DE PERE, WIS. – After getting a share of the NACC title during the indoor season, the MSOE men's track & field team wanted the whole thing to themselves outdoors and did just that, dominating the field over the course of the two days to claim their second outdoor title in the past three years.
RESULTS
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st Place (248.5 points)
TEAM RECAP
- It showed to be an all-around team effort to get the job done this weekend. Isaac Hunter earned the most conference honors over the weekend finishing in second in the 100-meter dash (10.84), third in the 200-meter dash (22.13) and ran the opening leg on the 4x100-meter relay with Evan Ploeckelman, Camden Nennig, and Aiden Ramstack that finished 2nd overall as well as breaking the school record (42.33).
- Three Raiders were also double all-conference runners as Collin Hook won the 400-meter hurdles (56.12) and took third in the 110-meter hurdles (16.28), Adam Shaw had a kick down victory in the 800-meter run (1:55.81) and a second place finish in the 1,500-meter run (4:01.25), and Xander Gottner broke the school record winning the 10,000-meter run (31:54.31) and came in third in the 5,000-meter run (15:21.07). Kolby Dax also dipped under the previous school record in the 10,000-meter run (31:54.95), while Ryan Alyassir broke the school record en route to a victory in the 5,000-meter run (15:14.45). The distance events kept showing their dominance as Colby Branch also picked up an all-conference honor with a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, running 9:36.42.
- In the field, Tyler Brantner continued his domination the multi event just like indoors winning the decathlon title with 5,437 points, winning seven of the ten events competed. Brantner also pulled extra duty, gaining another all-conference honor in the long jump where he finished third jumping 6.79 meters, while Kyle Conard got the weekend started with a second-place finish in the triple jump (13.24m). Gavin Fritsch had top honors this weekend as well as he won the discus, resetting his school record with a throw of 49.09 meters, following that up with a second-place finish in the shot-put tossing 14.34 meters. The Raiders also showcased their depth in the weight throw, finishing first and third with Keegan Rhodes coming out on top (49.22m) and Spencer Davis picking up huge team points (46.67m).
WORDS FROM MASSOELS
"What a total and complete team effort this weekend. Every disciplined contributed and did so in a big way. So proud of these Raiders for what they accomplished not just this weekend, but the entire year."
WHAT'S NEXT
A select group of Raiders will travel to the St. Francis Last Chance Meet, hosted by University of St. Francis, next week. Events begin Friday, May 12
th and bleeds into Saturday.
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