leppard 

1999 Jessica Neva 

2000 Becky Lepppard 


2002 Carolyn Orsua 


2004 Veronica Sackett 

2005 Margaret Landberg 

TRACK & FIELD MVPs 

(Women’s track & field began at UND in 1973) 

YEAR 

1973 Donna Hutchinson 


1975 Shelly Allmaras, Cynthia Bohlman 

1976 Patty Reep 

1977 Nancy Cushman 

1978 Nancy Cushman, Diane Schafer 

1979 Ginny Hoop, Lynne McKeane 


1981 Ginny (Hoop) Jacobson, Connie Weltz 

1982 Margie Hutson, Jeanne Likar 

1983 Margie Hutson 


1986 Karen Bergantine, Sandi Walford 

1987 Kristy Forsberg-Aune, Nancy Fleischhacker 

1988 Renee Crep, Shelly Ballard 

1989 Renee Crep, Traci Werner 

1990 Steph Bruening, Traci Werner 

1991 Sheila Pexsa, Diana Trager 

1992 Liesa Swenson, Sara Dupslaff 

1993 Steph Bruening, Marie Crep, Louise Ronnerman, 

Misty Langseth, Kris Sorenson 

1994 Steph Bruening, Vicky Besette 


1996 Kim Olund, Vicky Besette 

1997 NO MVP (season cancelled due to flood) 

1998 Cindy Scott, Missy Wilson 

1999 Becky Leppard, Kati Drellack 

2000 Becky Leppard, Becky Cable 

2001 Becky Leppard, Talia Merritt 

2002 Jackie Auwarter, Katie Marschel, Julie Johnson 

2003 JoAan Murphy, Julie Johnson 

2004 Jessica Neva, Jackie Kensinger, Dana Olimb 

2005 Veronica Sackett, Dana Olimb 

2006 Heidi Evans, Jessica Fleck 

Shelly Ballard Karen Bergantine Vicky Besette Missy Wilson

CROSS COUNTRY TEAM CAPTAINS 

(Women’s cross country began at UND in 1977) 

YEAR 






1987 Angie Johnson 

1988 Jackie Kilian 




1992 Steph Bruening, Louise Ronnerman 


1994 Erin Bly, Jennifer Diedrich, Heather Parr 

1995 Erin Bly, Heather Parr 

1996 Traci Korynta, Christy Rygh 

1997 Disa Hillstrom, Traci Korynta 


1999 Becky Leppard, April Maine 

2000 Becky Lepppard, April Maine 

2001 Katie Marschel 

2002 JoAan Murphy, Carolyn Orsua 

2003 Kristin Murch, Jessica Schill 

2004 Jessica Lichter, Kristin Murch 

2005 Britt Beeson, Margaret Landberg, Jessica Lichter 

2006 Margaret Landberg, Rachelle Duerre, 


CAPTAINS ROLL CALL 

TRACK & FIELD TEAM CAPTAINS 

(Women’s track & field began at UND in 1973) 

YEAR 






1984 Margie Hutson, Kari McIntire 

1985 Kristy Forsberg, Mary Martian, Lisa Resell 

1986 Kristy Aune, Nancy Fleischhacker, 

Brenda Schmitz 

1987 Kristy Aune 

1988 Nancy Fleischhacker, Brenda Schmitz 

1989 Barb Bergantine, Renee Crep, Wendy Kinneberg 






1995 Heather Parr, Laura Seifert, Kari Ward 

1996 Vicky Besettle, Erin Bly 


1998 Missy Berg, Andrea Charlebois, Tracy Korynta 

1999 Missy Berg, Kati Drellack 

2000 Missy Berg, Becky Cable, Becky Leppard 

2001 Missy Berg, Becky Cable, Becky Leppard, Jessica 

Williams 

2002 Katie Marschel, Jessica Williams 

2003 Heidi Faul, Julie Johnson, Beth Morris, JoAan 

Murphy 

2004 April Bielejeski, Kristin Murch, Dana Olimb, 

Jessica Schill 

2005 Jackie Kensinger, Kristin Murch, Heidi Zander 

2006 Britt Beeson, Margaret Landberg, Heidi Zander 

2007 Nikki Dahlstrom, Jessica Fleck, Margaret Landberg 

Jackie Kilian Traci Korynta JoAan Murphy Brenda Schmitz 

19

20 

TRACK & FIELD RECORDS 

NORTH DAKOTA INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS (THROUGH 2006) 

Event Name Year Mark 

55-meters Margie Hutson 1983 7.23 

60-meters Margie Hutson 1981 7.86 

55-meter hurdles Beth Morris 2003 8.30 


200-meters Liesa Swenson 1993 25.31 

300-meters* Liesa Swenson 1993 41.25 

400-meters Jessica Williams 2001 57.41 

500-meters Marie Crep 1993 1:15.85 

600-meters Heidi Faul 2001 1:35.23 

800-meters Jessica Schill 2004 2:10.18 

1,000-meters Becky Leppard 2000 2:55.15 

1,500-meters* Louise Ronnerman 1993 4:32.31 

Mile Run Becky Leppard 2001 4:49.35 

3,000-meters Steph Bruening 1993 9:44.10 

5,000-meters Jessica Neva 2004 16:49.35 

High Jump Julie Johnson 2003 5-08 3/4 

Long Jump Laura Seifert 1994 18-09 1/2 

Triple Jump Sara Dupslaff 1992 38-04 3/4 

Pole Vault Jessica Fleck 2006 12-01 1/2 

Shot Put Traci Werner 1990 46-08 1/2 

20 lbs. Weight Kati Drellack 1999 50-01 1/2 

Pentathlon Beth Morris 2003 3,252 pts. 

Relays 

400-meter relay* Margie Hutson, Steph Mahanna 1981 52:06 

Ginny Hoop, Connie Weltz 

800-meter relay Kim Johnson, Chantel Larson 1999 1:46.98 

Suzanne Bergantine, Crystal White 

1,600-meter relay Jessica Williams, Jessica Schill 2002 3:49.39 

April Bielejeski, Heidi Faul 

3,200-meter relay* Rachel Sackett, Heidi Evans 2004 9:19.35 

Veronica Sackett, Jessica Schill 

Distance medley relay Rachelle Duerre, Jessica Boger 2006 11:56.98 

Heidi Evans, Veronica Sackett 

*Event No Longer Contested 

Julie Johnson Traci Werner Sara Dupslaff Louise Ronnerman

TRACK & FIELD RECORDS 

NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS (THROUGH 2006) 

Event Name Year Mark 

100-meters Crystal White 1999 12.12 

200-meters Liesa Swenson 1992 24.85 

400-meters Heidi Faul 2001 56.13 

800-meters Becky Leppard 2001 2:09.17 

1,500-meters Becky Leppard 2000 4:26.71 


3,000-meter steeple Veronica Sackett 2005 10:51.74 


10,000-meters Jessica Neva 2004 35:33.10 


400-meter hurdles Liesa Swenson 1992 60.91 

High Jump Wendy Kinneberg 1990 5-08 1/2 

Long Jump Laura Seifert 1994 18-09 

Triple Jump Nikki Sims 2004 38-04 1/4 

Pole Vault Ellen Amberson 2005 11-10 3/4 

Shot Put Traci Werner 1990 46-02 1/2 

Discus Talia Merritt 2001 173-10 

Javelin Dana Olimb 2005 156-01 

Hammer Talia Merritt 2001 146-01 

Heptathlon Jackie Kensinger 2004 4,527 pts. 

Relays 

400-meter relay Kerry Hendrickson, Chantel Larson 1998 48.27 


800-meter relay Jessica Williams, Chantel Larson 1999 1:47.07 


1,600-meter relay Jessica Williams, Missy Berg 2001 3:45.05 


3,200-meter relay Cindy Scott, Missy Berg 1999 9:04.04 

Jackie Auwarter, Lisbeth Pederson 

Sprint Medley Crystal White, Chantel Larson 1999 4:05.77 

Jackie Feser, April Maine 

Distance Medley Katie Marschel, Jackie Auwarter 2001 11:47.63 

Becky Leppard, April Maine 

Chantel Larson Ellen Amberson Wendy Kinneberg April Maine 

21

22 

INDOOR TOP 10 

Event 

55-meters 

Margie Hutson 

Liesa Swenson 

Chantel Larson 

Crystal White 

Sara Dupslaff 

Marci Enns 

Rebecca Goodman 

Paula Cash 

Erin Baustian 

Crystal Engstrom 

Cassie Hajicek 

Site 

NCC 

Bemidji 

Fargo 

NCC 

Fargo 

Fargo 

NCC 

NCC 

Concordia 

Fargo 

Fargo 

Mark 

7.23 

7.27 

7.28 

7.30 

7.42 

7.44 

7.51 

7.56 

7.57 

7.60 

7.60 

Year 

1983 

1993 

1999 

1998 

1989 

1993 

2001 

1988 

2004 

2000 

2001 

55-meter hurdles 

Beth Morris 

Aimee Wiseth 

Teresa Betz 

Paula Cash 

Denise Barnhardt 

Jessica Clausnitzer 

Allyson Grohnke 

Becky Cable 


Brenda Dietrich 

Fargo 

Fargo 

NCC 

NCC 

Fargo 

Bemidji 

NCC 

NCC 

Bemidji 

Fargo 

8.30 

8.42 

8.54 

8.54 

8.55 

8.36 

8.64 

8.78 

8.83 

8.89 

2003 

1991 

1987 

1988 

1992 

2006 

1988 

2000 

2002 

1989 

200-meters 

Liesa Swenson 


Crystal White 

Jess Williams 


April Bielejeski 

Erin Baustian 

Jodi Horn 

Margie Hutson 

Chris Hoper 

Iowa St. 

