Concordia Track and Field fares well in Chicago
Ted Hayden Invitational Results
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The 'windy city' lived up to its name
Saturday, as the Concordia University Wisconsin track & field
team battled strong gusts and cool temperatures while competing at
the Ted Hayden Invitational, hosted by the University of
Chicago.
CUW men's team fared especially well, placing
fourth out of 13 schools competing. Senior Alex Pawlak (Colgate,
Wis.) had another outstanding day of performances, including a
first place finish in the 110 high hurdles.
Despite the cool temperatures, Pawlak also came out of
the blocks hard in the 400-high hurdles, gaining first place within
the first 50m, and having a monster race while shredding another
whole second off his personal record (PR). With a time of 54.32s,
Pawlak again broke his own PR and school record set last weekend in
Atlanta, elevating his spring standing in that race to ninth in the
nation.
Freshman Malcolm Bowers (Germantown, Wis.), competing
in only his second meet, earned another PR in the high jump,
clearing 1.73-meters. He also placed fourth in the long jump at
6.24-meters. Senior Justin Rogers (Milwaukee, Wis.) took first
place in the triple jump with a time of 13.25 seconds.
Freshman Robert Meilbeck (Winthrop harbor, Ill.) also
had an impressive race, according to head coach Russ DeLap,
taking 50 seconds off his best 5,000-meter performance with a time
of 16:34.21. Other PRs in the 1,500-meter included Andrew Coop,
Ryan Perry, Kevin Gries, Josh Tillman, Samantha Nelson, Erika
Wenson and Caitlyn Stern.
Weeks of hard work paid off for sophomore Andrea
Kassees (Waukesha, Wis.) when she broke bested her PR with a
36.05-meter throw in the discus, earning ffth place.
In the pole vault, both Tim Grimm and Joshua Lehr set
a PR of with a height of 3.5-meters. Grimm also set a PR in the
400-hurdles with a time of 63.39 seconds.
Other noteworthy performances and PRs include Jennifer
Hamilton and Dylan Krivoshein in the 200-meters and Lauren Frisque
in the 400-meters.
