PLATTEVILLE, Wis.—The UW-Stevens Point men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up competition in the Platteville Invite on Saturday afternoon.
 
Results
 
The men saw top-five finishes from Collin Their, Ben Kempe (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH), Will Garcia-Henrich, Jorden Ukpong (Kronenwetter, Wis./D.C. Everest), Jack Marsh (Pulaski, Wis./Pulaski), Aidan Court (Seymour, Wis./Seymour), Jack Gjovik (Eagle River, Wis./Northland Pines), Gavin Fujino (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake) and the 4x400-meter relay team of Mason Mead (Wausau, Wis./West), Kempe, Matthew Jokela (Lake Linden, Mich./Lake Linden-Hubbell) and Simeion Harris (Sandwich, Ill./Sandwich).
 
Their placed fifth in the hammer throw on Friday night with a toss of 52.60 meters. Kempe raced to a fourth-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.92. Garcia-Henrich took third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.62. Ukpong recorded a heave of 16.15 meters to take third in the shot put. Marsh finished fifth in the shot put with a mark of 45.88 meters. Court placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 6.46 meters. Gjovik secured a second-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 14.36 meters. Fujino took second in the pole vault with a mark of 4.76 meters. The 4x400-meter relay placed third with a time of 3:17.85.
 
The women saw top-five finishes from Melanie Princl (West Bend, Wis./West), Gracie Ridgway (Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield) and Madeline Zirbel (De Pere, Wis./De Pere).
 
Princl raced to a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.90. Ridgway took fourth in the long jump with a leap of 5.52 meters. Zirbel placed fifth in the high jump with a mark of 1.58 meters.
 
The men's and women's track and field teams are back in action on Friday (Apr. 17) for day one of the Esten Challenge hosted by UW-La Crosse.
 
Top Finishers in other events-

Women-
5000-meter Run (Friday)- Faith Wehrman (New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower) (19^th 17:06.56)
Hammer Throw (Friday)- Bella Harriman (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) (25^th 41.83 meters)
1500-meter Run- Carly McCreary (Cumberland, Wis./Cumberland) (23^rd 5:22.53)
400-meter Dash- Kya Smith (Nekoosa, Wis./Nekoosa) (17^th 1:01.22)
800-meter Run- Emma Groff (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) (7^th 2:18.71)
400-meter Hurdles- Elida Nerothin (Madison, Wis./Lakeside Lutheran) (16^th 1:10.35)
200-meter Dash- Madilyn Fisher (Prairie du Chein, Wis./Prairie du Chien) (26^th 26.61)
Shot Put- Abby Rudrud (Onalaska, Wis./Onalaska) (18^th 11.64 meters)
Discus Throw- Bella Harriman (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) (19^th 36.39 meters)
Javelin Throw- Brenna Steinagel (Merrill, Wis./Merrill) (7^th 34.75 meters)
Triple Jump- Samantha Heinzelman (Waukesha, Wis./South) (21^st 10.28 meters)
Pole Vault- Natalee Weiss (Chippewa Falls, Wis./Chippewa Falls) (15^th 3.17 meters)
 
Men-
5000-meter Run (Friday)- Mateo Avarado Venegas (39^th 14:33.67)
400-meter Dash- Matthew Pauwels (Whitelaw, Wis./Roncalli) (18^th 51.59)
800-meter Run- Bennett Krause (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) (8^th 1:56.27)
200-meter Dash- Mason Mead (Wausau, Wis./West) (8^th 22.16)
Javelin Throw- Michael Decker (/) (10^th 45.65 meters)
High Jump- Casey Ploederl (Clintonville, Wis./Clintonville) (9^th 1.88 meters)