Concordia 

NCC 

Concordia 

NCC 

Bemidji 

Mankato 

Bemidji 

Manitoba 

Manitoba 

25.31 

25.98 

26.34 

26.39 

26.40 

26.67 

27.05 

27.14 

27.17 

27.22 

1993 

1999 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2004 

2002 

1981 

1990 

300-meters 

Liesa Swenson 

Karen Bergantine 


Ginny Hoop 

Chris Hoper 

Jennifer Riley 

Renee Crep 

Teresa Betz 

Sara Dupslaff 

Sara Glas 

Bemidji 

NCC 

St. Cloud 

NCC 

Fargo 

Fargo 

Bemidji 

Mankato 

St. Cloud 

Manitoba 

41.25 

42.60 

42.70 

42.88 

43.52 

43.54 

43.64 

44.64 

44.66 

44.66 

1993 

1986 

1987 

1984 

1989 

1988 

1990 

1987 

1988 

1995 

400-meters 

Jess Williams 

Heidi Faul 


Missy Berg 

Renee Crep 

Kari Ward 

Ginny Hoop 

Jessica Boger 

Jenna Griffith 

Jodi Horn 

Minnesota 

NCC 

Bemidji 

Iowa St. 

Fargo 

Fargo 

NCC 

Bemidji 

Bemidji 

Bemidji 

57.41 

57.85 

58.55 

58.94 

59.64 

60.11 

60.15 

60.77 

60.81 

60.82 

2001 

2002 

2002 

1999 

1990 

1994 

1981 

2006 

2003 

2002 

500-meters 

Marie Crep 

Heidi Faul 


Missy Berg 


Jess Williams 

Renee Crep 

Jenna Griffith 

Kari Ward 

Staci Polcher 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

Fargo 

Fargo 

NCC 

NCC 

Fargo 

St. Cloud 

1:15.85 

1:16.48 

1:16.73 

1:17.04 

1:17.85 

1:18.03 

1:18.50 

1:18.65 

1:18.91 

1:19.34 

1993 

2000 

2002 

1999 

2004 

2000 

1990 

2003 

1994 

1989 

600-meters 

Heidi Faul 

Missy Berg 

Traci Korynta 

Lisbeth Pedersen 

Cindy Scott 


Renee Crep 

Jackie Feser 

Marie Crep 

Jess Williams 

Minnesota 

Minnesota 

Concordia 

Bemidji 

Minnesota 

Minnesota 

Minnesota 

Concordia 

Bemidji 

Bemidji 

1:35.23 

1:38.00 

1:38.62 

1:38.75 

1:39.00 

1:39.09 

1:40.44 

1:40.55 

1:40.85 

1:42.75 

2001 

1999 

1999 

1999 

1999 

2001 

1989 

1999 

1994 

1999 

ALL-TIME BEST INDOOR PERFORMERS (THROUGH 2006) 

Event 

800-meters 

Jess Schill 

Jackie Auwarter 

Marie Crep 

Becky Leppard 

Heidi Evans 

Louise Ronnerman 

Cindy Scott 

Erin Bly 

Jen Lykken 

Missy Berg 

Site 

NCAA II 

NCAA II 

NCAA II 

Fargo 

Mankato 

NCC 

Iowa St. 

Iowa St. 

Iowa St. 

Fargo 

Mark 

2:10.18 

2:11.18 

2:12.25 

2:12.54 

2:13.51 

2:13.92 

2:14.64 

2:14.90 

2:15.14 

2:15.35 

Year 

2004 

2002 

1993 

2001 

2006 

1993 

1999 

1994 

1993 

2000 

1,000-meters 

Becky Leppard 


Cindy Scott 

Traci Korynta 

Katie Marschel 

Steph Bruening 

Sheila Pexsa 

Jess Schill 

Jen Lykken 

Erin Bly 

Fargo 

NCC 

NCC 

Fargo 

NCC 

Fargo 

St.Cloud 

NCC 

Fargo 

Fargo 

2:55.15 

2:55.45 

2:57.17 

2:57.21 

2:58.82 

2:59.74 

3:00.38 

3:00.49 

3:00.54 

3:00.73 

2000 

2002 

1999 

1999 

2001 

1993 

1991 

2001 

1993 

1994 

1,500-meters 



Sheila Pexsa 

Cindy Scott 

Jeanne Likar 

Kristy Forsberg 

Evette Edmondson 

Disa Hillstrom 

Jenny Diedrich 

Kari McIntire 

NCAA II 

NCAA II 

NCAA II 

Fargo 

NCC 

NCAA II 

Fargo 

Fargo 

Fargo 

St. Cloud 

4:32.31 

4:36.06 

4:38.13 

4:42.57 

4:42.75 

4:43.34 

4:45.24 

4:52.46 

4:53.20 

4:55.24 

1993 

1993 

1992 

1995 

1983 

1987 

1993 

1995 

1995 

1986 

Mile Run 

Becky Leppard 




April Maine 

Veronica Sackett 

Sheila Pexsa 

Cindy Scott 

Heidi Evans 

Renee Aune 


NCAA II 

NCAA II 

Iowa St. 

Iowa St. 

NCC 

NCC 

Iowa St. 

Iowa St. 

Iowa St. 

NCC 

NCC 

4:49.35 

4:53.28 

4:57.11 

4:59.01 

4:59.52 

5:03.73 

5:04.68 

5:05.03 

5:05.40 

5:07.14 

5:07.75 

2001 

2002 

1993 

1992 

2000 

2006 

1992 

1995 

2006 

2006 

2004 

3,000-meters 


Jessica Neva 

Sheila Pexsa 


Becky Leppard 

Kari McIntire 

Heather Parr 

Kim Olund 



NCAA II 

Minnesota 

Iowa St. 

Iowa St. 

NCC 

Fargo 

Iowa St. 

Bemidji 

NCC 

NCC 

9:44.10 

9:56.89 

9:59.24 

9:59.74 

10:03.09 

10:14.08 

10:21.30 

10:24.59 

10:28.37 

10:30.66 

1993 

2002 

1992 

1993 

2001 

1984 

1993 

1996 

2006 

2004 

5,000-meters 

Jessica Neva 

Kim Olund 



Heather Parr 

JoAan Murphy 

Carolyn Busse 


Jenny Diedrich 

Disa Hillstrom 

NCAA II 

NCAA II 

NCAA II 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

Minnesota 

Minnesota 

16:49.35 

16:49.70 

17:12.62 

17:40.52 

17:57.62 

18:00.71 

18:08.33 

18:16.35 

18:27.53 

18:47.72 

2004 

1996 

1994 

1993 

1994 

2003 

2000 

2006 

1995 

1995

Event Site 

800-meter relay 

Kim Johnson, Chantel Larson Concordia 


Jess Williams, Rebecca Goodman Concordia 

Suzanne Bergantine, Heidi Faul 

Paula Cash, Allyson Grohnke NCC 

Renee Crep, Jen Riley 

Sara Dupslaff, Chris Hoper NCC 

Brenda Dietrich, Jen Riley 

Paula Pringle, Margie Hnasko NCC 

Lisa Resell, Margie Hutson 

Mark 

1:46.98 

1:47.55 

1:49.51 

1:49.64 

1:49.95 

Year 

1999 

2000 

1988 

1989 

1983 

1,600-meter relay 

Jess Williams, Jess Schill NCAA II 

April Biejeleski, Heidi Faul 

Jess Williams, Becky Leppard Fargo 


Jess Williams, Rebecca Goodman Minnesota 


Jess Williams, Missy Berg Fargo 

Rebecca Goodman, Heidi Faul 

Jess Williams, Andrea Domaskin NCC 


Missy Berg, Jess Williams Iowa St. 

Traci Korynta, Cindy Scott 

3:49.39 

3:52.82 

3:54.51 

3:54.94 

3:56.85 

3:59.50 

2002 

2001 

2001 

2000 

2000 

1999 


Rachel Sackett, Heidi Evans, NCC 


Jess Schill, Jackie Auwarter NCC 

JoAan Murphy, Katie Marschel 

Katie Marschel, April Maine NCC 

Jess Schill, Becky Leppard 

Jackie Auwarter, Lisbeth PedersenConcordia 


Jess Schill, Brittany Beeson NCC 

JoAan Murphy, Veronica Sackett 

Missy Berg, Jackie Auwarter NCC 


Missy Berg, April Maine NCC 

Katie Marschel, Becky Leppard 

Missy Berg, April Maine Concordia 

K. Marschel. Jackie Auwarter 

9:19.35 

9:20.51 

9:22.55 

9:30.61 

9:30.73 

9:31.42 

9:34.70 

9:37.20 

2004 

2002 

2001 

1999 

2003 

1999 

2000 

2000 

Shot Put 

Traci Werner 

Diana Trager 

Kati Drellack 

Nancy Fleischhacker 

Dana Olimb 

Misty Langseth 

Talia Merritt 

Andrea Charlebois 

Lindsey Hausauer 

Tammy Gravning 

NCC 

Fargo 

Fargo 

NCC 

NCC 

Fargo 

Fargo 

NCC 

Bemidji 

Fargo 

46-08 1/2 1990 

45-05 1/2 1990 

44-01 1/2 1999 

43-03 1/2 1987 

43-01 1/2 2005 

43-00 1991 

42-08 1/2 2003 

42-05 1/2 1998 

41-03 1/2 2005 

40-01 1/2 1988 

20 lb. Weight 

Kati Drellack 

Dana Olimb 

Talia Merritt 


Krista Klabo 

Jenny Flach 

Suzi Homstad 

Nicole Bell 

Leah Davis 

Fargo 

Bemidji 

NCC 

Bemidji 

NCC 

Mankato 

Bemidji 

NCC 

Bemidji 

50-01 1/2 1999 

49-01 2005 

47-00 3/4 2001 

45-10 2005 

43-10 3/4 2006 

43-05 3/4 2005 

41-00 1/2 2006 

41-00 1/2 1999 

40-07 2004 

High Jump 

Julie Johnson 

Wendy Kinneberg 


Shosti Vorachek 

Nikki Dahlstrom 

Lindsy Gegelman 

Amanda Nagel 

Pam Cole 

Tricia Pederson 

Cristy Risberg 

NCAA 

NCC 

NCC 

Fargo 

NCC 

NCC 

Mankato 

NCC 

Fargo 

NCC Pent. 

