Results
EUGENE, Ore. (June 9, 2024) – The 2023-24 athletic calendar came to a close for the Big Sky Conference on Saturday evening, as the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships concluded in Eugene, Oregon.
In the final event of the meet featuring Big Sky athletes, Northern Arizona’s Annika Reiss broke a Big Sky Conference record that has stood since 2004. Competing in the women’s 5K, Reiss finished with a blistering time of 15:30.64 to surpass former Lumberjack Ida Nilsson’s 15:33.18.
The field for the women’s 5K was so deep that the mark netted her Second Team All-American honors, along with teammate Gracelyn Larkin.
Capping off an impressive freshman campaign, Northern Arizona’s Karrie Baloga earned not only All-American First Team honors in the women’s 3K steeplechase, but she also broke the U20 American record for the event with a 9:42.22.
In the men’s 5K, Lumberjack Nico Young finished as the national runner-up in a race that went right down to the tape. Young was a two-time National Champion at the 2024 Indoor Track & Field National Championships in both the 3K and 5K.
NAU’s Colin Sahlman earned First Team All-American honors in the men’s 1,500-meter, finishing fourth amongst a strong field of competitors.
Representing the league’s sprinters, Northern Colorado’s Jerome Campbell secured First Team All-American honors in the men’s 110-meter hurdles with a seventh place finish.
While securing Second Team All-American honors in the women’s 1,500-meter, Northern Arizona’s Maggi Congdon broke the Big Sky Conference record with a time of 4:07.81.
Congdon was also part of NAU’s 4x400 relay team, which also set a league record at 3:31.28. That group was comprised of LiNay Perry, Kyairra Reigh, Madeline Wilson and Congdon
The Montana State Bobcats secured a pair of Second Team All-American honors in the men’s 3K steeplechase, with both Levi Taylor and Rob McManus finishing amongst the top-16. For Taylor, that marked his third All-American honor of his career.
In the men’s 10K, the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks also secured a pair of Second Team All-Americans, with Aaron Las Heras and Cael Grotenhuis representing the distance powerhouse.
Northern Arizona’s success also showed in the men’s 5K, as along with Young finishing second both Grotenhuis and Brodey Hasty earning Second Team All-American designations.
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