Men's Track and Field Competes at Drake Relays, Simpson College and UW-Eau Claire

Cael Schoemann finished sixth in the 800-meter run at the Drake Relays

La Crosse, Wis. - Members of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track and field team competed at the Drake Relays, Simpson College Kip Janvrin Open and the UW-Eau Claire Dick and Mary Johnson Invite Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

THE BASICS

Drake Relays Results
Location: Drake Stadium, Des Moines, Iowa (hosted by Drake University (Iowa))
Simpson College (Iowa) Kip Janvrin Open Results
Location: Buxton Stadium, Indianola, Iowa
Dick and Mary Johnson Invite Results
Location: Simpson Field, Eau Claire, Wis. (hosted by UW-Eau Claire)
Up next: The Eagles will head to the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships on May 2 and 3 at UW-Oshkosh. Friday's events are scheduled to start at 12 p.m. while Saturday is to begin at 8 a.m.

THE RESULTS
FIELD EVENTS

High Jump: Mitchell Eldredge captured the high jump title with a jump of 6-6. Nathan Andringa's jump of 6-8 was good for a tie for fifth place at the Drake Relays.
Shot Put: Ben Youngworth was UWL's only competitor in the top five, placing fifth with a throw of 51-0 1/4.
Javelin: Nate Lawrence finished second overall in the javelin with a throw of 181-11.
Pole Vault: UWL had two of the top six finishers in the pole vault with Gaven Lange finishing fourth with a vault of 15-6 1/4 and JT Zell placing sixth (14-6 1/4). At the Drake Relays, UWL had two of the top seven finishers in the pole vault led by Alexander Wagner's fourth place finish (15-11 3/4). Andrew Tumminaro finished tied for seventh with a mark of 15-5 3/4.
Discus: Three of the top six finishers in the discus were Eagles with Anthony Staryszak finishing second with a mark of 159-5 while Ben Youngworth was fourth (149-6) and Spencer Prats sixth (147-9).
Long Jump: With his jump of 23-2 3/4, Sebastian Jefferson finished fifth at the Drake Relays in the long jump.

TRACK EVENTS

200-meter dash: UWL had two of the top three finishers in the the 200-meter dash with Luke Vance finishing second with a time of 21.70 while Lyndon Hemmrich-Hartman placed third (22.07). At the Kip Janvrin Open at Simpson College (Iowa), Evan Maurud finished fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.59.
400-meter run: Tyler Backes won the 400-meter run with a time of 48.68. Finishing right behind him in second place was teammate Ethan Dugan with a time of 49.02. Chase Doornink was the Eagles top finisher in the 400-meter run at the Drake Relays with a time of 47.54.
110-meter hurdles – Lukas Johnson captured the title in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.67.
100-meter dash: At the Drake Relays, Sam Blaskowski continued his success as he took home the event title with a time of 10.37.
400-meter hurdles: UWL had three of the top four finishers 400-meter hurdles led by Ayden Hart who won the event with a meet record time of 53.48. Finn Patenaude finished third with a time of 53.95 and Zachary Nyquist placed fourth in a time of 54.16.
800-meter run: Cael Schoemann finished sixth in the Drake Relays 800-meter run in a time of 1:51.13.
4x100-meter relay: The relay team of Ryder Smith, Blaskowski, Evan Maurud and Collin Conzemius took second with a time of 40.11 at the Drake Relays.
4x400-meter relay: With a time of 3:07.76, the relay team of Conzemius, Jacob Hohmann, Devin Williams and Doornick finished second in the 4x400 at the Drake Relays. The relay teams time breaks a 21 year old school record of 3:07.78 set by Nate Olson, Derek Toshner, Eric Svestka and Andrew Rock.