5-08 3/4 2003 

5-08 1990 

5-07 1/4 1987 

5-06 1/4 2000 

5-06 2006 

5-05 2006 

5-04 3/4 2004 

5-04 1984 

5-04 1997 

5-03 1/4 1993 

ALL-TIME BEST INDOOR PERFORMERS (THROUGH 2006) 

INDOOR TOP 10 

Event 

Long Jump 

Laura Siefert 

Sara Dupslaff 

Nikki Sims 


Michelle Burgard 




Kristin Stokes 

Steph Campbell 

Site 

Iowa St. 

NCC 

Fargo 

NCC 

Bemidji 

Fargo 

NDSCS 

Fargo 

NCC 

NCC 

Mark Year 

18-09 1/4 1994 

18-07 1992 

18-05 3/4 2004 

18-04 1986 

18-02 2006 

17-11 1/4 1993 

17-10 3/4 1986 

17-09 1990 

17-07 1999 

17-06 1/4 2000 

Triple Jump 

Sara Dupslaff 

Jackie Kensinger 


Nikki Sims 

Jessica Fleck 


Suzanne Bergantine 

Jen Halstenson 



NCC 

Fargo 

Bemidji 

Mankato 

Bemidji 

Bemidji 

NCC 

Concordia 

Bemidji 

Fargo 

38-04 3/4 1992 

38-02 2003 

37-03 3/4 2006 

36-08 1/2 2004 

36-08 1/2 2005 

36-06 3/4 1999 

36-06 1/4 1999 

36-05 3/4 2000 

36-02 1/2 1998 

36-01 1/2 2000 

Pole Vault 

Jessica Fleck 

Ellen Amberson 


Darby Sedler 

Becky Cable 

Lisa Bell 

Sarah Boese 

Bemidji 

NCC 

Mankato 

Fargo 

NCC 

Fargo 

Fargo 

12-01 1/2 2006 

11-06 1/2 2004 

11-00 3/4 2006 

10-11 3/4 2003 

10-11 2000 

10-00 2000 

9-06 1/4 2003 

Pentathlon 

Beth Morris 


Heidi Zander 

Fargo 

NCC 

NCC 

3252 pts. 

3245 

2918 

2003 

1993 

2005 

Rachel Sackett handing baton to Heidi Evans 

23

24 

OUTDOOR TOP 10 

Event 

100-meters 

Crystal White 


Margie Hutson 

Liesa Swenson 



Marci Enns 

Crystal Engstrom 

Lynda Sauer 

Paula Pringle 

Site 

Moorhead 

Moorhead 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

UND 

NCC 

Moorhead 

NCC 

UND 

Mark 

12.12 

12.16 

12.21 

12.25 

12.37 

12.38 

12.56 

12.73 

12.78 

12.84 

Year 

1999 

1999 

1984 

1993 

2001 

1986 

1993 

2000 

1990 

1983 

200-meters 

Liesa Swenson 

Margie Hutson 


Crystal White 



Marci Enns 

Jennifer Riley 



NCC 

NCC 

Moorhead 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

UND 

UND 

NCC 

24.85 

25.02 

25.17 

25.36 

25.42 

26.19 

26.40 

26.46 

26.47 

26.68 

1992 

1984 

1998 

1999 

2001 

2001 

1993 

1988 

2000 

1986 

400-meters 

Heidi Faul 

Jess Williams 

Marie Crep 

Renee Crep 



Kari Ward 

Cindy Scott 

Andrea Domaskin 

Ginny Hoop 

NCC 

NCC 

UND 

NCC 

NCC 

Moorhead 

NCC 

Fargo 

Morningside 

UND 

56.13 

56.35 

56.64 

56.70 

57.92 

58.64 

58.71 

58.96 

59.30 

59.44 

2001 

2001 

1994 

1989 

2001 

1987 

1994 

1998 

2000 

1981 

800-meters 

Becky Leppard 

Marie Crep 

Heidi Evans 

Jess Schill 


Cindy Scott 



Erin Bly 

Rachel Sackett 

NCAA II 

NCAA II 

Moorhead 

NCAA II 

Moorhead 

NCAA II 

Minnesota 

St. Olaf 

NCC 

NCC 

2:09.17 

2:09.46 

2:11.16 

2:11.43 

2:11.75 

2:12.26 

2:13.95 

2:14.61 

2:14.73 

2:15.69 

2001 

1994 

2006 

2004 

2002 

1998 

1992 

2004 

1994 

2004 

1,500-meters 

Becky Leppard 


Kristy Forsberg-Aune 

April Maine 



Jessica Neva 

Christy Rygh 

Jeanne Likar 

Rachelle Duerre 

Drake 

NCC 

NCC 

NCAA II 

NCC 

NCC 

NW. Mo. 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

4:26.71 

4:31.46 

4:32.80 

4:34.51 

4:35.02 

4:35.56 

4:40.13 

4:42.64 

4:42.75 

4:43.27 

2000 

1992 

1987 

2000 

2001 

1993 

2002 

1998 

1983 

2004 

3,000-meters 

Steph Bruening NCC 

Jessica Neva NCAA II 

Sheila Pexsa Minnesota 

Kari McIntire Moorhead 

Becky Leppard NCC 

Evette Edmondson Augie 

Kristy Forsberg-Aune Drake 

JoAan Murphy Emporia 

Heather Parr Minnesota 

April Maine UND 

9:44.04 

9:51.84 

9:56.69 

9:58.30 

10:04.57 

10:08.34 

10:13.76 

10:15.77 

10:18.04 

10:18.89 

1993 

2004 

1991 

1984 

1999 

1993 

1987 

2003 

1994 

2000 

ALL-TIME BEST OUTDOOR PERFORMERS (THROUGH 2006) 

Event 

5,000-meters 


Kim Olund 


Sheila Pexsa 

Kari McIntire 

Jeanne Likar 

JoAan Murphy 

Heather Parr 

Jessica Neva 

Carolyn Busse 

Site 

SW MO. 

Drake 

Minnesota 

Drake 

JC 

Moorhead 

Cal. St. LA 

Drake 

NCC 

Emporia St. 

Mark 

16:50.54 

17:07.20 

17:08.24 

17:18.43 

17:29.24 

17:48.54 

17:49.60 

17:50.32 

17:55.10 

18:02.10 

Year 

1993 

1996 

1993 

1991 

1984 

1982 

2003 

1993 

2004 

2000 

10,000-meters 

Jessica Neva 


Kim Olund 


JoAan Murphy 

Heather Parr 

Carolyn Busse 

Jessica Lichter 


Melissa Roehrich 

NCC 

Drake 

NCAA II 

Drake 

NCC 

SDSU 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

35:33.10 

35:35:64 

35:50.06 

36:23.83 

36:50.92 

37:30.07 

37:49.70 

39:01.70 

39:08.21 

39:50.31 

2004 

1994 

1996 

1993 

2003 

1994 

2000 

2006 

2006 

2002 


Beth Morris 

Becky Cable 


Paula Cash 



Jodi Bredahl 

Teresa Betz 


Pat Perkins 

NCC 

NCC 

Minnesota 

Moorhead 

Moorhead 

NCC (HEP) 

NCC 

Moorhead 

Emporia 

Minn-Kota 

14.78 

14.84 

14.96 

15.14 

15.14 

15.40 

15.54 

15.60 

15.67 

15.94 

2003 

1999 

1992 

1988 

1988 

2004 

1980 

1987 

2006 

1979 


Liesa Swenson 

Missy Berg 


Rachel Sackett 

Jodi Horn 

Audra Bushaw 

Loni Ulrich 

Jackie Kilian 

Cynthia Meyer 

Sara Hoerner 

NCAA II 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

NW Missouri 

NCC 

UND 

Moorhead 

NCC 

Moorhead 

60.91 

61.93 

64.34 

64.74 

65.03 

65.43 

65.74 

65.79 

65.81 

66.59 

1992 

1999 

1992 

2005 

2001 

1994 

1984 

1990 

1984 

2000 

Steeplechase 

Veronica Sackett St. Thomas 

Renee Aune Augustana 

Carolyn Orsua Moorhead 

Kristin Murch Bemidji 

Courtney Hugstad-Vaa NCC 

Margaret Landberg NW Missouri 

Mandy Gefroh NCC 

10:51.74 

11:06.84 

11:10.24 

11:20.77 

11:47.52 

12:25.90 

12:46.96 

2005 

2006 

2002 

2005 

2005 

2004 

2006 

400-meter relay 

Kerry Henricksen, Chantel Larson 


Jess Williams, Rebecca Goodman 

Cassie Hajicek, April Bielejeski 


Suzanne Bergantine, Crystal Engstrom 

Jess Williams, Chantel Larson 



Suzanne Bergantine, Heidi Faul 

Sara Dupslaff, Cristy Risberg 

Denise Barnhardt, Liesa Swenson 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

UND 

NCC 

48.27 

48.33 

48.50 

48.97 

49.30 

49.54 

1998 

2001 

2000 

1999 

2000 

1992

Event Site 


Jess Williams, Missy Berg NCAA II 


Jess Williams, Jess Schill Drake 


Jess Williams, Jackie Auwarter Drake 


Jess Williams, Missy Berg Florida St. 


