Results

La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track & field team won the UWL Eagle Open Friday night in The Fieldhouse. The Eagles finished with 170.5 team points while Loras College (Iowa) was second with 117.0 and UW-Whitewater third with 78.5.

Ripon College (Wis.) and Wartburg College (Iowa) tied for fourth (72.0) with Bethel University (Minn.) sixth (42.0), UW-Oshkosh seventh (6.0) and North Central College (Ill.) eighth (5.0). 

UWL's Nathan Andringa took the high jump title (6-7) title on Friday. 

The Eagles' distance medley relay of Cael Schoemann, Caden Pearce, Thomas Blumer, Ethan Gregg placed second with a school record time of 9:54.29. UWL broke the record of 9:55.25 set by Samuel Hinz, Charlie Handrick, Brian Hansford and Joshua Schraeder in 2019. 

Other top-six finishers in the field events included JT Zell and Logan Larson tied for second (15-3 1/2) in the pole vault while Ashton Moody was fifth (14-9 1/2) and Jacob Wodushek sixth (14-9 1/2). Aiden Williams finished second (58-1 3/4), Douglas Grace fourth (53-9 1/4) and Logan Powers fifth (53-1) in the weight throw. 

Nolan Seaberg was fourth (6-3 1/4) in the high jump while Nick Crary placed fourth (45-11 1/4), William Cady fifth (45-7 1/4) and Brody Kluge sixth (44-8 1/4) in the triple jump. Cameron Sorenson was fourth (23-0) and Crary sixth (22-3 3/4) in the long jump. Bryce Sitko was fifth (47-5 3/4) in the shot put.

In Friday's track events, Ryder Smith was second (6.86) in the 60-meter dash while Luke Schroeder finished second (21.96), Caden Pearce fourth (22.24) and Luke Vance sixth (22.38) in the 200-meter dash. 

Dirk Lueck placed second (1;55.97) in the 800-meter run while Parker Heintz was third (1:56.00) and Jayden Zywicki sixth (1:57.42).

UWL had three of the top-six finishers in the 60-meter hurdles as Lukas Johnson placed fourth (8.54), Carson Reilly fifth (8.63) and Chad Thompson Jr. sixth (8.68). 

Corey Fairchild placed second (8:41.77) and Ben Stangel fourth (844.47) in the 3,000-meter run. The Eagles' 4x400-mete relay of Addison Hill, Tyler Backes, Chase Doornink and Payton Flood were also second (3:15.97).

UWL returns to action Friday, February 24 at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championships at UW-Stout. Action starts at 11:30 a.m.