La Crosse, Wis. - Members of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track & field team competed at the Aurora University (Ill.) Grand Prix and UW-Whitewater Squig Converse Invitational Friday.

At the Aurora (Ill.) Grand Prix at Gately Park, Sam Blaskowski and Chase Doornink each won individual titles on Friday. Blaskowski took the 200-meter dash (21.13) and Doornink the 400-meter dash (48.83). Blaskowski set an NCAA Division III record with his winning time of 21.13 in the 200-meter dash. He broke the record of 21.27 set by UW-Eau Claire's Thurgood Dennis in 2014. Blaskowski also set a UWL record, breaking the time of 21.34 by Andrew Rock in 2003.

Luke Schroeder was third (22.05) in the 200-meter dash. He also qualified for the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries (8.40), but did not start in the final. 

The Eagles had four other top-10 finishers in the 400-meter dash as Addison Hill placed second (49.11), Payton Flood fourth (49.50), Luke Vance ninth (49.85) and Caden Pearce 10th (49.86).

At the UW-Whitewater Invitational, Nolan Seaberg leads the heptathlon with 2,789 points. Ben Jones is in fifth (2,446), Bryant Yanke sixth (2,361) and Joe Jensen seventh (2,207). The heptathlon included the 60-meter dash, long jump, shot put and high jump on Friday. The event concludes Saturday, January 28 with the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1,000-meter run.

UWL won three individual events at UW-Whitewater as Aiden Williams won the weight throw (60-9 1/2), Ryder Smith the 60-meter dash (6.94) and Carson Reilly the 60-meter hurdles (8.36).

In other top-six finishes in the field events on Friday, Douglas Grace was fifth (51-0 1/4) in the weight throw while Bryce Sitko palced second (47-9 1/4) and Kyle Peters third (46-5 1/2) in the shot put.

Logan Larson was third (14-9), JT Zell fourth (14-3 1/4) and Ashton Moody fifth (14-3 1/4) in the pole vault. Triton Schmidt finished third (22-10 3/4), Nick Crary fifth (22-5) and William Cady sixth (22-2 1/4) in the long jump while Crary also placed fourth (45-9) and Brody Kluge sixth (44-11) in the triple jump.

On the track, Spencer Reichart finished second (6.96) and Terrance Cottrell-Roberson fifth (7.03) in th 60-meter dash while Lukas Johnson finished second (8.65) and Chad Thompson Jr. third (8.66) in the 60-meter hurdles.

Austin Kummett finished second (22.68), Carter Kummet third (22.75) and Cottrell-Roberson fifth (23.05) in the 200-meter dash.

UWL returns to action Saturday, January 28 with the completion of the heptathlon in the UW-Whitewater Converse Invitational.