DE PERE, Wis. --- Cool weather and overcast skies greeted competitors as the 2025 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships got underway Friday at St. Norbert College's Donald J. Schneider Stadium.

A pair of all-time NACC records fell as 12 event titles were handed out on the opening day of the championships.

Men's Event Finals
Aidan Anderson, the 2025 NCAA indoor champion in the pole vault, set a new all-time NACC standard in the event by clearing 5.13 meters (16-10). He bettered his own all-time mark of 5.00 meters set earlier this season at the St. Norbert Early Bird, and erased the NACC Championship mark of 4.78 meters (15-8 1/4) set by Concordia Chicago's Gustavo Alvarez in 2023. The mark also currently ranks third on the NCAA Division III performance list. Teammate Ezra Schermacher matched Alvarez's old mark to take second, while Evan Koelemay cleared 4.48 meters (14-8 1/2) to give the Green Knights a sweep of the podium.

The other record came in the men's 10,000-meter run as MSOE's Xander Gottner led a 1-2-3-4-8 finish in the event for the Raiders with a time of 30:19.38, obliterating the all-time NACC mark of 30:42.88 set by teammate Patrick Lee last season. He also brought down Lee's NACC Championship record of 31:29.90 - also set last year. Zach Zuzzio (31:43.70) was second, followed by Kolby Dax (31:51.34), and Lee (32:06.00).

MSOE also finished 1-2-3-4 in the men's 3,000 steeplechase as Samuel McPeak (9:30.65) crossed the line ahead of teammates Nolan Pinion (9:37.18), Cody Zenyuh (9:43.40), and Jackson Braun (9:48.23).

Aurora's Brian Nasr win the javelin throw with a toss of 55.80 meters (183-1), while teammate Steven Tinsley brought home the title in the discus throw with a mark of 49.50 meters (162-5) on his final attempt. Wisconsin Lutheran's Sam Ehlke scored the final men's gold medal Friday by clearing 13.99 meters (45-10 3/4) in the triple jump.

Women's Event Finals
Ellee Grunwald won the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 11:55.87, breaking away from MSOE's Sabryn Bley (11:58.01) over the final 400 meters.

Edgewood's Kylee Doherty won the discus throw with a mark of 43.96 meters (144-3), edging MSOE's Josephine Jacklin (43.75m; 143-6) by 21 centimeters. Both Doherty and Jacklin surpassed the former NACC Championship mark of 43.15 meters set by Aurora's Hannah Meager in 2018. Jessa Alderman (38.72m; 127-0) and Katrina Wawrzyn (38.58m; 126-7) followed as the Raiders finished 2-3-4-7 in the event.

Doherty also took third in the javelin throw (35.32m; 115-11), which was won by Benedictine's Peyton Panka with a toss of 35.85 meters (117-7). CUW's Maya Hielscher (35.43m; 116-3) took second, while St. Norbert swept the final four points-paying positions (5-6-7-8).

St. Norbert's Eden Maranell won the triple jump with a leap of 11.58 meters (38-0) on her opening attempt of the competition to lead a 1-2-4-6-7 finish for the Green Knights.

The hosts also won the women's pole vault as Isabella Galindo cleared 3.31 meters (10-10 1/4) as St. Norbert posted a 1-3-5-8 finish.

Ainara Sainz de Rozas and Emma Ahrens capped the day with a 1-2 finish for Concordia Wisconsin in the 10,000 meters. Sainz de Rozas stopped the clock in 40:52.75, while Ahrens posted a time of 41:10.65.

Team Standings
Host St. Norbert leads women's team race after day one with 91 points. Concordia Wisconsin sits second with 46 points, while MSOE (35), Aurora (27), Edgewood (19), Benedictine (10), Concordia Chicago (4), and Wisconsin Lutheran (2) round out the table.

MSOE is out front in the men's race with 88 points with St. Norbert close behind with 64. Aurora (27), Concordia Wisconsin (20), Wisconsin Lutheran (20), Lakeland (6), Illinois Tech (4), Dominican (2), Benedictine (2), and Concordia Chicago (1) have also found their way into the scoring column after day one.

Up Next
The championships continue at 9 a.m. Saturday with the decathlon 110-meter hurdles. The women's heptathlon follows at 10 a.m., while the four remaining field events (hammer throw, shot put, long jump, high jump) get underway beginning at 11 a.m. The first final on the track will be the men's 4x100 relay, which is slated for noon.