RIPON, Wis. – In a team battle that went all the way to end, the MSOE track and field teams had some of their highest finishes in years, as the men tied for 1^st place for the first time since 2011 while the women tied for 3^rd for the time since 2019.

RESULTS
Men's Team – Tied 1^st (213 points)
Women's Team – Tied 3^rd (85 points)

MEN'S TEAM RECAP

• Tyler Brantner got the weekend started rebreaking his school record in the Heptathlon, scoring 4,738 points to now sit 17^th nationally. He followed up that performance by winning the long jump with a distance 6.73m and second in the high jump with a height of 1.91m. Brantner was named Co-Male Field MVP of the meet with his performance.
• Two other Raiders were double-champions this weekend as well as Adam Shaw won both the Mile (4:20.18) and the 800-meter run (1:58.36), along with Isaac Hunter who won both the 60-meter dash (6.93) and the 200-meter dash (22.52). Shaw was named Male Track MVP, while Hunter was just .01 from the school record in the 60-meter dash.
• Gavin Fritsch won the weight throw with a toss of 16.41m and Keegan Rhodes earned all-conference honors with a third place throw of 13.83m in the shot put. Collin Hook rebroke his school record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.74 to finish third, while Evan Ploeckelman finished second in the 60-meter dash (7.06). Daniel Burant took third in the 400-meter dash (51.03) and Brett Litkley took third in the mile with a personal best 4:23.86. Xander Gottner broke the school record in the 5,000-meter run (15:16.40) and Colby Branch and Patrick had a 2-3 finish in the 3,000-meter run, running 8:52.14 and 8:52.95 respectively.

WOMEN'S TEAM RECAP  

• Kaitlyn Rodman broke two of her own school records this weekend, winning the 3,000-meter run (10:32.49) while finishing third in the mile (5:09.26). Katrina Wawrzyn tied the school record in the Shot Put with a toss of 13.08m to finish second, while Elizabeth Mikkelson finished second in the weight throw, tossing 15.17m. Grace Menzia was the last all-conference performer for the Raiders, jumping 3.05m in the pole vault to finish third.
• Other high placing competitors for the Raiders was Molly Stewart in both the 3,000-meter run (10:58.61) and 5,000-meter run (19:12.27), MacKenzie Bollis in the 400-meter dash (1:02.34), Mackenzie Caves in the triple jump (10.94m), Josephine Jacklin in the shot put (12.64m), and Ava Larson in the weight throw (14.35m)

What's Next

Brantner will look for a potential birth for the NCAA Indoor National Championship in Birmingham, Alabama on March 10-11.

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