May 7, 2025
DICKINSON, N.D. – The final ever sports championship event of the North Star Athletic Association is set for Thursday and Friday. The two-day conference outdoor track & field championships are set at Dickinson State (N.D.) Badlands Activity Center and Roger Huffman Track, with DiSU serving as a host site at Biesiot Activities Center (398 State Ave.).
The conference meet begins Thursday morning at 10 a.m. (Central Time)/9 a.m. (Mountain Time) with the 10,000-meter run. The field events begin at 1:30 p.m. (CT)/12:30 p.m. (MT) with the men’s javelin, while the running events return at 4 p.m. (CT)/3 p.m. (MT) on the same day.
The second day of the conference championship meet is set for Friday at 11 a.m. (CT)/10 a.m. (MT) with the field events, followed by the running events at 1 p.m. (CT)/12 p.m. (MT).
The NSAA Outdoor Track & Field Champions of Character awards will be announced Friday at 2:25 p.m. (CT)/1:25 p.m. (MT) Friday. The post-meet awards ceremony is scheduled at 5:10 p.m. (CT)/4:10 p.m. (MT) on the same day.
Dickinson State (N.D.) looks to balloon their current conference record of seven straight women’s team titles (8
th team tile in the last nine years).
Dakota State (S.D.) currently holds the early lead in the NSAA women’s standing with 13 points after the heptathlon. Kaitlyn McColly of DiSU won her second straight conference heptathlon after tying her conference meet record of 4,682 points.
The Blue Hawks are second in women’s standings with 10 points, followed by Valley City State (N.D.) third with six points.
On the men’s division, the Trojans had won the previous five North Star Athletic Association conference team titles.
Dakota State leads the men’s team standings after scoring 26 points, thanks to a pair of athletes placing in the top two spots in the decathlon. Chantz Minear edged his teammate by five points to win the conference decathlon (6,455 points to 6,450 points).
Dickinson State is second in the men’s standing with ten points.
The NSAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships are scored in eight places in all events (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1). The All-Conference performances need to be placed in the top three in individual events and top two teams in the relay events.