Track & Field Athletes Claim 17 All-NSIC Spots,
Hamik Honored

May 17, 2007
ABERDEEN, S.D. - Northern State men's and women's outdoor track & field athletes took 17 places on the 2007 All-Northern Sun Conference teams. All-NSIC teams are comprised of the top two finishers in each event and the top relay team. Honorable Mention awards go to the third place finishers and the second place relay teams. The men's track & field team took second in the NSIC this season while the women came in at sixth place.

NSU junior Jake Hamik (Aberdeen, SD) was named NSIC Track Athlete of the Year. Hamik took first place in three events at the NSIC Championships, setting a new NSIC record in the 400 meter hurdles, and anchored the 4x400 Relay team that took second place. He will compete in the 400 meter hurdles at the NCAA National Meet in Charlotte, N.C. May 24-26.

Hamik and senior Miranda Boepple (Dickinson, ND) have been named NCAA Academic All-Americans by the US Track & Field Coaches' Association.

NSU All-NSIC Athletes and Events

Miranda Boepple          SR      Dickinson, ND      Women's Javelin Throw (2nd, 126-09)
Amanda Madden          FR      Herreid, SD          Women's Discus Throw (1st, 143-08)
Ryan Conrad                FR      Milbank, SD          Men's 400 Meter Dash (2nd, 48.80s)
                                                                            Men's 200 Meter Dash (HM, 3rd, 22.44s)
                                                                            Men's 4x400 Meter Relay (HM, 2nd, 3:18.23)
Bill Cameron                FR      Aberdeen, SD        Men's 400 Meter Hurdles (2nd, 55.00s)
Joe Fettig                     SR      Aberdeen, SD        Men's 4x400 Meter Relay (HM, 2nd, 3:18.23)
Taylor Ford                  FR      Aberdeen, SD       Men's 4x400 Meter Relay (HM, 2nd, 3:18.23)
Jake Hamik                  JR      Aberdeen, SD        Men's 400 Meter Dash (1st, 48.50s)
                                                                            Men's 110 Meter Hurdles (1st, 14.58s)
                                                                            Men's 400 Meter Hurdles (1st, 52.78s)
                                                                            Men's 4x400 Meter Relay (HM, 2nd, 3:18.23)
Wade Royer                SO     Murdo, SD             Men's Pole Vault (HM, 3rd, 14-05.50)
Jeremy VanVeen          JR      Milbank, SD           Men's 5,000 Meter Run (1st, 15:23.40)
                                                                             Men's 10,000 Meter Run (1st, 31:58.17)
Matt Walberg              JR      Aberdeen, SD          Men's 3,000 Meter Steeplechase (2nd, 9:43.44)
Lance York                 FR      Lake Geneva, WI    Men's Shot Put (2nd, 47-07.75)

Tidbits:

• Northern has now had 725 total All-NSIC selections in CC and T&F under Coach Jim Fuller with 172 different athletes earning the awards.
• Jake Hamik earned his third NSIC MVP award. Northern has now produced 21 NSIC MVPs in the past 17 seasons.
• Hamik has been named All-NSIC 13 times during his career, which places him 5 th on the all-time list behind:
• Josh Trandall (95): 18
• Micah Arnold (04): 17
• Eric Longhenry (03): 14
• Henry Schneider (91): 14
• Amanda Madden became Coach Brenda Fuller’s 62 nd NSIC throwing event champion. Fuller has coaches at least one athlete to an individual championship in a throwing event every year since 1989, when she started at NSU as the throwing coach.
• Madden is the 16 th NSU champion in the discus (12 women, 4 men) in the past 19 years.