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Jorden Ukpong
Madison Schiefelbein

Pointers Claim 12 Events at UW-Whitewater Rex Foster Twilight

4/3/2026 9:55:00 PM

WHITEWATER, Wis.—The UW-Stevens Point men and women's track and field teams competed in UW-Whitewater's Rex Foster Twilight meet on Friday. The men claimed eight event titles and the women claimed five.
 
Results
 
Sean Heetland (North Aurora, Ill./West Aurora), Mason Mead (Wausau, Wis./West), Jorden Ukpong (Kronenwetter, Wis./D.C. Everest), Jack Marsh (Pulaski, Wis./Pulaski), Nick Tuchscherer (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH), Gavin Fujino (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake) and Jack Gjovik (Eagle River, Wis./Northland Pines) claimed the eight titles for the men. Heetland stopped the clock at 4:04.24 in the 1500-meter run. Mead raced to a first-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.58. Ukpong won both the discus throw and shot put with a personal-best mark of 50.65 meters and a mark of 15.29 meters, respectively. Marsh secured a first-place finish in the hammer throw with a heave of 52.30 meters. Tuchscherer recorded a leap of 7.00 meters to win the long jump. Fujino finished first in the pole vault with a height of 4.66 meters. Gjovik won the triple jump with a leap of 14.01 meters.
 
Melanie Princl (West Bend, Wis./West), Carly McCreary (Cumberland, Wis./Cumberland), Kaylee Miller/Madeline Zirbel (De Pere, Wis./De Pere), Brenna Steinagel (Merrill, Wis./Merrill) and Natalie Johnson (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) claimed the five first-place finishes for the women. Princl won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.13. McCreary took first in the 5000-meter run with a personal-best time of 20:11.06. Miller and Zirbel were part of a four-way tie for first place in the high jump with a mark of 1.57 meters. Steinagel secured a first-place finish in the javelin throw with a heave of 36.12 meters. Johnson finished first in the steeplechase with a personal-best time of 11:14.90.
 
The Pointers are back in action on Friday (Apr. 10) for day one of the UW-Platteville Invite.
 
Top Finishers in Other Events
Men-
100-meter Dash- Drew Zinkel (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest) (8th 11.37)
200-meter Dash- Joseph Johnson (Nekoosa, Wis./Assumption) (7th 23.10)
400-meter Hurdles- Ben Kempe (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) (3rd 56.60)
4x400-meter Relay- Christopher Cullen (Kewaunee, Wis./Kewaunee), Benjamin Cihasky, Tate Bruckhart (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) and Cormick Buti (/) (3rd 3:33.51)
800-meter Run- Benjamin Cihasky (2nd 1:57.20)
High Jump- Casey Ploederl (Clintonville, Wis./Clintonville) (T2nd 1.91 meters)
Javelin Throw- Michael Decker (/) (4th 44.91 meters)- Personal Best
Steeplechase- Cormick Buti (/) (6th 9:59.25)

Women-
1500-meter Run- Brooklyn Schoenick (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Assumption) (3rd 4:49.60)
400-meter Dash- Maddy Boehnlein (Mount Calvary, Wis./Hartford Union) (8th 1:03.61)
400-meter Hurdles- Elida Nerothin (Madison, Wis./Lakeside Lutheran) (2nd 1:06.80)- Personal Best
4x100-meter Relay- Melanie Princl (West Bend, Wis./West), Madilyn Fisher (Prairie du Chein, Wis./Prairie du Chien), Lindsey Taylor (Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago) and Adyn Theriault (Fort Atkinson, Wis./Fort Atkinson) (2nd 49.86)
800-meter Run- Margaret Hopkins (South Bend, Ind./Saint Joseph) (7th 2:33.67)
Discus Throw- Bella Harriman (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) (5th 38.19 meters)
Hammer Throw- Bella Harriman (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) (8th 41.13 meters)
Long Jump- Adyn Theriault (Fort Atkinson, Wis./Fort Atkinson) (4th 4.87 meters)
Pole Vault- Natalee Weiss (Chippewa Falls, Wis./Chippewa Falls) (4th 3.02 meters)
Shot Put- Michaela Silich (Epworth, Iowa/West Dubuque) (3rd 12.46 meters)- Personal Best
Triple Jump- Samantha Heinzelman (Waukesha, Wis./South) (4th 10.25 meters)
 
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