On April 15,16 & 19, the Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Teams competed at home in the John Green Combined Event/James Dutcher Memorial meet, where several Doane athletes walked away in first.
Starting in the Men’s events was the 100m, where senior Connor Bradley placed first with a time of 10.86. He was also in the 200m, where his time was 22.14. In the 400m was senior Joaquin Gutierrez, who had a time of 49.37. Going into the longer distances was sophomore Jayden Wall, who had a time of 4:00.35 in the 1500m, where he also ran in the 5000m, where he had a time of 15:00.28. Finishing up the distance events was junior Kale Maguire, in the 10,000m, where he had a time of 34:46.69.
Jumping over the hurdles in the 400m was senior Caleb Mulder, who had a time of 55.24. Mulder was also in the 4x400m, along with sophomore Orion Ulmer, freshman Lincoln Konrad and sophomore Lucas Gautier, where they finished with a time of 3:19.67.
Going into the field events for the Men’s team was junior Jackson Kessler, in the high jump, where he had a mark of 2.03m. In the pole vault was freshman Roe Patton, with a mark of 4.55m. Jumping in the long jump was junior Michael Willey, who had a mark of 6.87m, and in the triple jump was sophomore Callan McKinney, who finished with a mark of 13.89m.
Ending the Men’s portion was throws, where junior Andrew Schmitz threw 16.19m in shot put and 58.21m in the Hammer throw, and senior Christopher Brown threw a 51.51m in Discus.
Transitioning into the Women’s side of things, in the 100m was senior Tania Gleason, who had a time of 11.80. Having a time of 24.00 in the 200m was senior Kat Vogt, who also ran in the 4×400 along with freshman Jayden Meyer, junior Kiley Hejmanek, and freshman Zaili Banish, who had a time of 3:56.06. Finishing up the running events in the 800m was senior Danie Parriott, who had a time of 2:16.07.
In jumps was senior Josie Garrett in the Triple, where she had a time of 11.43m. And finishing up the Women’s position is the throwing events, where sophomore Madison Heusinkvelt had a mark of 13.45m in shot put. In the discus was freshman Paige Bull, who had a mark of 46.98m and in the hammer was junior Kaylie Lotspeich, who had a mark of 53.07m.
Next up, the Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams will be traveling up to Lincoln, Nebraska, to compete in the Prairie Wolf Invitational at Nebraska Wesleyan University on April 23.
