Men's Indoor Track and Field

Three Teams In Top Four At NCAA Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championship; Conference Tallies Eight Titles

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) teams placed in the top four following two days of competition at the NCAA Division III Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championship at the Birmingham Crossplex on March 14.
 
UW-La Crosse finished second with 74 points, UW-Oshkosh third with 64 and UW-Eau Claire fourth with 32. Rowan University (N.J.) won its first national championship with 75 points. University of Lynchburg (Va.) rounded out the top five with 30 points.
 
Additional WIAC team finishes included: UW-River Falls tied for 16th with 10 points; UW-Stevens Point tied for 51st with two and UW-Whitewater tied for 56th with one. A total of 61 teams earned points at the national meet that was hosted by the Southern Athletic Association and Birmingham CrossPlex.
 
UW-La Crosse’s Collin Conzemius won the 400-meter dash with a time of 46.76 seconds, while Carter Pearson was victorious in the triple jump with a leap of 49-3 (15.01m). Conzemius also ran the anchor leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that posted a first-place finish with a meet record time of 3:10.90. He was joined by Chase Doornink, Andrew Hackbarth and Devin Williams.
 
UW-Oshkosh also finished with three titles. Joshua Rivers became the first individual in NCAA Division III history to claim three consecutive long jump crowns, posting a mark of 24-6 1/2 (7.48m). Collin Kao won the pole vault with a height of 17-5 3/4 (5.33m), while Gavin Fritsch was victorious in the 35-pound weight throw with a fling of 68-2 1/4 (20.78m).
 
UW-River Falls’ Jacob Balcome won the heptathlon for the second straight year with a meet record 5,487 points. He is the second individual in NCAA Division III history to claim the event in back-to-back championships.
 
UW-Eau Claire’s Gage Stankiewicz secured the shot put title with a heave of 60-9 1/4 (18.52m).
 
60-Meter Dash:  Dylan Doss (UW-Oshkosh-Second); Sam Vargas (UW-Whitewater-Eighth); Davian Willems (UW-Oshkosh-Ninth); Evan Maurud (UW-La Crosse-11th); Landon Gallun (UW-La Crosse-15th); Nolan Milas (UW-Oshkosh-16th)
 
200-Meter Dash:  Dylan Doss (UW-Oshkosh-Second); Luke Schroeder (UW-La Crosse-Eighth); Nolan Milas (UW-Oshkosh-Ninth); Sam Vargas (UW-Whitewater-12th); Evan Maurud (UW-La Crosse-15th)

400-Meter Dash:  Collin Conzemius (UW-La Crosse-Champion); Chase Doornink (UW-La Crosse-10th); Tyran Bender (UW-Oshkosh-15th)
 
800-Meter Run:  Cael Schoemann (UW-La Crosse-Second); Lucas Nicholson (UW-Oshkosh-Sixth)
 
One-Mile Run:  Jayden Zywicki (UW-La Crosse-Third)
 
3,000-Meter Run:  Owen Clark (UW-La Crosse-Third); Aidan Matthai (UW-La Crosse-Eighth); Chuck Vater (UW-La Crosse-Ninth); Joey Sullivan (UW-La Crosse-13th); Zach Sporaa (UW-Platteville-14th)
 
5,000-Meter Run:  Aidan Matthai (UW-La Crosse-Second); Regan Scott (UW-La Crosse-15th)
 
60-Meter Hurdles:  Luke Schroeder (UW-La Crosse-Fourth); Blake Postler (UW-Eau Claire-Fifth); Tyler Botz (UW-Eau Claire-15th)
 
4x400-Meter Relay:  UW-La Crosse (Chase Doornink, Andrew Hackbarth, Devin Williams, Collin Conzemius-Champion); UW-Eau Claire (Cameron Pease, Izaak Clendenning, Nick Odom, Blake Postler-Fifth); UW-Oshkosh (Matthew Eiden, Sean Malay, Eli Kerner, Joshua Rivers-10th)
 
Distance Medley Relay:  UW-La Crosse (Aidan Manning, Finn Patenaude, Tyler Heiman, Joey Sullivan-Fifth)
 
High Jump:  Yaih Marial (UW-River Falls-12th); Mitchell Eldredge (UW-La Crosse-14th)
 
Pole Vault:  Collin Kao (UW-Oshkosh-Champion); Andrew Tumminaro (UW-La Crosse-10th); Braden Krystosek (UW-Stout-11th); Josh Brunner (UW-La Crosse-12th); Sam Knox (UW-Stout-13th); Owen Orioles (UW-Platteville-15th)
 
Long Jump:  Joshua Rivers (UW-Oshkosh-Champion); Dylan Doss (UW-Oshkosh-Fourth); Nick Tuchscherer (UW-Stevens Point-Eighth)

Triple Jump:  Carter Pearson (UW-La Crosse-Champion); Gavin Sargeant (UW-La Crosse-Ninth)
 
Shot Put:  Gage Stankiewicz (UW-Eau Claire-Champion); Jorden Ukpong (UW-Stevens Point-Eighth); Isaiah Isom (UW-Oshkosh-12th); Ben Youngworth (UW-La Crosse-14th)

35-Pound Weight Throw:  Gavin Fritsch (UW-Oshkosh-Champion); Gage Stankiewicz (UW-Eau Claire-Second); Anthony Staryszak (UW-La Crosse-Fourth); Bryce Hale (UW-Oshkosh-Sixth); Logan Powers (UW-La Crosse-12th)
 
Heptathlon:  Jacob Balcome (UW-River Falls-Champion); Jace Stolte (UW-Eau Claire-Third); Charlie Nolan (UW-Oshkosh-Fourth); Bryce Smith (UW-Oshkosh-Seventh); Nolan Seaburg (UW-La Crosse-Ninth); Cavan Dobberstein (UW-Oshkosh-10th)
 
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