BURNSVILLE, Minn. – Minnesota State senior Miranda Lauvstad (Nesoeya, Norway) was named NSIC Field Athlete of the Week by the conference office on Tuesday (Feb. 3). Lauvstad competed in pentathlon for the Mavericks at the Mark Schuck Open & Multi at Myers Field House last weekend. She broke the school record, meet record and venue record and won the event with a score of 4,118 points.
 
Miranda Lauvstad (Multis, Sr., Nesoeya, Norway / Norges Toppidrettsgymnas) - Minnesota State
-Broke the school, meet and venue record at Mark Schuck Open and Multi in the pentathlon
- Won the event with a score of 4,118 points
- The converted points of 4,140 is the top mark in NCAA Division II this season
- First place 60m pentathlon hurdles with finals time of 8.69
- First place pentathlon shot put with mark of 40-4.25 (12.32m)
- First place pentathlon long jump with mark of 20-5.75 (6.24m)
- The long jump mark ranks first in NCAA Division II this season
- First place pentathlon 800 meters with time of 2:21.75
 
Minnesota State women's track and field continues its season at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational Feb. 6-7 in Lincoln, Nebraska and at the University of Minnesota Classic on Feb. 7 in Minneapolis.