UW-Stevens Point had three NCAA Division III provisionally qualifying relays for its top performances at the Drake Relays on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Both women's relays of Andrea Irvine, Liz Caine, Danielle Kinderman and Laura Simonis provisionally qualified as the 400-meter relay posted a time of 48.64 seconds and 1600-meter relay had a mark of 3:55.86. The men's 1600-meter relay of
Ryan Schroeder (Walworth/Big Foot),
Kyle Steiner (Grafton/Grafton),
Adam Lang (Sheboygan/Sheboygan Lutheran) and Nick Ver Duin had a provisional mark of 3:16.50.
Mitch Ellis (Three Lakes/Three Lakes) added a provisional mark in the high jump by finishing third at six feet, 8.75 inches. The Pointers had two other solid performances as the distance medley relay of
Travis Nechuta (Mosinee/Mosinee), Steiner,
Greg Haak (Belleville/Belleville) and Dom Meyer was third in 9:59.31 and the 3200-meter relay of Nechuta, Haak,
Adam Steinke (Hewitt/Marshfield) and Lang was fifth in 7:38.78.
The Pointers also competed at the UW-Oshkosh Open on Saturday and the women had two champions as Beth Richter captured the long jump at 18 feet, 0.25 inches and Sara Bias won the 5000-meter run at 19:50.90.
George Carlson (Nekoosa/Nekoosa) won the men's 3000-meter steeplechase in 10:06.13.
Kyle Scofield (Green Bay/Preble) was the top collegiate finisher in the shot put with a provisional throw of 52 feet, 2.5 inches and
Noah Utecht (Fredonia/Ozaukee) was the top collegian in the javelin at 171 feet, seven inches.