RIPON, Wis. – In their final tune-up before their biggest meet of the indoor season, the MSOE track & field teams each produce many top three performance, leading to another men's team victory and a top three finish on the women's side.
RESULTS
Men's Team – 1st Place (166 points)
Women's Team – 3rd Place (89 points)
MEN'S TEAM RECAP
- Isaac Hunter went under seven seconds for the first ever to pick up a win in the 60-meter dash running 6.94, just 0.02 off the school record. Evan Ploeckelman ran a personal best as well to finish second in the 60-meter, running 7.01. Adam Shaw made his debut in the 3,000-meter run to pick up yet another victory this season, running 9:00.33. Teammate Tyler Ott came in second (9:08.68).
- In the sprinting events, Daniel Burant had a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash (51.82), Collin Hook finished third in the 60-meter hurdles (8.88) and the 4x400-meter relay of Burant, Nate Bong, Shaw, and Hunter Thelen finished third as well. In the distance events, Brett Litkey ran a personal best in the 800-meter run to finish second (1:58.46), Brett Vale finished third in the mile (4:30.20), and Patrick Lee ran a personal best in the 5,000-meter run to finish third (15:28.01).
- In the field, Tyler Brantner had a second-place finish in the triple jump (12.79m) alongside Tyler McManus who finished third (12.73m). Gavin Fritisch had two top three performances, finishing third in both the shot put (13.63m) and the weight throw (16.31m). Also in the shot put, Keegan Rhodes finished second, tossing 13.70m.
WOMEN'S TEAM RECAP
- MacKenzie Bollis had her first victory of the season, running 1:02.33 in the 400-meter dash. Kaitlyn Rodman also added another victory in the mile this season, running away with a time of 5:16.93. Other top finishes in the running events were Sabryn Bley with a personal best in the 3,000-meter run in third (11:21.88) and Molly Stewart with a massive PR in the 5,000-meter run to finish second (19:09.96).
- In the field, Elizabeth Mikkelson added more distance to her school record toss, throwing 15.60m in the weight throw. MacKenzie Caves continued her dominance in the triple jump with a second place (11.01m) result alongside Gillian Spuhler in third with a personal best jump of 10.77m. In the shot put, Katrina Wawrzyn led the Raiders with a second-place finish in the event, just missing the school record (12.98m) with Josephine Jacklin in third (12.86m).
WHAT'S NEXT
The Raiders will now turn their attention to the NACC Indoor Conference Championship in two weeks back at Ripon. Events start on February 24th at 11 AM.
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