WAUWATOSA, Wis. – Evan Ploeckelman was named Track Athlete of the Meet as the MSOE men's track & field team finished second at the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Outdoor Championship.

RESULTS
2^nd Place (190 points) 

RECAP

• Ploeckelman won the 100-meter dash in a blazing fast time of 10.52 seconds to break the school record. He followed that up with a second-place finish in 22.26 and joined Jack Schwartz, Camden Nennig, and Nate Bong in the 4x100-meter relay for a second-place finish in 42.76.
• Colby Branch was one of two school record winners in the distance events as he won the 5,000-meter run in a time of 14:55.25, the first sub-15 minute in program history. He also added an all-conference performance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, running 9:30.07, ahead of Tyler Ott in third in 9:59.46. AJ Springer was the other distance runner to finish the weekend with a new program best, winning the 800-meter run in 1:54.42, edging out Adam Shaw who finished in second in 1:54.47.
• Shaw added a conference champion to his outdoor resume, winning the 1,500-meter run in 3:54.21 as Springer finished in third in 4:00.25. Patrick Lee added his first conference championship on track on Friday night, winning the 10,000-meter run in 31:29.90 with Xander Gottner finishing in second in 31:43.84. 
• In the field events, Ethan Wrasman and Spencer Davis each added second place finishes, Wrasman coming in the shot put (14.82 meters) and Davis in the hammer (47.97 meters). Logan Marks and William Tate each had third place finishes, Marks in the pole vault (4.41 meters) and Tate in the discus (41.56 meters).

WHAT'S NEXT
The Raiders will have one last opportunity for national qualifying marks at the Augustana Midwest Twilight on May 16^th.

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