Eagles Win WIAC Title; Claims 21st in Last 22 Years; Captures Five Events on Second Day

Whitewater, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track & field team captured the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship (presented by Culver's) Saturday afternoon. It is the Eagles league record 47^th conference title in program history and 21^st in 22 years.

THE BASICS

Team Results: UWL won with 242.5 points while UW-Oshkosh was second with 161 points. In third place was UW-Eau CLaire with 85 points while UW-Whitewater finished fourth (73 points), UW-Stout fifth (48.5 points), UW-Stevens Point sixth (23 points), UW-Platteville seventh (20 points) and UW-River Falls eighth (nine points).
Location: Leonard "Squig" Converse Track at Kachel Fieldhouse, Whitewater, Wis.
Up next: Prior to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Indoor Championship March 8-9, UWL will have individuals compete at either the Wartburg College Qualifier on March 1 or the UW-La Crosse Qualifier on March 2nd

THE RESULTS

FIELD EVENTS

Triple Jump - The Eagles placed four jumpers in the triple jump with William Cady leading the way with a second place finish (47-11 1/4). In fourth place was Brody Kluge with a mark of 46-4 3/4 while Carter Pearson was fifth (46-4 3/4) and Nick Crary sixth (46-2).
High Jump - Nathan Andringa finished second in the high jump with a jump of 6-9 1/2 while Mitchell Eldredge was eighth (6-4 1/4).
Weight Throw - Aiden Williams and Logan Powers each placed for the Eagles in the weight throw. Williams finished fourth with a mark of 60-3 3/4 while Powers was fifth with a throw of 59-3 1/2.

TRACK EVENTS

60-meter hurdles - Luke Schroeder defended his 2023 WIAC Indoor title in the 60-meter hurdles by finishing first with a time of 7.91. Chad Thompson Jr. (8.19) and Lukas Johnson (8.31) finished third and sixth respectively to also earn a trip to the podium.
60-meter dash – Like Schroeder, Sam Blaskowski defended his 2023 WIAC Indoor title in the 60-meter dash by running a time of 6.69. Also scoring for the Eagles was Ryder Smith as he finished eighth (6.93).
200-meter - Winning his second WIAC Championship of the day was Schroeder as he finished first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.59. Also placing for the Eagles was Collin Conzemius in fourth place (22.01) and Ethan Turbeville in fifth (22.16).
800-meter - Cael Schoemann won a WIAC Championship in the 800-meter run in a time of 1:51.51. Parker Heintz (1:53.84) and Elias Ritzke (1:54.51) finished fourth and eighth respectively for the Eagles.
3000-meter run – The Eagles had three runners place in the 3000-meter run with Corey Faichild (8:28.46) finishing fourth while Zach Slevin (8:31.06) finishing sixth and Parker Huhn 8:33.30 was seventh.
4x400 meter Relay - The relay team of Davis Wenthe, Chase Doonink, Addison Hill and Jacob Hohman won the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:16.43.