Rachel Sackett, Jessica Schill NCC 

April Bielejeski, Erin Baustian 

Jess Williams, Missy Berg NCC 

April Bielejeski, Rebecca Goodman 

Erin Bly, Marie Crep NCC 

Audra Bushaw, Kari Ward 

Jess Williams, Missy Berg NCC 


Jenna Griffith, Jess Schill Emporia 

Rachel Sackett, Heidi Faul 

Liesa Swenson, Marie Crep Drake 

Denise Barnhardt, Audra Bushaw 

Mark 

3:45.05 

3:49.31 

3:49.81 

3:51.89 

3:52.43 

3:52.55 

3:56.07 

3:56.32 

3:56.67 

3:56.71 

Year 

2001 

2002 

2002 

2000 

2004 

2000 

1993 

1999 

2003 

1992 


Cindy Scott, Missy Berg Drake 

J. Auwarter, Lisbeth Pedersen 

Katie Marschel, April Maine Drake 

Jess Schill, Jackie Auwarter 

Rachelle Duerre, Rachel Sackett Drake 

Veronica Sackett, Heidi Evans 

Rachelle Duerre, V. Sackett Drake 

Rachel Sackett, Jessica Schill 

Cindy Scott, Traci Korynta Drake 

Erin Bly, Christy Rygh 

Steph Bruening, Jackie Killian Drake 

Barb Bergantine, Marie Crep 

April Maine, Jackie Auwarter Drake 

Katie Marschel, JoAan Murphy 

Jess Schill, Rachel Sackett Drake 

Brittany Beeson, Veronica Sackett 

Heidi Evans, Britt Beeson Drake 

V. Sackett, Margaret Landberg 

9:04.03 

9:08.51 

9:09.16 

9:10.17 

9:12.92 

9:13.37 

9:13.68 

9:18.72 

9:26.90 

1999 

2001 

2005 

2004 

1996 

1990 

2000 

2003 

2006 

Distance Medley 

Katie Marschel, Jackie Auwarter Drake 


Jen Lykken, Marie Crep Drake 

Erin Bly, Steph Bruening 

Christy Rygh, Missy Berg Drake 

Cindy Scott, Becky Leppard 

Jessica Schill, April Bielejeski Drake 

Rachel Sackett, Rachelle Duerre 

Jess Schill, Heidi Faul Drake 

Rachel Sackett, Veronica Sackett 

Steph Bruening, Audra Bushaw Drake 

Jackie Kilian, Sheila Pexsa 

Rachelle Duerre, Jessica Boger Drake 

Rachel Sackett, Kristin Murch 

11:47.63 

11:48.94 

12:03.49 

12:05.62 

12:08.23 

12:11.98 

12:12.42 

2001 

1993 

1998 

2004 

2003 

1991 

2005 

Sprint Medley 

Crystal White, Chantel Larson Drake 

Jackie Feser, April Maine 

Rebecca Goodman, S. Bergantine Drake 

Jackie Auwarter, April Maine 

Kerry Hendricksen, Chantel Larson Drake 

Missy Berg, Becky Leppard 

April Bielejeski, Becky Cable Drake 

Rebecca Goodman, Jackie Auwarter 

Sara Glas, Chantel Larson Drake 

Kari Ward, Cindy Scott 

Heidi Hager, Laura Seifert Drake 

Kari Ward, Erin Bly 

4:05.77 

4:08.77 

4:10.78 

4:11.10 

4:12.15 

4:14.82 

1999 

2000 

1998 

2001 

1996 

1994 

Pole Vault 

Ellen Amberson 

Jessica Fleck 


Becky Cable 

Darby Sedler 

Lisa Bell 

Sarah Boese 

Moorhead 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

NCC 

UND 

11-10 3/4 2005 

11-07 2005 

11-06 3/4 2006 

11-01 1/4 2000 

10-10 3/4 2003 

9-07 2001 

8-06 3/4 2003 

ALL-TIME BEST OUTDOOR PERFORMERS (THROUGH 2006) 

OUTDOOR TOP 10 

Event 

High Jump 


Sandi Walford 

Julie Johnson 


Pam Cole 



Delayne Gilbertson 

Nikki Dahlstrom 

Lyndsy Gegelman 

Amanda Nagel 

Site 

Moorhead 

Concordia 

NCAA II 

Moorhead 

NCC 

NCC 

Moorhead 

NDSCS 

Emporia 

NCC 

NCC 

Mark Year 

5-08 1/2 1990 

5-08 1986 

5-07 3/4 2000 

5-07 1/2 1987 

5-06 1984 

5-05 1/2 1993 

5-05 1/2 2000 

5-04 1/2 1987 

5-05 2006 

5-04 1/4 2004 

5-04 1/4 2004 

Long Jump 

Laura Seifert 


Nikki Sims 

Sara Dupslaff 



Brenda Dietrich 




Moorhead 

NCC 

Jamestown 

NCC 

Fargo 

NCC 

UND 

Moorhead 

NCC (HEP) 

UND 

18-09 1994 

18-07 3/4 1986 

18-06 2004 

18-05 1/2 1992 

18-00 1/2 2000 

17-11 3/4 1986 

17-11 3/4 1989 

17-11 1/2 2006 

17-10 1/4 2004 

17-09 3/4 1993 

Triple Jump 

Nikki Sims 

Suzanne Bergantine 


Sara Dupslaff 




Jen Halstenson 




Jamestown 

NCC 

NCC 

Drake 

Moorhead 

NW Missouri 

NW Missouri 

Fargo 

Emporia, KS 

NCC 

UND 

38-04 1/4 2004 

38-02 3/4 1998 

37-09 3/4 1998 

37-09 1/2 1992 

37-05 1/4 2006 

37-03 1/4 2005 

37-03 2005 

36-10 2000 

36-09 3/4 2001 

36-09 3/4 1996 

36-04 1/2 2000 

Shot Put 

Traci Werner 

Diana Trager 

Nancy Fleischhacker 

Dana Olimb 


Andrea Charlebois 

Kati Drellack 

Talia Merritt 

Judy Stamness 

Tammy Gravning 

NCAA II 

NCAA II 

UND 

NCC 

NCC 

SDSU 

Bemidji 

NW Missouri 

UND 

UND 

46-02 1/2 1990 

45-05 1/4 1991 

43-11 3/4 1987 

43-08 2004 

43-04 1/4 1994 

42-09 1996 

42-09 1999 

42-05 2001 

42-04 1983 

41-07 1988 

Discus 

Talia Merritt 

Diana Trager 

Traci Werner 

Shelly Ballard 

Danye Guinn 



Judy Stamness 

Missy Wilson 

Mandy Larson 

NW Missouri 

NCC 

Concordia 

NDSCS 

NCC 

Moorhead 

Concordia 

NCC 

NCC/MIAA 

NW Missouri 

173-10 

153-07 

148-06 

145-10 

143-01 

142-03 

140-09 

139-11 

139-05 

139-04 

2001 

1991 

1990 

1988 

2006 

1993 

2005 

1983 

1996 

2004 

Javelin 

Dana Olimb 

Vicky Besette 

Janet Connell 

Autumn Ballweber 

Lisa Perrault 

Sherry Midgarden 

Suzy Homstad 

Tanya Edwards 

Kris Sorenson 

Laura Gillespie 

Cassie Felber 

NCAA II 

Bemidji 

NCC 

NCC/MIAA 

NCC 

NCC 

Emporia 

Moorhead 

UND 

Dickinson 

UND 

156-01 

149-00 

138-06 

137-03 

134-00 

133-01 

132-10 

131-06 

130-00 

127-02 

127-02 

2005 

1994 

1987 

1996 

1983 

1990 

2005 

1989 

1995 

1981 

2003 

Heptathlon 

Jackie Kensinger NCC 4527 pts. 2004 

Allyson Grohnke NCC 4279 1987 

Becky Cable NCC 4264 1999 

Beth Morris NCC 4088 2003 

Cristy Risberg CMSU 3993 1993 

Heidi Zander NCC 3845 2005 

Wendy Kinneberg Drake 3668 1988 

Chantel Larson NCC/MIAA 3322 1996 

25

26 

ALL-AMERICANS 

JACKIE ACKIE 

AUWARTER 

Middle Distance 

Breckenridge, Minn. 

1998-2002 

Jackie Auwarter was one of the most versatile female track and 

cross country athletes to compete for the Fighting Sioux. 

Auwarter earned All-America honors in the 800-meters at the 

2002 NCAA indoor championships, setting a school record. She 

is also one of only four Fighting Sioux cross country runners to 

compete in four NCAA Championships, which included a second-place 

and two fourth-place national team finishes. 

Auwarter graduated from UND holding four school records in 

track and seven additional all-time top-10 performances in the 

long sprints and middle distances. 

MISSY ISSY 

BERG 

Sprints 

Odin, Minn. 

1997-2001 

Missy Berg earned three All-America honors and won four 

North Central Conference titles during her career as a Fighting 

Sioux. Her first All-America award was in the 400 hurdles at the 

1999 NCAA Championships. That same year she also won the 

NCC 400 hurdles. In 2000 and again in 2001 Berg was All- 

American in the 1,600-meter relay at the outdoor national meet. 

Both years the relay team set a school record at the NCAA 

Championships. Berg also won the NCC 800-meters and was a 

member of the winning 3,200-meter relay at the 2000 indoor 

championships. She is a member of the outdoor school record 

3,200-meter relay team. Berg was named to the North Central 

Conference At-Large Academic Team. She was also named 

three times to the United State Track Coaches Association All- 

Academic Team and was a 2000 GTE Academic All-District 

choice. Berg was awarded a post-graduate academic scholarship 

by the NCAA in 2001. 

APRIL PRIL 

BIELEJESKI 

Sprints 

Sartell, Minn. 

2001-2004 

April Bielejeski was a three time All-America as a member of 

Fighting Sioux 1600 meter relay teams. In 2000 Bielejeski 

earned her first All-America honor at the NCAA outdoor championships. 

At the 2001 outdoor meet she earned her second All- 

America when the 1600 relay team placed fourth in a school 

record time of 3:45.05. Bielejeski received her third All- 

America at the 2002 NCAA indoor meet when the Sioux relay 

team placed fourth, again in a school record time. She was also 

a 2001 NCC champion in the 1600 relay. Bielejeski finished her 

career with 14 all- time Sioux top ten performances in individual 

and relay events. She was named three times to the United 

States Track Coaches Association All-Academic Team. She was 

also named to the NCC at large All- Academic Team and was 

UND’s scholar athlete of the year for the 2001-2002 sports season. 

