Photos by Elenna Koenig | The Doane Owl
On Jan. 31 and Feb 1, the Tigers competed in the 2025 Fred Beile Classic here at Fuhrer Field House.
Starting in the 60m dash, taking first was sophomore Devon Jackson, who had a time of 6.94. And taking home second place was senior JaDae Moore, who had a time of 6.95, and having a time of 7.05 was sophomore Daniel Concepcion.
Taking first place in the 200m was Moore, who had a time of 22.60, with Concepcion right after him with a time of 23.07.
In the 600m was sophomore Eli Marez, who had a time of 1:25.44, which placed him second, and junior Dakota Miser, who had a time of 1:26.86, placing him fifth. Placing third in the 800m was freshman Alex Fowler, who had a time of 2:02.26.
Running in the 1000m was junior Emmanuel Yego, who had a time of 2:37.30, which placed him first. Placing fifth in the same race was sophomore Nate O’Brien, who had a time of 2:44.76.
Taking home first in the mile was junior Micheal Grigsby, who had a time of 4:17.38. Also running in the same race was freshman Jayden Wall, who had a time of 4:28.32, placing him fourth. Junior Will Dawes, who had a time of 4:29.08, placed fifth.
In the 3000m was freshman Porter Bickley, who had a time of 8:56.25, which placed him first, along with senior Nelson Ruto, who had a time of 9:21.45, which placed him fifth.
Jumping over the hurdles in the 60m was senior Zach Turner, who had a time of 7.83, which placed him first. In the same race was freshman Andrew Brown, who placed third with a time of 8.01, and sophomore Addison Croghan, who had a time of 8.31, which placed him fourth.
Running in the 4×400 relay were O’Brien, senior Will Wenz, sophomore Parker Gaston and junior Dakota Miser, who together placed second with a time of 3:33.70.
Jumping in the high jump were senior Carter Reckling and senior Dylan Starr, who tied for first with a mark of 2.09m. Placing third was sophomore Andrew Harms, who had a mark of 2.09m as well, and placing fourth was sophomore Jackson Kessler, who had a mark of 2.03m.
In the pole vault was senior Drew Garrison, who had a mark of 4.30m, which placed him third. In the same event was junior Branson McDonald, who had a mark of 4.15m, which placed him fourth.
Placing first in the long jump was sophomore Brian Cech, who had a mark of 6.74m. Having a mark of 6.61m was sophomore Micheal Willey, which placed him second, and placing third was Croghan, who had a mark of 6.55m.
In the triple jump was Brown, who had a mark of 14.29m, placing him first, with Cech right behind with a mark of 14.05m, putting him in second. Placing third was freshman Kyler Nichols, who had a mark of 13.53m.
Going into the shot put was junior Cale Bessler, who had a mark of 15.87m, which placed him second. Placing third was junior Christopher Brown, who had a mark of 15.83m. Placing first in the weight throw was senior Trey Dickey, who had a mark of 19.87m, along with junior Andrew Schmitz, who had a mark of 18.67m, placing him second. Finishing with a mark of 18.17m was sophomore Jaden Vollenweider, which placed him third.
Finishing off with the heptathlon was senior Mason Zimmerman, who had a total of 3,905 points, which placed him third.
On Feb. 7, the Tigers will be traveling to Seward, Nebraska, to compete in the Concordia Invitational.
