LA CROSSE, Wis. – The MSOE men's track & field team finished fifth at the Phil Esten Challenge in their final prep for championship season, highlighted by Adam Shaw jumping up the national list.

RESULTS
5^th Place (49.5 pts)

RECAP 

• Shaw was the top collegiate in the 1,500-meter run, finishing second overall running 3:51.78, which currently sits 15^th nationally in Division III. Alyassir won the 5,000-meter run, running away from the field in 15:41.97. Sam McPeak finished seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing in a massive personal best 9:28.29, while Xander Gottner placed eighth in the 10,000-meter run in 30:49.54, just seven seconds off the school record.
• Daniel Geerts scored in both hurdle events, finishing fourth in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.09 before finishing sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 56.95. Geerts then joined the group of Jack Schwartz, Daniel Burant, and Evan Ploeckelman for the 4x100-meter relay that placed sixth in 44.83 . The 4x400-meter relay with Tyler Bradley, Robert Kearns, Jack Schwartz, and Burant took seventh in 3:37.11.
• In the field events, James Paulson finished third in the triple jump with a leap of 13.18 meters, while Kyle Conrad took fifth with 12.00 meters. Thomas Kiefer tied for ninth in the pole vault, leaping 4.27 meters.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Raiders will now set their sights on the NACC Outdoor Championship, set to begin on Friday, May 2^nd, hosted by St. Norbert College.

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