It turned out to be Lewis Cotterill’s big weekend on the track.

For the second straight day, the sophomore middle-distance runner led the way for Minot State as he set his second school record of the weekend and clocked the second-fastest time in the NSIC with a top-notch finish Saturday at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational indoor track and field meet hosted by South Dakota State.

Cotterill finished third overall in the 800 meters on Saturday in 1 minute, 54.37 seconds, a time that broke the NCAA Division II-era school record of 1:56.91 that Cotterill ran last winter at the NSIC Indoor Championships. Saturday’s time, run on a 300-meter track at SDSU, was adjusted to 1:56.01 for a 200-meter track and still is a school record and the second-fastest time this season in the NSIC.

It was the second record effort of the weekend for Cotterill who on Friday broke the all-time record in the 600 meters, clocking a time of 1:21.39 on the 300-meter track at SDSU. That time was adjusted to 1:22.61 which bested the all-time fastest 600 in Minot State history of 1:22.67 run by Khaldon Evans in 2010, and also is the fastest time in the NSIC this winter.

Cotterill’s efforts on Saturday led a powerful performance by the Beavers as Juan Gutierrez was 12th in the 800 meters in 1:57.24, and Trent Holiday finished 15th in 1:59.87, and both moved into the Top 8 in the NSIC in that event with their performance. Gutierrez is fourth in the league in the 800 with his adjusted time of 1:58.92, and Holiday is seventh (2:01.59).

While the men’s 800-meter runners led the way, Minot State thrower Hunter Clark added a season-best effort in the weight throw as he finished 11th with a mark of 52 feet, 7 ¼ inches, and Joseph Green added a season best in the men’s 400 meters, also finishing 11th in 51.54 seconds on Saturday.

On the women’s side, Caitlin Cornell and Jenna Hardy led the way with top performances in their respective events as Cornell finished fifth in the women’s 3,000 meters in a time of 10 minutes, 19.32 seconds, while Hardy was seventh in the women’s shot put with a throw of 44 feet, 6 ¼ inches.

After wrapping up a busy weekend where the Beavers competed in a pair of meets in South Dakota, Minot State next heads to Minnesota this coming Friday for the Mark Schuck Open and Multi hosted by Minnesota State, Mankato, which will host the NSIC Indoor Championships on Feb. 25 and 26.