STEPH TEPH 

BRUENING 

2005 Hall of Fame Inductee 

CC/Distance 

Alexandria, Minn. 

1989-94 

Steph Bruening is one of the most decorated female track and 

cross country athletes in Fighting Sioux history. Bruening garnered 

10 NCAA All-America honors and was the national runner-up 

four times in three different events. She is one of only 

three NCAA Division II athletes to earn All-America honors in 

every distance event; the 1,500, 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000meters. 

Bruening won four individual conference titles and still 

holds the outdoor NCC 3,000-meter record. Bruening also holds 

three current Fighting Sioux school records in track. She was 

twice named the UND Female Scholar Athlete of the year and 

was a three-time recipient of the GTE Academic All-America 

Team award. In her senior year Bruening was named a top ten 

finalist for the prestigious NCAA Woman of The Year award 

presented to the nation’s top female athlete for all divisions of 

the NCAA.

CAROLYN AROLYN 

BUSSE-ORSUA 

Cross Country 

Arlington, Minn. 

1998-2002 

Carolyn Busse-Orsua capped her Fighting Sioux career by earning 

All-America honors at the 2002 NCAA Cross Country 

Championships. She is one of only four Fighting Sioux athletes 

to compete in four NCAA national cross country meets and 

helped lead the Sioux to two NCAA fourth-place finishes during 

her career. Orsua was a two-time all-region cross country 

performer and earned two All-North Central Conference awards 

in cross country. In track, Orsua was UND’s first ever athlete to 

qualify for the NCAA meet in the steeplechase. She was named 

three times to the NCAA Division II All-Academic Cross 

Country Team and was twice selected to the USTCA All- 

Academic Track Team. Orsua left her mark in the books with a 

Fighting Sioux record in the steeplechase and four all-time top- 

10 performances in the long distances. 

MARIE ARIE 

CREP 

2004 Hall of Fame Inductee 


Bemidji, Minn. 

1989-94 

Marie Crep also ranks as one of the Fighting Sioux’s most highly 

decorated female track athletes in the program’s history. Crep 

earned All-America honors four times including two third place 

finishes. In 1994 Crep became the first UND female track athlete 

to win a NCAA national title when she captured first place in the 

indoor 800-meter run. She won three conference titles setting a 

1993 NCC record in the 500-meters. She left her mark in the 

record books setting five UND school records during her 

Fighting Sioux career. 

EVETTE VETTE 

EDMONDSON 

Distance 

Kansas City, MO. 

1991-93 

ALL-AMERICANS 

Evette Edmondson earned NCAA All-America honors in the 

10,000-meters after transferring from Highland Community 

College in Kansas where she was national runner-up in the 

NJCAA 5,000 and 10,000-meters. During her two-year career at 

UND she won two conference 5,000-meter titles which included 

a NCC record run in 1992. She was also a key member of the 

1992 Fighting Sioux’s North Central Conference champion 

cross country team earning all-conference and all-region honors. 

HEIDI EIDI 

FAUL 

Long Sprints 

Powers Lake, N.D. 

2000-03 

Heidi Faul was a three-time All-American for the Fighting 

Sioux. In 2000, she anchored the 1,600-meter relay to an eighthplace 

finish at the outdoor national meet. At the 2001 NCAA outdoor 

championship, Faul anchored the Sioux relay team to a 

fourth-place finish and a school record of 3:45.05. Her third All- 

America honor came in 2002 when she anchored the indoor 

1,600-meter relay team to another fourth-place finish. Heidi finished 

her career at UND holding four school records and 18 alltime 

top ten Fighting Sioux performances. She won three NCC 

track titles and was named three times to the United States Track 

Coaches Association All-Academic team. 

27

28 

ALL-AMERICANS 

ALLYSON LLYSON 

GROHNKE 

Jumps 

Moorhead, Minn. 

1986-87 

Allyson Grohnke was the first ever Fighting Sioux track and field 

athlete to earn NCAA All-America honors when she placed fifth 

in the high jump at the 1987 NCAA national championships. 

Before transferring to the University of North Dakota from 

NDSCS, she was the NJCAA national champion in the heptathlon. 

In her two years at UND, Grohnke was a five-time allconference 

selection in the high jump and heptathlon. She set the 

school record in the heptathlon that stood until 2004. 

JULIE ULIE 

JOHNSON 

Jumps 

Excelsior, Minn. 

2000-03 

Julie Johnson was a five-time All-American in the high jump. 

After winning the NCC indoor high jump title as a freshman, 

Johnson went on to become the first Fighting Sioux track and 

field athlete to earn indoor All-America honors each of her four 

years at UND. Johnson also was the first to receive both indoor 

and outdoor All-America honors in track as a freshman. Her 

highest national finish was in her senior year when she placed 

second at the NCAA meet with a school record jump of 5-8 3/4. 

Johnson was also named to the United States Coaches 

Association All-Academic team four consecutive years. 

WENDY ENDY 

KINNEBERG 

Jumps 


1987-90 

Wendy Kinneberg was the first female track athlete to be a 

three-time All-America selection for the Fighting Sioux. She 

never placed lower than third in NCC high jump competition 

and won two conference high jump titles. Kinneberg was 

named to the NCC At-Large All-Academic team. She left 

UND with two school records and still holds the UND school 

record for the outdoor high jump. 


Allyson Grohnke

BECKY ECKY 

LEPPARD 

CC/Distance 

Waconia, Minn 

1997-2001 

Becky Leppard is the most decorated track and field and cross 

country athlete in Fighting Sioux history. She also ranks as one 

of the school’s most decorated female athletes of all-time. 

Leppard was a four-time NCAA runner-up in track in the 1,500meters 

and mile run and placed second individually at the 2000 

NCAA Cross Country Championships, leading the Sioux to a 

second place team finish. She was named Regional Cross 

Country Athlete of the Year in 1998 and was a finalist for the 

NCAA Division II Athlete of the Year. Leppard earned nine 

NCAA All-America honors and won an unprecedented 12 North 

Central Conference titles in the middle distance and distance 

events, setting an outdoor conference record in the 1,500-meters. 

She left UND holding six Fighting Sioux school records. 

Leppard was twice named UND’s Athlete of the Year. She was 

named three times to the North Central Conference At-Large 

Academic Team. Leppard was named three times to the NCAA 

All-Academic Cross Country Team and was a four-time selection 

to the United States Track Coaches Association All-Academic 

Track & Field team. Leppard was twice named to the GTE 

Academic All-District At-Large team and to the Verizon All 

Academic team. She was awarded a postgraduate academic 

scholarship by the NCAA in 2001 and was named NCAA 

Woman of the Year for the state of North Dakota her senior year. 

Heather Parr 

APRIL PRIL 

MAINE 

CC/Distance 

Holdingford, Minn. 

1998-2001 

ALL-AMERICANS 

April Maine’s first All-American honor came in 2000 when she 

placed sixth in the 1,500-meters at the NCAA Outdoor 

Championships. She qualified for three national cross country 

championships helping the team to a fourth-place finish in 1999 

and then earning All-America honors in 2000, helping the team 

to a second-place national finish. Maine finished her career as a 

member of three Fighting Sioux school record relay teams. She 

earned ten All-North Central Conference Track honors and was 

named twice to the All-North Central Region Cross Country 

Team. Maine was named three times to the NCAA All- 

Academic Cross Country team. She was a three-time selection 

to the United States Track Coaches Association All-Academic 

Team and twice selected to the North Central Conference 

Academic At-Large Team. She was also named to the 2000 GTE 

Academic All-District At-Large Team. 

KATIE ATIE 

MARSCHEL 



1998-2002 

Katie Marschel earned her first All-America honor with an 

eighth-place finish in the mile run at the 2001 NCAA Indoor 

Championships. She earned her second All-America in the mile 

with a sixth-place finish at the 2002 indoor national meet. 

Marschel won three individual NCC championships in track 

and left her mark in the school record books in two relays: the 

3,200-meter indoor relay and outdoor distance medley. 

Marschel’s cross country career was no less spectacular. She is 

one of only four Fighting Sioux cross country athletes to compete 

in the NCAA national meet in all four years of her Fighting 

Sioux career. She was instrumental in two of UND’s NCAA 

fourth-place team finishes and in the Sioux’s second-place 

national finish in 2000. In 2002 she earned All-NCC cross country 

honors. Marschel was named to the NCAA Division II All- 

Academic Team and earned two USTCA All-Academic Team 

honors in track. 

29

30 

ALL-AMERICANS 

TALIA ALIA 

MERRITT 

Throws 

Fargo, N.D. 

2001-03 

Merritt earned All-America honors in 2001 when she placed 

third in the discus at the NCAA outdoor championships. She also 

won the 2001 North Central Conference discus competition with 

a then NCC record throw. Her personal best of 173-10 her freshman 

year established a new school record and was one of the top 

ten all-time performances in the discus for Division II. 


NEVA 

CC/Distance 

Jamestown, N.D. 

1999-2004 

Jessica Neva is the only Sioux female cross country athlete to 

earn All-America honors in each of her four years at UND. In 

2000, Neva’s 17th place finish at the NCAA Cross Country 

Championships helped the Sioux to a second place team finish. 

Neva’s All- America performances led the Sioux to fourth place 

team finishes at the 1999 and 2001 NCAA Cross Country 

Championships. She was selected three times to the All-North 

Central Conference and All North Central Region cross country 

team. Neva’s track career was also impressive. She garnered a 

total of four All-America honors in track, twice in the 3000 

meters and twice in the 5000. Neva won four NCC individual 

titles during her career in the 3000, 5000, and 10,000 meter runs. 

In her senior year, Neva set school records in the 5000 meters 

indoor and 10,000 meters outdoor. She was named three times to 

the NCAA Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic 

team and was a three-time United States Track Coaches 

Association All-Academic selection. 

DANA ANA 

OLIMB 

Throws 

Grand Forks, ND 

2003-2005 

Dana Olimb was a two time NCAA All-America in the javelin. 

