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The Augsburg College track and field teams are competing this weekend at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.
Action will begin on Thursday (2/23) at 2 p.m. with the first four events of the men's heptathlon, and continue on Friday (2/24) at 4 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m.
Saturday, February 25
MEN'S FINAL RESULTS
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Emmanuel Egbujor (SO, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park HS) finished second in the 200-meter dash -- one of three Augsburg College athletes to finish in the top five in the event -- as the Auggie men's track and field team finished its run at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference indoor championships on Saturday at the University of St. Thomas.
Egbujor finished second in 22.45 seconds, while Barinedum Kordah (SR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS) finished fourth with a time of 22.82 seconds and Undre Smith-Brewer (SR, St. Paul, Minn./Johnson HS) finished fifth in 22.83 seconds.
As a team, Augsburg finished in eighth place with 42 points in the MIAC indoor meet.
Deontae Heuer (JR, Stanley, Wis./Stanley-Boyd HS) finished 11th with a season-best clearance of 4.21 meters (14-feet-1.25). Abdul Salan (SR, Burnsville, Minn.) finished 17th in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:02.02.
Augsburg's 4x400-meter relay team of Patrick Deng (FY, Crookston, Minn.), Smith-Brewer, Egbujor and Kordah finished ninth with a time of 3:31.46, while the 4x200-meter relay team of Deng, Sam Rosario (FY, Lakeville, Minn./Eastview HS), Dylan McKinney (FY, Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Ruben Baltierrez (FY, Belle Plaine, Minn.) finished eighth in 1:38.64.
Friday, February 24
MEN'S FRIDAY RESULTS
MEN'S HEPTATHLON RESULTS
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Undre Smith-Brewer (SR, St. Paul, Minn./Johnson HS) won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in the indoor 60-meter dash for the fourth straight year, leading the Augsburg College men's indoor track and field team after Friday's competition at the MIAC Indoor Championships at the University of St. Thomas. The Auggies stand in ninth place after Friday's finals with 24.0 points, and will look to build upon those results in the final day on Saturday.
Smith-Brewer claimed the 60-meter dash title for the fourth straight year at the indoor championships with a 6.82 time, setting a new school record in the event a week after Emmanuel Egbujor (SO, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park HS) had set the record with a 6.84-second effort. Egbujor took second in the event on Friday, finishing in 6.95 seconds. Smith-Brewer's time currently stands fourth-fastest among NCAA Division III athletes nationally, while Egbujor's 6.84-second season-best is sixth-fastest.
Barinedum Kordah (SR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS) finished third in the long jump with a distance of 6.95 meters (22-feet-9.75), earning his second straight All-MIAC indoor honor in the event, after finishing second last year. He has finished in the top six in the indoor long jump in each of his four seasons in league competition. His season-best effort of 7.00 meters (22-feet-11.75), a school record, ranks 33rd among Division III athletes nationally. Kordah also placed 13th in the 60-meter dash preliminaries in 7.17 seconds.
Abdul Salan (SR, Burnsville, Minn.) finished 10th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:48.83. Patrick Deng (FY, Crookston, Minn.) had Augsburg's best effort in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing 12th in the preliminaries in 9.00 seconds, while Tyler Rea (JR, Red Wing, Minn.) placed 19th in 9.11 and Ruben Baltierrez (FY, Belle Plaine, Minn.) finished 22nd in 10.01. Jesse Kuusisto (SR, Brooklyn Center, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) placed 14th in the weight throw preliminaries with a 13.81-meter (45-feet-3.75) effort, and the distance medley relay of Ryan Moore (SO, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS), Jackson Gerber (FY, Grantsburg, Wis.), Ben Erickson (SO, Andover, Minn.) and Jacob VanHoutan (FY, Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS) placed 11th in 11:50.19.
In the heptathlon, Augsburg's Deontae Heuer (JR, Stanley, Wis./Stanley-Boyd HS) finished 12th with a 3,832-point total. His best result was a second-place effort in the pole vault (4.30 meters/14-feet-1.25), an event he will also compete in as an individual on Saturday. He also finished fourth in the 60-meter dash (7.33) and fifth in the long jump (6.11 meters/20-feet-0.5).
Events with Augsburg competitors:
Thursday, Feb. 23:
2 p.m. - Heptathlon: Deontae Heuer
Friday, Feb. 24:
4:30 p.m. - 60-meter hurdles prelims (finals 6:50 p.m.): Patrick Deng, Ruben Baltierrez, Tyler Rea
4:55 p.m. - 5,000-meter run: Abdul Salan
5:40 p.m. - 60-meter prelims (finals 7:40 p.m.): Emmanuel Egbujor, Barinedum Kordah, Undre Smith-Brewer
7:55 p.m. - Distance medley relay
6:30 p.m. - Long jump: Barinedum Kordah
6:30 p.m. - Weight throw: Jesse Kuusisto
Saturday, Feb. 25:
1 p.m. - 4x200-meter relay
1 p.m. - Pole vault: Deontae Heuer
1:30 p.m. - 3,000-meter run: Abdul Salan
2:55 p.m. - 200-meter dash: Undre Smith-Brewer, Barinedum Kordah, Emmanuel Egbujor
3:55 p.m. - 4x400-meter relay
Augsburg preview for the MIAC Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships:
Head Coach: Emily Hackert (2nd year)
A Year Ago: 7th place | 50 points
In the 2016 Postseason: Emmanuel Egbujor finished third in the 60-meter dash at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Players to Watch:
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Emmanuel Egbujor (SO | Currently ranked No. 3 in the nation in the 60-meter dash (school record 6.84 seconds); holds the No. 1 ranking in the MIAC in the 60-meter dash (6.84) and No. 2 ranking in the 200-meter dash (22.47); 2016 D-III All-American in 60-meter dash (3rd); USTFCCCA All-Central Region in 60, 200 and 400 in 2016; 2016 MIAC indoor champion in 200- and 400-meter dashes.)
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Barinedum Kordah (SR | Holds the No. 2 ranking in the MIAC in the long jump; holds the Augsburg long jump record with a distance of 7.00m (22-feet-11.75) and ranked 26th nationally; ranked No. 5 in MIAC in 200 (22.68) and No. 9 in 400 (51.15); 2nd in 2016 MIAC indoor championships and 1st in 2016 MIAC outdoor championships in long jump; USTFCCCA All-Central Region in 400m in 2016; 2nd in 2015 MIAC indoor 200m and 400m, 5th in long jump; 2nd in 2014 MIAC indoor 400m. 6th in 200m and long jump.)
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Undre Smith-Brewer (SR | Three-time MIAC 60-meter dash champion; ranked No. 2 in MIAC and No. 12 nationally in 60m (6.90); ranked No. 6 in MIAC in 200 (22.79); USTFCCCA All-Central Region in 60m in 2016.)
Did You Know?
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Barinedum Kordah and
Emmanuel Egbujor set new school records on Friday at the Minnesota Snowshoe Open. Kordah set a new record in the men's long jump with a 7.00-meter (22-feet-11.75) effort, while Egbujor broke his old school mark in the 60-meter dash with a 6.84-second time.
