{"id":114744,"date":"2017-01-18T11:20:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=114744"},"modified":"2017-01-18T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:57:19","slug":"vcsus-johnson-tivis-nsaa-track-field-ath-of-the-wk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=114744","title":{"rendered":"VCSU’s Johnson, Tivis NSAA Track & Field Ath of the Wk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Johnson&Tivis\"<\/a>Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Valley City State University\u2019s\u00a0Megan Johnson\u00a0and\u00a0Isaiah Tivis\u00a0have been named North Star Athletic Association Track & Field Athletes of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Johnson and Tivis both had two first-place finishes in their collegiate track debuts Saturday at the Bemidji State Super 8 Open. Johnson was named the Women\u2019s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week, while Tivis was named the Men\u2019s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week.<\/p>\n

North Star Athletic Association Women\u2019s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week:<\/strong>\u00a0Megan Johnson\u00a0\u2013 Valley City State (N.D.) \u2013 Junior \u2013 Enderlin, N.D. \u2013 Johnson won two events in her collegiate track debut at NCAA Division II Bemidji State (Minn.) Super 8 meet for Valley City State (N.D.).\u00a0 She took first in both the long jump (4.93 meters \u2013 16 feet, 2.25 inches) and triple jump (10.14 meters \u2013 33 feet, 3.25 inches).<\/p>\n

North Star Athletic Association Men\u2019s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week:<\/strong>\u00a0Isaiah Tivis\u00a0\u2013 Valley City State (N.D.) \u2013 Freshman \u2013 Colorado Springs, Colo. \u2013 Tivis won two events for Valley City State (N.D.) in his collegiate track debut at NCAA Division II Bemidji State (Minn.) Super 8 meet.\u00a0 He bested a field of 14 runners to win the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.91 seconds.\u00a0 Tivis then ran the third leg on VCSU\u2019s winning 4 x 400-meter relay and finished with a time of 3 minutes, 41.49 seconds.\u00a0 He also took fourth in the 60-meter dash in 7.48 seconds.<\/p>\n

North Star Athletic Association Women\u2019s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week:\u00a0<\/strong>Abby Honeyman \u2013 Dickinson State (N.D.) \u2013 Junior \u2013 Regent, N.D. \u2013 Honeyman set a personal record in the 60-meter hurdles for Dickinson State (N.D.) in the Myrle Hanson Invitational, hosted by NCAA Division II Black Hills State (S.D.).\u00a0 She clocked a time of 9.17 seconds to claim the women\u2019s 60-meter hurdles title, where a total of 10 hurdlers competed.\u00a0 Honeyman also competed in the long jump and earned second-place with a measurement of 4.99 meters.<\/p>\n

North Star Athletic Association Men\u2019s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week:\u00a0<\/strong>Jay Liggins \u2013 Dickinson State (N.D.) \u2013 Sophomore \u2013 Bismarck, N.D. \u2013 Liggins captured a pair of jumping titles for Dickinson State (N.D.) at the Myrle Hanson Invitational, hosted by NCAA Division II Black Hills State (S.D.).\u00a0 He leaped a measurement of 13.12 meters (43 feet, 0.5 inches) to capture the triple jump event.\u00a0 Liggins also jumped a measurement of 6.53 meters (21 feet, 5.25 inches) to win the long jump title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Valley City State University\u2019s\u00a0Megan Johnson\u00a0and\u00a0Isaiah Tivis\u00a0have been named North Star Athletic Association Track & Field Athletes of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday. Johnson and Tivis both had two first-place finishes in their collegiate track debuts Saturday at the Bemidji State Super 8 Open. Johnson was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":114761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114762,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114744\/revisions\/114762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}