Olimb qualified for the 2003 national meet and placed 13th. In 

2004 she returned to the championships where she placed seventh, 

earning her first NCAAAll-America honor. Olimb narrowly 

missed winning the NCAA title in 2005, when she had a 

school record toss of 156-01. She finished in the runnerup position, 

good for her second NCAA All-America honor. Olimb was 

a five-time all-conference performer in the javelin and shot put, 

winning the North Central Conference Indoor shot put title in 

2005. 

KIM IM 

OLUND 

CC/Distance 

White Bear Lake, Minn. 

1994-98 

Kim Olund won the individual North Central Conference cross 

country title in 1994 leading the Sioux to the conference title. In 

1995 she captured the individual NCC championship and won 

the North Central Regional meet. Olund was a three-time cross 

country All-America twice placing in the top ten at the NCAA 

national meet. She earned three All-America honors in track. 

Olund won conference titles in the 10,000 and 5,000-meters and 

in 1996 set the NCC record in the 10,000-meter. She was voted 

the UND Rookie of the Year in 1995 and the UND Scholar 

Athlete of the Year in 1997. She was a two-time USTCA All- 

Academic team selection in track and was named three times to 

the NCAA All-Academic cross country team.

HEATHER EATHER 

PARR 

Cross Country 

East Grand Forks, Minn. 

1992-95 

Heather Parr earned All-America honors in cross country leading 

the Fighting Sioux to a fourth-place team finish at the NCAA 

championships in 1994. She was named all-conference and allregion 

in cross country twice and was a two-time all-conference 

performer in track. Parr was named the UND Rookie of the Year 

in 1994 and the UND Scholar Athlete of the Year in 1995. 

SHEILA HEILA 

PEXSA 

CC/Distance 

Alexandria, Minn. 

1987-92 

Sheila Pexsa earned All-America cross country honors for the 

Fighting Sioux in 1991, and was named All-America in the 1,500meters 

her senior year of track. Pexsa qualified for three NCAA 

cross country championships and placed in the top ten at the conference 

and regional championship meet each of her first three 

years. Pexsa earned three All-NCC and all-region honors in cross 

country. She was a three-time all-conference track performer and 

was named to the North Central Conference at-large academic 

team. 

Louise Ronnerman (left), Sheila Pexsa (behind Ronnerman) and Steph Bruening (right) 

LOUISE OUISE 

RONNERMAN 

CC/Distance 

Gothenburg, Sweden 

1991-94 


SCHILL 

CC/Distance 


2000-04 

ALL-AMERICANS 

Louise Ronnerman garnered four NCAA All-America awards in 

the 1,500-meters and earned All-America cross country honors 

with a 12th-place finish at the 1992 NCAA championships. She 

came to UND as a transfer from Mount SAC Community College 

in California. Ronnerman earned All-NCC honors in every North 

Central Conference cross country and track competition of her 

Fighting Sioux career. She won NCC 1,500-meter titles in 1992 

and 1993 and set the NCC 1,500-meter record at the 1992 conference 

championships. Ronnerman was also selected to the North 

Central Conference At-Large All-Academic Team. An aviation 

major, she was named the National Collegiate Pilot of the Year in 

1993 and 1994. 

Jessica Schill earned her first All-America honor in the 1600 

relay at the 2002 NCAA indoor championships. In 2004, she 

set a school record in the 800 (2:10.18) at the national indoor 

meet, earning her second All-America honor. That same year 

she raced to a fifth-place finish at the outdoor national meet to 

pick up her third All-America award. As a freshman, Schill 

was a member of the 2000 cross country team that placed second 

in the NCAA meet. She graduated from UND holding 

three Fighting Sioux school records. Schill was a three-time 

USTCA All-Academic team selection in track and was named 

to the NCAA Cross Country Coaches Association All- 

Academic Team. She was also named to the NCC At-Large 

Academic Team and to the CoSIDA Academic All-District At- 

Large Team. In 2004 she was selected as the UND Female 

Scholar Athlete of the Year and was UND’s NCC honor athlete 

of the year. Schill was named the NCAA Woman of the 

Year for the state of North Dakota her senior year and was 

awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship. 

31

32 

ALL-AMERICANS 

CINDY INDY 

SCOTT 



1994-99 

Cindy Scott was named All-America in the 800-meters in 1998. 

She was a three-time all-conference selection in track and won 

NCC titles in the 1,000-meters and 3,200-meter relay. She qualified 

for three NCAA cross country championships and was a 

key member of the 1994 Fighting Sioux NCC and North Central 

Region championship cross country team earning all-region 

honors her freshman year. She was the 1999 UND North 

Central Conference Honor athlete and was the Fighting Sioux 

nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. Scott was 

twice named to the USTCA All-Academic team and the NCC 

At-Large Academic Team. 

DIANA IANA 

TRAGER 

Throws 

Winnipeg, Manitoba 

1989-91 

Diana Trager earned All-America honors in the shot put with 

a third-place finish at the 1991 outdoor national meet. She also 

qualified for national competition in the discus. Her best throw 

of 153-07 was a UND school record until 2001. Trager earned 

five all-conference awards finishing no lower than third in the 

indoor and outdoor shot or discus her junior and senior seasons. 

She was also named to the All-NCC At-Large Academic 

Team. 

TRACI RACI 

WERNER 

Throws 

Appleton, Wis. 

1990-91 

Traci Werner was a two-time All-America in the shotput. 

Werner still holds the Fighting Sioux record for both the 

indoor and outdoor shot. In two years of NCC competition she 

placed no lower than second in the indoor or outdoor shot put 

and discus. She won two North Central Conference shot put 

titles before she was forced by injury to retire from throwing 

in 1991. 


WILLIAMS 

Sprints 

Larimore, N.D. 

1998-2002 

Jess Williams earned NCAA All-America honors three times in 

her Fighting Sioux career, all in the 1,600-meter relay. 

Williams’ first All-America award came at the 2000 NCAA 

Outdoor Championships, where the 1,600-meter relay team 

placed eighth and set a UND record. That was followed by a 

fourth-place finish at the 2001 national meet, again in schoolrecord 

time. At the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2002, 

Williams earned her third All-America honor with another 

record-setting fourth-place in the 1,600-meter relay. Williams 

won two NCC titles while at UND and was a multiple all-NCC 

performer. She ended her career holding three school records 

and was listed an additional 19 times on UND’s all-time top-10 

performances list. Williams was three times named to the 

USTCA All-Academic Track and Field Team.

