DE PERE, Wis. – In a two-day battle down to the final event, the MSOE men's track & field team finished second overall at the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) outdoor championship, highlighted by a multi-record performance from Xander Gottner.

RESULTS
2^nd Place (205 pts) 

RECAP 

• Gottner kicked off the weekend on Friday, winning the 10,000-meter run in a new facility, championship, and conference record in 30:19.38, which currently ranks 36^th nationally. Zach Zuzzio and Kolby Dax rounded the all-conference honors in the event, running 31:43.70 and 31:51.34, respectively. Sam McPeak also claimed top honors in a distance event on Friday, winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a new personal best 9:30.65, followed by Nolan Pinion in second in 9:37.18 and Cody Zenyuh in third in 9:40.40. Rounding out Friday's finals, William Tate finished second in the discus, tossing 45.94 meters.
• Adam Shaw kicked off Saturday's finals, winning 1,500-meter run in a new championship record 3:52.10. He also added an all-conference performance in the 800-meter run, finishing second in 1:55.56. Daniel Geerts led a massive 1-2 finish in the 110-meter hurdles, winning in 14.98, with Sam Sorenson in second in 15.14. Geerts followed that up with a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, running 55.61 for second place.
• Gottner led another placing stretch for the Raiders' distance events, finishing in second in the 5,000-meter run in a new school record time of 14:42.86, followed by Pinion in third in 15:08.98. In the shot put, Elijah Villa grabbed a third-place finish, tossing 14.93 meters.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Raiders will have one last opportunity to qualify for the national meet, coming on Thursday, May 15^th at the Augustana Midwest Twilight.

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