WHITEWATER, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point track and field teams took part in the WIAC Championships in Whitewater on Saturday, where the men finished fifth and the women placed sixth.
Men's Results
On the men's side,
Darin Ward (Fond du Lac, WI/St. Mary's Springs) finished fourth in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 14.55 seconds. In the 400 meter hurdles,
Michael Pomaville (Dousman, WI/Mukwonago) placed sixth in 55.81 seconds.
The relay team of
Alec Oestreich (Merrill, WI/Merrill),
Dylan McGuire (Luxemburg ,WI/Luxemberg-Casco),
Collin Meyer (La Crosse, WI/Aquinas), and
Takuto Kobayashi (Franklin, WI/Franklin) placed third in the 4x400 meter relay in a time of 3:17.74.
In the field, Pointers claimed the 2-6
th spots in the long jump.
Jerry Williams (Watertown, WI/Watertown) placed second, James Mackenzie third,
Jordan Richards (Stevens Point, WI/SPASH) fourth,
Darin Ward (Fond du Lac, WI/St. Mary's Springs) fifth and
Alec Dix (WIld Rose, WI/Wild Rose) sixth. Williams also won the triple jump with a jump of 14.36 meters. Ward took third in the event and Dix eighth.
Logan Heil (Weston, WI/DC Everest) placed fifth in the hammer throw with a throw of 52.60 meters.
Tylar Kohnke (North Fond du Lac, WI/Horace Mann) took fifth in the javelin throw and
Brent Reierson (Watertown, WI/Watertown) placed seventh.
And in the decathlon, three Pointers placed in the top ten.
Jeremy Lee (Viroqua, WI/Viroqua) took third,
Albert Unruh (Marshall, WI/Marshall) fifth and
Matthew Miller (Hillsboro, WI/Kickapoo) ninth.
Stevens Point finished in fifth as a team with 80 points. La Crosse won the men's team title with 201 points.
Women's Results
For the women,
Leah Trempe (Combined Locks, WI/Kimberly) finished in third in the 400 meter dash with a time of 57.70 seconds.
Sarah Vils (Mosinee, WI/Mosinee) placed seventh and
Hannah Mertens (West Bend, WI/Hartford Union) placed ninth.
Kathy Derks (Greenville, WI/Hortonville) took third in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:15.01 and
Emily Schlebecker (Mundelein, IL/Mundelein) placed ninth.
In the 5000 meter run,
Holly Winberg (Forest Lake, MN/Forest Lake) finished second with a time of 17:48.98. Winberg also placed second in the 3000 meter steeplechase in a time of 11:26.36 and
Kara Hoier (New London, WI/New London) finished sixth. In the 400 meter hurdles,
Jacklyn Butler (Oshkosh, WI/West) placed sixth in a time of 1:04.16.
In the 4x400 meter relay, the team of Mertens, Derks, Butler, and Trempe finished second in 3:52.17.
In the field,
Shannon Burke (Sussex, WI/Hamilton) placed third in the pole vault with a jump of 3.67 meters. In the shot put,
Kadie Flynn (Appleton, WI/North) placed fourth with a throw of 12.98 meters. Flynn also won the discus with a throw of 48.24 meters.
Karen Wethal (Evansville, WI/Evansville) took fourth with a throw of 44.01 meters. Flynn was third in the hammer throw, with a distance of 54.39 meters.
As a team, Stevens Point finished sixth with 85 points. La Crosse won the women's team title with 238 points.
Next up is the NCAA regional qualifier in La Crosse, Wis. on May 13.
