{"id":290837,"date":"2025-02-13T13:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=290837"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:35:08","slug":"karly-just-named-nsaa-womens-indoor-track-athlete-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=290837","title":{"rendered":"Just &#8211; NSAA Womens Indoor Track Athlete of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VCSU-trackkarlyjust21325b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VCSU-trackkarlyjust21325b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290838\" width=\"328\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VCSU-trackkarlyjust21325b.jpg 472w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VCSU-trackkarlyjust21325b-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VCSU-trackkarlyjust21325b-126x175.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>BISMARCK, N.D.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The North Star Athletic Association announced their seventh and final edition of the 2024-25 Women&#8217;s and Men&#8217;s Indoor Track &amp; Field Athletes-of-the-Week Tuesday.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/karly-just\/4071\">Karly Just<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;of Valley City State (N.D.) was named the Women&#8217;s Track Athlete-of-the-Week. Bella Maxwell of Dakota State (S.D.) was selected as the Women&#8217;s Field Athlete-of-the-Week.&nbsp;Dakota State swept the men&#8217;s weekly honors as Tysen Grinde was named the Field Athlete-of-the-Week, while his teammate Chantz Minear was chosen as the Track Athlete-of-the-Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North Star Athletic Association Women&#8217;s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week<\/strong><br><strong><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/karly-just\/4071\">Karly Just<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;\u2013 Valley City State (N.D.) \u2013 Junior \u2013 Berlin, N.D.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Just broke a pair of school records for Valley City State (N.D.) at the NCAA Division I Meet, the North Dakota Bison Open. She had a strong finish in the 3000-meter run, earning fifth place with a time of 10 minutes, 36.41 seconds. She broke a 26-year-old school record and improved her 3000-meters time by over 20 seconds from earlier this season.&nbsp;Just also broke the school record in the 1-mile run with a time of 5 minutes, 25.26 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North Star Athletic Association Women&#8217;s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week<\/strong><br><strong>Bella Maxwell \u2013 Dakota State (S.D.) \u2013 Junior \u2013 Madison, S.D.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Maxwell threw the second furthest weight throw toss in Dakota State&#8217;s (S.D.) school history in the Mount Marty (S.D.) Last Chance meet.&nbsp; She won the weight throw title with a career best 16.13 meters (52 feet, 11 inches) on her fifth attempt.&nbsp; Maxwell also placed third in the shot put with 12.14 meters mark (39 feet, 10 inches), which is the ninth farthest in Dakota State school history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North Star Athletic Association Men&#8217;s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week<\/strong><br><strong>Tysen Grinde \u2013 Dakota State (S.D.) \u2013 Sophomore \u2013 Spring Grove, Minn.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Grinde won the NCAA Division I North Dakota State Bison Open heptathlon with a career best 4,700 points for Dakota State (S.D.). His score is the fifth best score in school history and is currently ranked No. 13 in the NAIA indoor heptathlon.&nbsp;Grinde also produced personal records during the heptathlon events, including the pole vault, the high jump, and the 60-meter hurdles. He also had hit the NAIA &#8216;B&#8217; provisional qualifying standards in the high jump of 2.04 meters (6 feet, 8.25 inches).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North Star Athletic Association Men&#8217;s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week<\/strong><br><strong>Chantz Minear \u2013 Dakota State (S.D.) \u2013 Senior \u2013 Des Moines, Iowa<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Minear produced a pair of NAIA &#8216;A&#8217; automatic qualifying time at the NCAA Division I Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, hosted by the University of Nebraska.&nbsp; He clocked a time of 7.97 seconds in the prelims, the third fastest time in the prelims and advanced to the finals.&nbsp;Minear improved his time to 7.92 seconds in the finals, finishing as a runner-up. His time was his second fastest time of his career, just off his 7.89 seconds school record.&nbsp;Minear also anchored the 4 x 400-meter relay team to the second fastest time in school history, clocking a time of 3 minutes, 21.69 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Looking Ahead<\/strong><br>The 2025 North Star Athletic Association Indoor Track &amp; Field Championships take place Sunday at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, S.D.&nbsp; The competing schools include Bellevue (Neb.), Dakota State (S.D.), Dickinson State (N.D.), Jamestown (N.D.), and Valley City State (N.D.).&nbsp;The first events are set for 10 a.m. with the field events and the running events start at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sunday&#8217;s Meet<\/strong><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bellevue (Neb.), Dakota State (S.D.), Dickinson State (N.D.), Jamestown (N.D.), and Valley City State (N.D.)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; @ North Star Athletic Association Indoor Track &amp; Field Championships \u2013 Brookings, S.D. &#8211; 10 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D.&nbsp;\u2013 The North Star Athletic Association announced their seventh and final edition of the 2024-25 Women&#8217;s and Men&#8217;s Indoor Track &amp; Field Athletes-of-the-Week Tuesday.&nbsp;Karly Just&nbsp;of Valley City State (N.D.) was named the Women&#8217;s Track Athlete-of-the-Week. Bella Maxwell of Dakota State (S.D.) was selected as the Women&#8217;s Field Athlete-of-the-Week.&nbsp;Dakota State [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":290839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290837","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=290837"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290843,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290837\/revisions\/290843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/290839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}