ALL-AMERICANS 

Year Name NCAA Finish 

1991 Steph Bruening 14th 

Sheila Pexsa 17th 


Louise Ronnerman 12th 

1994 Kim Olund 30th 

Heather Parr 29th 



1998 Becky Leppard 12th 

1999 Jessica Neva 11th 

2000 Becky Leppard 2nd 

Jessica Neva 17th 

April Maine 25th 


2002 Carolyn Orsua 24th 


Year 

NCC CHAMPIONS 

Name 



Year 

ALL-NCC AWARDS 

Name Place 

1985 Kristy Forsberg 8th 

1986 Kristy Forsberg-Aune 3rd 

1987 Sheila Pexsa 7th 

1988 Sheila Pexsa 3rd 



1991 Steph Bruening 3rd 




Evette Edmondson 6th 

1994 Kim Olund 1st 

Heather Parr 2nd 

Disa Hillstrom 3rd 

Erin Bly 10th 



Becky Leppard 10th 


1998 Becky Leppard 2nd 

Carolyn Busse 10th 


2000 Becky Leppard 3rd 



2001 JoAan Murphy 6th 

Katie Marschel 8th 

Jackie Auwarter 9th 

2002 Carolyn Orsua 3rd 

JoAan Murphy 5th 

2003 Jessica Neva 3rd 

Veronica Sackett 10th 

2004 Veronica Sackett 5th 

2005 Margaret Landberg 3rd 

Veronica Sackett 8th 

2006 Margaret Landberg 4th 

Rachelle Duerre 7th 

Kristy Keithley 8th 

REGION CHAMPIONS 

Year Name 



Year 

ALL-REGION 

Name Place 

1985 Kristy Forsberg 8th 

1986 Kristy Forsberg-Aune 5th 









Evette Edmondson 10th 

1994 Kim Olund 2nd 

Heather Parr 3rd 

Disa Hillstrom 5th 

Erin Bly 12th 


Traci Korynta 11th 


Becky Leppard 10th 

Traci Korynta 13th 


1998 Becky Leppard 1st 




Carolyn Busse 12th 




2002 Carolyn Orsua 12th 


NCAA TEAM FINISHES 

Year Place 

1991 5th 

1992 4th 

1994 4th 

1995 13th 

1996 4th 

1998 13th 

1999 4th 

2000 2nd 

2001 4th 

2004 15th 

2006 13th 

NCC & REGIONAL TEAM FINISHES 

Year NCC Finish Region Finish 

1990 6th 7th 

1991 3rd 3rd 

1992 1st 2nd 

1993 5th 5th 

1994 1st 1st 

1995 2nd 2nd 

1996 1st 2nd 

1997 5th 5th 

1998 4th 3rd 

1999 5th 2nd 

CROSS COUNTRY HONOR ROLL 

2000 2nd 4th 

2001 1st 3rd 

2002 3rd 6th 

2003 4th 7th 

2004 3rd 5th 

2005 2nd 6th 

2006 1st 5th 

NCAA II CROSS COUNTRY 

COACHES ASSOCIATION 

INDIVIDUAL ALL-ACADEMIC 

TEAM 

Year Name 

1991 Steph Bruening, Sheila Pexsa 

1992 Steph Bruening, Louise 

Ronnerman 

1993 Erin Bly 

1994 Erin Bly, Heather Parr 

1995 Traci Korynta, Kim Olund, Christy 

Rygh 

1996 Jenny Diedrich, Disa Hillstrom, 

Traci Korynta, Kim Olund, Cindy 

Scott 

1997 Disa Hillstrom, Traci Korynta, 

Becky Leppard, Kim Olund 

1998 Becky Leppard, April Maine, Heidi 

Meehan 

1999 Carolyn Busse, April Maine 

2000 Becky Leppard, April Maine, 

Jessica Neva 

2001 Carolyn Busse, Katie Marschel, 

JoAan Murphy, Jessica Neva, 


2002 Carolyn Orsua, JoAan Murphy 

2003 Jessie Lichter, Jessica Neva, 


2004 Brittany Beeson, Jessie Lichter, 


2005 Rachelle Duerre, Kristy Keithley, 

Margret Landberg, Jessie Lichter, 


2006 Rachelle Duerre, Kristy Keithley, 

Mandy Gefroh, Margaret 

Landberg, Callie Malone 

NCAA CROSS COUNTRY 

COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL- 

ACADEMIC TEAM GPA 

Year GPA National Rank 

1995 3.54 4th 

1996 3.75 2nd 

1997 3.49 13th 

1998 3.52 9th 

1999 3.41 25th 

2000 3.64 2nd 

2001 3.42 25th 

2002 3.47 18th 

2003 3.60 10th 

2004 3.57 10th 

2005 3.62 10th 

2006 3.66 12th 

33

34 

TRACK & FIELD HONOR ROLL 

ALL-AMERICANS 

INDOOR 

Year Name Event Place 

1987 Allyson Grohnke High Jump 5th 

1988 Wendy Kinneberg High Jump 5th 

1989 Wendy Kinneberg High Jump 5th 

Traci Werner Shotput 5th 

1990 Wendy Kinneberg High Jump 3rd 

1991 Steph Bruening 1,500 2nd 

1992 Sheila Pexsa 1,500 6th 

1993 Steph Bruening 1,500 5th 

3,000 2nd 

Marie Crep 800 3rd 

Louise Ronnerman 1,500 3rd 

1994 Steph Bruening 5,000 3rd 

Marie Crep 800 1st 

Louise Ronnerman 1,500 6th 

1996 Kim Olund 5,000 5th 

1999 Becky Leppard Mile 5th 

2000 Julie Johnson High Jump 6th 

Becky Leppard Mile 2nd 

2001 Julie Johnson High Jump 4th 

Becky Leppard Mile 2nd 

Katie Marschel Mile 8th 

2002 Julie Johnson High Jump 3rd 

Katie Marschel Mile 6th 

Jessica Neva 5,000 8th 

Jackie Auwarter 800 8th 

Jessica Williams 1,600 relay 4th 

Jessica Schill 1,600 relay 4th 

April Bielejeski 1,600 relay 4th 

Heidi Faul 1,600 relay 4th 

2003 Julie Johnson High Jump 2nd 

2004 Jessica Neva 5,000 5th 

Jessica Schill 800 6th 

OUTDOOR 

Year Name Event Place 

1990 Steph Bruening 3000 6th 

Traci Werner Shot Put 6th 

1991 Diana Trager Shot Put 3rd 

1992 Louise Ronnerman 1,500 4th 

1993 Steph Bruening 3,000 2nd 

5,000 2nd 

Marie Crep 800 6th 

Evette Edmondson 10,000 8th 

Louise Ronnerman 1,500 7th 

1994 Steph Bruening 10,000 7th 

Marie Crep 800 3rd 

1995 Kim Olund 10,000 8th 

1996 Kim Olund 10,000 5th 

1998 Cindy Scott 800 6th 

1999 Missy Berg 400 Hurdles 4th 

Becky Leppard 1,500 3rd 

2000 Missy Berg 1,600 relay 8th 



Julie Johnson High Jump 5th 

Becky Leppard 1,500 2nd 

April Maine 1,500 6th 


2001 Missy Berg 1,600 relay 4th 




Becky Leppard 1,500 2nd 

800 6th 

Talia Merritt Discus 3rd 

2002 Jessica Neva 3,000 3rd 

2004 Jessica Neva 3,000 6th 

Dana Olimb Javelin 7th 

Jessica Schill 800 5th 

2005 Dana Olimb Javelin 2nd 

NCC CHAMPIONS 

INDOOR 

Year Name Event Mark 

1986 Karen Bergantine Long Jump 18-04 

1990 Steph Bruening 1,500 4:40.17 

Wendy Kinneberg High Jump 5-08 

Traci Werner Shot Put 46-8 1/2 

1992 Evette Edmondson 5,000 17:58.10* 


Marie Crep 500 1:15.85* 

Louise Ronnerman 1,500 4:33.84 


Marie Crep 500 1:17.07 

Louise Ronnerman 1,500 4:38.91 

1996 Kim Olund 5,000 17:29.17 

1999 Becky Leppard 3,000 10:10.77 

Cindy Scott 1,000 2:57.17 

3200 relay 9:31.42* 

Jackie Auwarter, Missy Berg, 


2000 Missy Berg 800 2:15.96 

Heidi Faul 500 1:16.86 

Julie Johnson HJ 5-08 1/4 

Becky Leppard Mile 4:57.38 

3,000 10:11.69 

1600 relay 3:56.85 

Jessica Williams, Andrea Domaskin, 


3200 relay 

April Maine, Missy Berg, 

Katie Marschel, Becky Leppard 

9:34.70 

2001 Becky Leppard Mile 4:58.36 

3,000 10:03.09 

Katie Marschel 1,000 2:58.82 

2002 Jackie Auwarter 1,000 2:55.45 

Katie Marschel Mile 5:00.00 

Jessica Neva 3,000 10:15.88 

2004 Jessica Neva 5,000 17:01.73* 

2005 Dana Olimb Shot Put 43-01 1/2 

Veronica Sackett 1,000 3:02.51 

OUTDOOR 

Year Name Event Mark 

1979 Ginny Hoop 200 27.00 

Barb Marks High Jump 5-01 

1980 Lisa Perrault Javelin 127-0 1/2 

1982 Lisa Perrault Javelin 127-07 

1987 Kristy Aune 1,500 4:32.80* 

1988 Shelly Ballard Discus 140-09 

1990 Wendy Kinneberg High Jump 5-08 1/4 

Traci Werner Shot Put 45-03 1/2 

1992 Louise Ronnerman1,500 4:31.46* 

1993 Steph Bruening 3,000 9:44.04* 

Evette Edmondson 5,000 17:21.52 

Liesa Swenson 400 Hurdles 61.00 


Marie Crep 400 56.84 

1996 Kim Olund 10,000 35:54.00* 

5,000 17:36.18 

1999 Missy Berg 400 Hurdles 61.93 

Becky Leppard 1,500 4:35.70 

3,000 10:04.57 

2000 Becky Leppard 1,500 4:33.86 

3,000 10:06.43 

2001 Becky Leppard 1,500 4:30.88* 

800 2:11.7 

Talia Merritt Discus 162-04* 

1600 Relay 3:49.04 

Jessica Williams, Missy Berg 


2002 JoAan Murphy 10,000 37:42.96 

Jessica Neva 3,000 10:05.61 

2004 Jessica Neva 10,000 35.33.10 

5,000 17:55.10 

Veronica Sackett Steeple 10:58.70* 

2005 Veronica Sackett Steeple 11:09.53 

2006 Veronica Sackett Steeple 11:01.51 

Danye Guinn Discus 143-01 

*Established NCC Record 

NCAA II TEAM FINISH 

Year Indoor Outdoor 

1987 21st --- 

1988 --- --- 

1989 21st --- 

1990 15th 28th 

1991 14th 29th 

1992 19th 32nd 

1993 5th 11th 

1994 6th 23rd 

1995 --- 43rd 

1996 25th 36th 

1997 --- --- 

1998 --- 35th 

1999 24th 22nd 

2000 12th 16th 

2001 13th 12th 

2002 10th 34th 

2003 20th --- 

2004 21st 30th 

2005 --- 31st 

2006 --- ---

U.S. TRACK COACHES 

ASSOCIATION INDIVIDUAL 

ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 

Year Name 

1994 Vicky Besette, Erin Bly 




1996 Autumn Ballweber, Vicky Besette 

Kim Olund 

1998 Missy Berg, Becky Leppard 

April Maine, Cindy Scott 

1999 Missy Berg, Kati Drellack 

Traci Korynta, Becky Leppard 

Lisbeth Pederson, Cindy Scott 

2000 Missy Berg, April Bielejeski 

Carolyn Busse, Becky Cable 

Heidi Faul, Rebecca Goodman 

Julie Johnson, Becky Leppard 

April Maine, Shosti Vorachek 

Jessica Williams 

2001 Missy Berg, Carolyn Busse 


Rebecca Goodman, Julie Johnson 


Katie Marschel, Jessica Neva 

Jessica Schill, Shosti Vorachek 


2002 April Bielejeski, Carolyn Busse 

Heidi Faul, Julie Johnson 

Katie Marschel, JoAan Murphy 

Jessica Neva, Jessica Schill 


2003 Julie Johnson, Jackie Kensinger 

Beth Morris, JoAan Murphy 


2004 Jackie Kensinger, Jessica Neva 


2005 Britt Beeson, Jessica Boger 

Rachelle Duerre, Heidi Evans 

Rachel Sackett, Veronica Sackett 

2006 Heidi Evans, Jessica Boger, 

Michelle Burgard, Nicole 

Dahlstrom, Rachelle Duerre, Renee 

Aune, Veronica Sackett 

U.S. COACHES ASSOCIATION 

ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM GPA 

Year GPA National Rank 

1994 3.39 2nd 

1995 3.39 1st 

1996 3.42 1st 

1997 3.47 2nd 

1998 3.45 2nd 

1999 3.51 1st 

2000 3.52 1st 

2001 3.51 1st 

2002 3.39 7th 

2003 3.45 6th 

2004 3.45 5th 

2005 3.46 

2006 3.69 2nd 

NCC AT-LARGE ACADEMIC TEAM 

Year Name 

1983 Jeanne Likar 

1984 Mary Martian, Kari McIntire 

Lisa Roesler, Loni Ulrich 



1988 Barb Bergantine 




Wendy Kinneberg*, Sheila Pexsa* 

Diana Trager* 

1993 Steph Bruening, Jessica Dart* 

Louise Ronnerman* 

1994 Steph Bruening, Erin Bly 

Heather Parr 

1995 Erin Bly, Traci Korynta 

Kim Olund, Vicky Besette* 

Heather Parr*, Kari Ward* 

1997 Kim Olund, Cindy Scott 

Traci Korynta, Christy Rygh 

1998 Christy Rygh, Cindy Scott 

1999 Traci Korynta, Becky Leppard 

Cindy Scott, Missy Berg* 

Chantel Larson* 

2000 Becky Leppard, April Maine 


April Maine, Jen Halstenson* 

2002 April Bielejeski, Jessica Neva 

Carolyn Busse*, Heidi Faul* 

Jen Halstenson*, Katie Marschel* 

JoAan Murphy*, Jessica Schill* 

Jessica Williams* 

NCC CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & 

FIELD ACADEMIC TEAM 

2003 Heidi Faul, JoAan Murphy 

2004 Jessica Neva, Jessica Schill, 

Veronica Sackett*, April Bielejeski* 

2005 Britt Beeson, Michelle Burgard 


2006 Britt Beeson, Veronica Sackett 

*Honorable Mention 

