MANKATO, Minn. – Last winter, as a fantastic freshman, Bailey Wride made a splash at her first-ever NSIC Championship meet by winning the title in the women's 600 meters.

Now a sensational sophomore, Wride is champion once again, this time racing to the women's 1,000-meter title at the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships, which concluded Saturday and was hosted by Minnesota State, Mankato.

Entering the weekend championship meet with the top time in the event this season, Wride moved into the finals with the fourth-best qualifying time in Friday's preliminaries, a time of 3 minutes, 0.88 seconds.

In Saturday's finals, Wride raced to the win in a new Minot State record time of 2:55.63, finishing just ahead of Northern State's Summer Carlson who clocked a time of 2:55.87.

Wride's teammate, Sidra Sadowsky, finished 4^th in the event in 3:01.19 for the Beavers who racked up an impressive 15 team points in that one event.

The 1,000 meters proved to be the big highlight of the day for the Beavers as Peyton Tuhy added a 5^th-place finish in the men's 1,000 in 2:32.37, scoring 4 team points for the Minot State men's team.

Those 4 points were all the Beaver men's team mustered at the highly competitive NSIC Championships as the Minot State men were 11^th in the team standings. Host Minnesota State, Mankato won the men's team title with 206.5 points.

On the women's side, the Beavers finished 10^th with 18 points. The Minnesota State, Mankato women also claimed the team title with 254.5 points.

Bailey Wride figured into all the Beaver women's team points as she and Sadowsky teamed with Afton Wride and Emily Mattern on Friday to help the Minot State women's distance medley relay team earn 2 team points with a 7^th-place finish in 12:19.27. Bailey Wride teamed with Mattern, Summer Krebsbach, and Camryn Adams in the women's 4x400 relay, which was 8^th in 4:01.92, scoring 1 team point.

The NSIC Championships wrapped up the indoor season for the Minot State track and field team, which now gets a few weeks off to prepare for the outdoor season that begins in Arizona with the Beavers competing at the Willie Williams Classic, March 21-22.