WAVERLY, Iowa (blugolds.com) - The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire men's and women's outdoor track & field teams traveled to Iowa for the Wartburg Friday Night Lights meet. The men's team came in 2nd place out of 5 teams with a team score of 187. The women compiled a team score of 140.5 and placed 4th out of 5 teams.
Top Men's Placements
1st
EJ Kruse (Fr. – Appleton, WI/Kimberly) – 100m (11.09)
Mitch Stegeman (So. – Coleman, WI/Suring) – Pole Vault (4.76m)
TJ Lui (Sr. – Dousman, WI/Kettle Moraine) – Triple Jump (14.06m)
Yakob Ekoue (So. – Hopkins, MN) – Shot Put (15.16m)
Chris Anderson (Sr. – Sister Bay, WI/Gibraltar) – Discus (47.28m)
Thomas Jensen (Sr. – Edina, MN) – Hammer Throw (51.59m)
Marcus Weaver (So. – Lewiston, MN/Lewiston-Altura) – Javelin (61.79m)
2nd
Stefan Klechefski (Fr. – Roberts, WI/River Falls) – 100m (11.18)
EJ Kruse – 200m (21.95)
Yakob Ekoue – Discus (46.61m)
Chris Anderson – Hammer Throw (50.94m)
Jordan Lacey (Sr. – Greenville, WI/St. Mary Central) – Javelin (51.47m)
3rd
Hunter Henk (Sr. – Beldenville, WI/River Falls) – 400m (48.54)
Josiah Ziebell (Fr. – Mauston, WI) – 800m (1:56.57)
Abrahm Schroedl (Sr. – Deforest, WI) – Javelin (51.01m)
Top Women's Results
1st
Bailey Waldhauser (Sr. – Loyal, WI) – High Jump (1.69m)
Gabby Hicks (So. – Oakdale, MN/Tartan) – Discus (43.20m)
2nd
Megan Wallace (Sr. – Burlington, WI) – 100m Hurdles (14.58)
Catie Fobbe (Jr. – Annandale, MN/Maple Lake) – Shot Put (13.11m)
3rd
Megan Best (So. - Oshkosh, WI/West), Kady Kochendorfer (Jr. – Hudson, WI), Giana Kornaus (Fr. - Pulaski, WI), Logan Fahey (Sr. - Belleville, WI) – 4x100m Relay (48.26)
Ashley Agrimson (Sr. – Peterson, MN/Rushford-Peterson) – Long Jump (5.44m)
The Blugolds will take the week to prepare for next weekend's Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The conference meet will be hosted at Ramer Stadium on the UW-River Falls campus on Friday and Saturday, May 7th and 8th. First events start at 1pm.
Follow all the action all season long at Blugold Gameday.
