STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The MSOE men's track & field teams take third overall at the Big Dog Invitational behind three event wins and a new school record by Colby Branch.

RESULTS
3^rd Place (108 points)

RECAP

• Branch continues to dominate the 3,000-meter distance as he lowered his own school record, bringing it to 8:41.63, while leading a charge of MSOE runners as they took nine of the top eleven spots. The distance medley relay of Michael Keegan, Robert Kearns, Chase Nogalski, and Lance Jumbeck were victorious in 11:22.38, while Logan Marks took a new indoor personal best to win the pole vault, vaulting 4.41 meters.
• AJ Springer ran a new personal best time in the 800-meter run in 1:57.05 to take second place, along with Ethan Wrasman in the shot put with a toss of 13.93 meters. In the sprints, Evan Ploeckelman took two third place finishes in the 60-meter dash (7.03) and 200-meter dash (23.37), while the 4x400-meter relay group of Nate Bong, Springer, Jack Schwarz, and Adam Shaw ran 3:35.24 to also finish third. Spencer Davis also added a top three finish in the throws, tossing 16.03 meters in the weight throw for third.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Raiders will head up to Ripon next Saturday for the Dick Hendricks Invite. Running events are set to start at 10:45 AM with field events starting at 11:00 AM.

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