UW-La Crosse Leads Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championship
PLATTEVILLE, Wis.--Thirteen-time defending champion University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has the lead after the first of two days of events at the 2015 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championship at UW-Platteville’s Williams Fieldhouse on Feb. 27.
The Eagles compiled 74 points through the first nine scored events to top UW-Platteville’s second-place total of 54 points. UW-Eau Claire and UW-Oshkosh are tied for third with 52 points, UW-Whitewater is fifth with 39.50, UW-Stevens Point sixth with 35.50, UW-Stout seventh with 21, UW-Superior eighth with 12 and UW-River Falls ninth with 10.
UW-La Crosse’s Dominique Neloms won the high jump with a conference meet record height of 7-1 1/2 and the long jump with a leap of 24-5. He is just the second individual in league archives to win both events at the same championship, joining UW-Oshkosh’s Shannon King in 1999.
The Eagles’ Ross Denman claimed his second straight 400-meter dash crown with a time of 49.06, while Jeffery Hill successfully defended his title in the pole vault with a height of 15-11 3/4.
UW-Eau Claire’s Roger Steen was victorious in the shot put for the second straight year with a heave of 59-4 1/4, and UW-Oshkosh’s Roberto Lara won the one-mile run with a time of 4:11.80. UW-Stout’s Patrick Jenkins captured the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:30.36.
UW-Platteville’s 4x200-meter relay team of Brandon Navin, Mitch Dowell, Caleb Martens, Jerime Richards posted a first-place time of 1:30.56, while the UW-Stevens Point foursome of Michael Evans, Nicholas Melotte, Ryan Wierzba and Dane Tyler claimed the distance medley relay with a time of 10:10.48.
Day One Champions
400-Meter Dash: Ross Denman (UW-La Crosse), 49.06
One-Mile Run: Roberto Lara (UW-Oshkosh), 4:11.80
5,000-Meter Run: Patrick Jenkins (UW-Stout), 14:30.36
High Jump: Dominique Neloms (UW-La Crosse), 7-1 1/2 (2.17m)*
Long Jump: Dominique Neloms (UW-La Crosse), 24-5 (7.44m)
Pole Vault: Jeffery Hill (UW-La Crosse), 15-11 3/4 (4.87m)
Shot Put: Roger Steen (UW-Eau Claire), 59-4 1/4 (18.09m)
4x200-Meter Relay: UW-Platteville (Brandon Navin, Mitch Dowell, Caleb Mertens, Jerime Richards), 1:30.56
Distance Medley Relay: UW-Stevens Point (Michael Evans, Nicholas Melotte, Ryan Wierzba, Dane Tyler), 10:10.48
*Conference Meet Record
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