UW-Whitewater Converse Invitational Results
Whitewater, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track & field team captured the UW-Whitewater Converse Invitational Friday night. The Eagles finished with 168.0 team points while UW-Whitewater was second with 129.0 and North Central College (Ill.) third with 120.5. UW-Oshkosh placed fourth (91.5) followed by Augustana College, Ill. (75.0), the University of Chicago, Ill. (23.0) and Loras College, Iowa (18.0).
Four athletes captured individual events for UW-L Friday, including three in the field events.
Jeremiah Burish won the pole vault (15-3 1/2) while
Isaac Vazquez captured the triple jump (48-0 3/4) and
Andy Novak took the shot put (57-0 3/4).
On the track,
Sean Royer won the 800-meter run (1:54.65).
Other top finishes for the field events included
Jeffrey Hill second (15-3 1/2),
Ryan Klister third (14-9 1/2) and
Gary Trkula fifth (14-3 1/2) in the pole vault while
Daniel Petkau finished third (44-3 1/2) and
Brett Davis fourth (43-7) in the triple jump.
Troy Brooks was third (23-3 1/4) and
Clark Lundquist sixth (22-6 1/2) in the long jump while
Alex Zart finished fifth in the shot put (51-8 1/2).
For top track finishes,
Eric Smits was third (1:56.25) in the 800-meter run while
Andrew Rohlman was second (4:18.87) and
Garrett Kerska third (4:18.92) in the mile run. The Eagles'
Aric Hoeschen placed third (22.28) and
Alex Koenen sixth (22.62) in the 200-meter dash. Koenen was also third in the (6.97) in the 60-meter dash while Brooks finished fifth (7.05).
In the 60-meter hurdles,
Joe DeRosier placed third (8.39) and
Luke Ackerson fourth (8.42).
Josh Kaul finished fifth (14:41.95) in the 5,000-meter run and
Tyson Young was sixth (50.51) in the 400-meter dash.
The Eagles' were second (1:31.69) in the 4x200-meter dash and third (3:24.56) in the 4x400-meter dash.
UW-L returns to action Friday, February 10 with three meets. The Eagles will split their squad and compete at the St. Mary's University (Minn.) Invitationatl; the UW-River Falls Multi Competition and the Iowa State University Classic.
