Eagles Win WIAC Title; Claims 22nd in Last 23 Years; Captures Four Events on Second Day

Stevens Point, 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 48^th conference title in program history and 22nd in 23 years.

THE BASICS

Team Results: UWL won with 217.5 points while UW-Oshkosh was second with 133.5 points. In third place was UW-Whitewater with 89 points while UW-Eau Claire finished fourth (75.5 points), UW-Stevens Point fifth (49 points), UW-Stout sixth (40.5 points), UW-Platteville seventh (35 points) and UW-River Falls eighth (23 points).
Location: Skyward Fieldhouse, Stevens Point, Wis.
Up next: Prior to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Indoor Championship March 14-15, UWL will have individuals compete at the UW-La Crosse Qualifier on March 1st.

THE RESULTS

FIELD EVENTS

Triple Jump: The Eagles captured four of the top five spots in the triple jump with Gabe Olsen recording a season best jump of 48-4 to win his first WIAC Championship. Carter Pearson finished second (47-7) while Christian Crumbaker was fourth (47-0 1/4) and Gavin Sargeant fifth (46-4 3/4).
High Jump: Nathan Andringa placed third in the high jump with a mark of 6-6 3/4.
Weight Throw: Logan Powers was the top Eagle finisher in the weight throw with a toss of 58-7 1/2.

TRACK EVENTS

60-meter hurdles – UWL had two of the top seven spots in the finals with Lukas Johnson placing sixth (8.27) and Aaron Poelma seventh (8.35).
60-meter dash – Sam Blaskowski won his third WIAC championship in the 60-meter dash on Saturday. Blaskowski won with a time of 6.62.
800-meter – The Eagles secured the top two spots, with Cael Schoemann placing first with a season best time of 1:52.15 and Dirk Lueck placing second (1:54.38). The WIAC title is Shoemann's second straight.
200-meter – UWL had three of the top seven finishers with Evan Maurud placing second (22.21), Luke Vance third (22.26) and Lyndon Hemmrich-Hartman seventh (22.47).
3000-meter – Three of the top eight finishers in the 3000-meter were Eagles with Joey Sullivan finishing fifth (8:30.11) while Owen Clark was seventh (8:33.94) and Christopher Wolfe eighth (8:35.22).
4x400 Relay - The relay team of Chase Doornink, Collin Conzemius, Andrew Hackbarth, and Jacob Hohmann won a WIAC Championship with a time of 3:18.04.
Heptathalon- Bryant Yanke finished fourth in the heptathalon with 4,812 points.