RIPON, Wis. – The MSOE men's track & field captured seven event wins, including
Daniel Geerts breaking his school record once again, to win the Dick Hendricks Invite at Ripon College.
RESULTS
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st Place (207 pts)
RECAP
- Geerts broke his school record for the second straight week in the 60-meter hurdles, running a time of 8.17 in the prelims before winning in 8.28. His prelims time now moves him up to 17th nationally. Geerts also added a victory in the high jump, clearing 1.90 meters. AJ Springer won the mile run, shattering another personal best, in a time of 4:11.79. His conversion time from flat track to banked track now puts him 22nd nationally.
- The Raiders continued to dominate the distance events they took the top five spots in the 3,000-meter run as Sam McPeak led the group in 8:42.69 with Nolan Pinion coming in 8:58.42 and Joseph Hillyer in 8:59.36. Kolby Dax led a 1-2 finish in the 5,000-meter run, clocking a time of 15:22.74 and Zach Zuzzio tailed him in 15:36.51.
- Over in the sprints, Aiden Guida won the 400-meter dash in 52.38, just shy of his personal best. Camden Nennig finished third in the 60-meter dash in a new personal best time of 7.05. Over int the field events, William Tate won the weight throw with a new career best toss of 16.22 meters, as Elijah Villa came in third with 15.38 meters. Villa also had a third-place finish in the shot put, tossing 14.85 meters. Cameron O'Brien and Thomas Kiefer both finished second in the pole vault, clearing 4.25 meters.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Raiders will be off next weekend as they prepare for the NACC Championship, kicking off on Friday, February 27
thwith action continuing Saturday, February 28
th.
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