COSIDA DIVISION II ACADEMIC 

ALL-AMERICAN TEAM 

Year Name 

1984 Kari McIntire (2nd team) 

1985 Kari McIntire (2nd team) 

1992 Steph Bruening (2nd team) 

1993 Steph Bruening (1st team) 

1994 Steph Bruening (1st team) 

COSIDA DIVISION II DISTRICT 

VII ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 

Year Name 








April Maine 


TRACK & FIELD HONOR ROLL 

2002 April Bielejeski (2nd team) 

2004 Jessica Schill (2nd team) 

2005 Veronica Sackett (1st team) 

2006 Veronica Sackett 

NCC SCHOLAR ATHLETE 

(Awarded to Top Female Student-Athlete) 

Year Name 


(cross country/track) 

1987 Brenda Schmitz (track) 



1999 Cindy Scott 




2004 Jessica Schill 


UND FEMALE 

SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 

Year Name 

1992-93 Steph Bruening (cross country/track) 

1993-94 Steph Bruening (cross country/track) 

1994-95 Heather Parr (cross country/track) 

1995-96 Vicky Besette (track) 

1996-97 Kim Olund (cross country/track) 

2001-02 April Bielejeski (track/soccer) 

2003-04 Jessica Schill (cross country/track) 

2005-06 Veronica Sackett (cross country/track) 

UND FEMALE ATHLETE 

OF THE YEAR 

(Awarded to UND’s Top Female Athlete) 

Year Name 

1999-2000 Becky Leppard 

2000-2001 Becky Leppard 

UND TRACK/CROSS COUNTRY 

NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARS 

Year Name 

2001 Missy Berg 

Becky Leppard 


UND TRACK/CROSS COUNTRY 

NCAA WOMAN OF THE YEAR 

AWARD NOMINEES 

Year Name 


(National Top 10 finalist) 

1999 Cindy Scott 


(State of North Dakota Winner) 


(State of North Dakota Winner) 

35

36 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW 

RUNNING THROUGH HISTORY 

A CONVERSATION WITH HEAD COACH DICK CLAY 

As with other sports in any program, the University of North Dakota cross 

country and track teams have gone through their fair share of ups and downs. 

From the flood of 1997 cancelling the outdoor track season to the 2000 cross 

country season, where the team placed second in the NCAA national meet, the 

Fighting Sioux have experienced both the sweet taste of victory and the bitter 

taste of defeat. 

The Fighting Sioux women’s track and field team entered the 1980s led by 

coach Margaret Peterson, with Mike Grandall coaching the cross country team. It 

is due, much in part to Peterson, that the track and field program began to flourish 

at that time. Peterson was also the coach for UND’s field hockey team, and 

she recruited many of the players to become dual-sport student-athletes. When 

the field hockey program was dropped in the fall of 1984, Peterson resigned as 

the track and field coach and went on to obtain her doctorate at UND. An interim 

coach took the helm for one year as the search for the new head coach began. It 

was in 1985 that UND would turn over the reigns of both the women’s cross 

country and track and field teams to the newly appointed head coach, Dick Clay. 

The first season under Clay brought small numbers, yet a solid and very good 

group. Clay remembers having mixed emotions at the first home cross country 

meet, met with both nerves and anxiety. 

“We had only five runners and one of the women was hurt, but she ended up 

able to run, making a complete team,” Clay recalled. The track and field team 

that year also had smaller numbers but competed well. “All of these athletes 

were very committed to the program and remain loyal alumni to this day,” said 

Clay. 

It can be said that in the 1980s, the UND teams didn’t receive as much support 

as they could have utilized. In fact, it wasn’t until the late 1980s/early 1990s, 

when the cross country team experienced its first successes, that financial support 

became more available. “I think it just took awhile to get to that point where people 

began to take notice,” Clay said. “As time went on, the teams began to earn 

more respect. With the increased success at the conference and national level, 

both track and cross country started to gain respect as one of the better programs 

in NCAA Division II.” 

Along with this new mentality came many successes for several individuals on 

the team. Allyson Grohnke became UND’s first NCAA track and field All- 

American in 1987. Steph Bruening and Sheila Pexsa followed suit for the 

Fighting Sioux’s cross country team, becoming All-Americans in 1991. That 

season was also the first time in history that the Fighting Sioux qualified for the 

NCAA national meet as a team, placing fifth in the nation. 

The 1990s also saw many successes for the Fighting Sioux teams. In 1992, the 

cross country team captured UND’s first North Central Conference 

Championship and their first NCAA team award with a fourth-place finish in the 

national championships. The track and field team had its own success in 1993, 

when it had its highest NCAA finish, placing fifth at the indoor national championship. 

To describe the cross country team’s 1994 season as successful may be an 

understatement. The Fighting Sioux captured the top three individual places in 

the NCC to win the team title and also upset the No. 1-ranked team in the nation 

enroute to UND’s first-ever NCAA regional team title. The Fighting Sioux captured 

three of the top four places in the regional meet and went on to place fourth 

in the national meet, missing third place by one point. That season also saw 

freshman Kim Olund become the first Fighting Sioux to win an individual conference 

title. 

The 1994 track and field team also saw more individual honors for their team 

members. Marie Crep became UND’s first NCAA national champion, winning 

the 800-meter run at the NCAA indoor championships. Steph Bruening was 

named the NCAA Woman of the Year. Bruening finished her career with 10 All- 

American honors and is still currently one of only two Division II student-athletes 

in history to earn All-American honors in all of the distance events; 

1,500/3,000/5,000 and 10,000-meter run. 

The mid-to-late 1990s brought more successes for the cross country team. The 

1995 team once again advanced to the NCAA championships. Individually, 

Olund won her second consecutive NCC cross country title and became UND’s 

first individual region champion. In 1996, the cross country team won its third 

North Central Conference team championship and placed fourth at the NCAA 

national championships. 

Becky Leppard won the 

individual NCC and 

regional cross country 

titles in 1998. The 1999 

cross country team 

upset the top rated 

teams in the regional 

meet, placing second on 

its way to another top 

five finish at the NCAA 

national championships, 

placing fourth in the 

nation. 

Successes kept coming 

as the women ran 

into the new millennium. 

In 2000, the indoor 

track team had its highest 

NCC finish in 

school history. All 

seven of the Fighting 

UND head coach Dick Clay talks with middle 

distance runner Heidi Evans. 

Sioux’s national qualifiers earned All-American honors at the NCAA national 

meet, as the team placed 12th. Clay was named the 2000 NCAA National Indoor 

Coach of the Year and 11 track and field athletes were named to the United 

States Track Coaches All-Academic Team. 

The 2000 cross country team also had national success, as they placed second 

in the NCAA national meet. The runner-up finish was the best in school history. 

In addition, Leppard was also the individual runner-up, finishing less than 10 

seconds from winning a national title. 

There was still more national success to come to the track and field team. In 

2001, the 1,600-meter relay team placed fourth at the national meet, setting a 

school record of 3:45.05. In addition, 13 Fighting Sioux track and field members 

were named to the USTCA All-Academic Team. Individually, Leppard finished 

her career with nine NCAA All-American honors and an unprecedented 12 NCC 

individual titles. She was also named NCAA Woman of the Year from North 

Dakota and she, along with Missy Berg, received NCAA postgraduate scholarships. 

The Fighting Sioux cross country team received more honors in the early 

2000s. In 2001, the team took home the program’s sixth NCAA national trophy 

in 10 years, placing fourth. In 2003, high jumper Julie Johnson finished her 

career as the first track and field athlete to earn All-America honors each of her 

four years. Jessica Neva completed her career in 2003 as the first Fighting Sioux 

female cross country athlete to earn NCAA All-American honors four consecutive 

years. 

In addition, the track and field teams garnered more honors in the new millennium. 

In 2002, all eight Fighting Sioux NCAA qualifiers earned All-American 

honors, taking home a 10th-place finish at the indoor national championship. 

Jessica Schill was named NCAA Woman of the Year from North Dakota and 

received an NCAA postgraduate scholarship in 2004. UND’s success continued 

as recently as the fall of 2006 when the Fighting Sioux cross country team captured 

the NCC cross country title for the fifth time in school history. 

The depth and strength of the Fighting Sioux women’s cross country and track 

and field teams is no longer a secret. Clay remembers favorably those individuals 

he has coached favorably. 

“The strength of the lifelong friendships that are created with the student-athletes 

and that the student-athletes foster among themselves is more a measure of 

our team success than anything else,” Clay said. “They have provided some great 

memories. Not only are they well-grounded individuals, they are also good citizens 

who do outstanding things.” 

Their distinctiveness doesn’t stop at graduation. Whether it is being role models 

or having success with their careers and families, there is something special 

about the Fighting Sioux cross country and track and field family of student-athletes.

Quick Facts - University of North Dakota Athletics

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?