2003-2004 North Dakota State University Cross Country/Track ...

When Nate Schmidt won his third North Central Conference DECATHLON in 2003, it was the 12th
time in 17 years that a Bison athlete had won the event. That group included Tom Leutz, at left, who
competed in the 1984 Olympic Trials in the decathlon. Leutz was the first ever North Dakota collegiate
athlete to compete in the Olympic track trials. He was inducted to the Bison Hall of Fame in 2002.
Year Event Season Best NCC NCAA
2002 35#wt Indoor 46-1 1/2 ---- ----
2003 35#wt Indoor 54-6 2nd ----
2002 Shot Put Indoor 42-4 1/4 ---- ----
2003 Shot Put Indoor 45-10 3/4 8th ----
2003 Shot Put Outdoor 43-7 1/4 11th ----
2002 Discus Outdoor 152-11 ---- ----
2003 Discus Outdoor 138-2 15th ----
2002 Hammer Outdoor 147-11 5th ----
2003 Hammer Outdoor 163-10 1st ----
ROSS KRAMER, Jr., Wishek, ND...Will throw the 35-pound
weight and shot indoors and the discus and hammer outdoors...Four-time
North Central Conference placewinner
including twice in the discus...2003
(Sophomore): Made three placefinishes
in the conference... Indoor--
Eighth in the conference weight
throw...Also threw the shot but did not
place...Outdoor--Placed third in the
discus throw and sixth in the hammer
throw at the NCC meet...2002
(Freshman): Indoor--Competed in
the weight throw and shot put...
Outdoor--Finished fourth in the NCC in
the discus throw...Recorded a seasonbest
discus throw of 149-1 in the Bison
Open...2001 (Redshirt): Sat out the
year as a redshirt in the Bison
program...High School: Prepped at
Wishek High, where he was the state
champion in the discus as a junior with
a toss of 173-4...Team MVP as a
senior...Also competed in basketball...
Personal: Majoring in management
information systems and business
administration with a minor in
computer science...Born 5-28-1981... Son of Clyde and Cindy Kramer of
Wishek...Family includes an older brother and a younger sister.
Year Event Season Best NCC NCAA
2003 35#wt Indoor 47-4 1/2 8th ----
2003 Shot Put Indoor 40-2 1/4 ---- ----
2002 Discus Outdoor 149-1 4th ----
2003 Discus Outdoor 149-9 3rd ----
2003 Hammer Outdoor 149-9 6th ----
PAT MORGAN, Sr., Dilworth, MN...Five-time North Central
Conference placewinner in the weights...Makes his best finishes with the
shot and hammer...2003 (Junior): Two-time NCC placer competing
primarily in the shot, weight and hammer...Indoor--Placed fourth in the
league in the weight throw and ninth in the shot put...Outdoor--Finished
third in the NCC hammer throw and 10th in the shot put...Tossed the discus
at two meets... 2002 (Sophomore): Placed in the NCC both indoors and
outdoors... Indoor--Finished sixth in the NCC weight throw and had a
career-best toss of 50-5 in the Bison Classic...Outdoor--Competed in the
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hammer throw and shot put in the outdoor NCC championships,
finishing sixth in the hammer...2001 (Freshman): Indoor--
Competed exclusively in the weight throw...Outdoor--Placed
fourth at the NCC championships in the hammer and also competed
in the shot put...High School: Threw the shot for Dilworth-
Glyndon-Felton High and also played football...Captained the Rebels’ grid
team as a senior...Personal: Majoring in physical education with a health
minor...Born 7-11-1980...Works as an usher at Bison home basketball
games...Son of Richard and Virginia Morgan of Dilworth...Family includes
an older sister and a younger sister.
Year Event Season Best NCC NCAA
2002 35#wt Indoor 50-5 6th ----
2003 35#wt Indoor 51-9 3/4 4th ----
2003 Shot Put Indoor 46-6 9th ----
2001 Shot Put Outdoor 44-8 1/2 12th ----
2002 Shot Put Outdoor 44-0 1/4 15th ----
2003 Shot Put Outdoor 47-0 10th ----
2001 Hammer Outdoor 150-5 4th ----
2002 Hammer Outdoor 146-8 6th ----
2003 Hammer Outdoor 164-3 3rd ----
CHAD OUKROP, Jr., Dickinson, ND...All-around athlete who
showed great ability throwing the javelin his first year with the Bison after
transferring from the University of Mary, where he qualified for the NAIA
nationals as a freshman...2003 (Sophomore): North Central Conference
javelin throw champion with a mark of 195-8...The first Bison javelin
champ since 2000 when his brother, Brock, won it for the Herd...Appeared
in only four meets but made an improvement of more than 11 feet from his
first to last outing...2002 (Freshman): Competed for the University of
Mary in Bismarck, ND...Qualified for the NAIA nationals with a javelin toss
of more than 190 feet...High School: Prepped at Dickinson High, where
he competed in the javelin throw and all of the jumping events...Three-time
state champion his senior year, winning the high jump (6-4), triple jump
(46-4 3/4), and javelin (212-8)...The javelin mark set a state and school
record, and the triple jump mark was a school best...Also was third that year
in the long jump (21-8)...MVP of his basketball and track squads during the
senior year...Played four years on the court, earning a varsity letter his
senior year when he averaged 15 points per game and was selected allconference
and all-academic...Also active in Close-Up, a government
experience program... Personal: Majoring in zoology...Born 1-3-1983...
Son of Allen and Mary Oukrop of Dickinson...Family includes a younger
sister, Alison, and two older brothers, Brock and Derek...Brock was the
North Central Conference javelin champ in 2000 while at NDSU.
Year Event Season Best NCC NCAA
2003 Javelin Outdoor 196-3 1st ----
Other Key Returners and Newcomers:
Tim Blaufuss Darren Clabo Ben Clooten
Reid Conlon James Delmedico Rob Mamula
Andrew Mauch
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