ST. PAUL, Minn. – Senior
Aengus White won the discus throw for the second meet in a row and first year
Trevor Christensen was the runner-up in the event, as the St. Olaf College men's track and field team was in action at the unscored Tommie Twilight on Wednesday at O'Shaughnessy Stadium.
After winning the event the day before at the Rolex Classic, White posted another first-place finish in the discus throw in St. Paul, winning the event with a throw of 42.86 meters (140' 7") on his third throw. Christensen was second in the 13-competitor event with a mark of 41.61 meters (136' 6").
The 1-2 finish from the two throwers were part of 12 top-five finishes on the day for the Oles. Coming off of a school-record time of 14.55 seconds in the event the day before, junior
Lucas Kramarczuk was third in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.72 seconds, making him the top NCAA Division III finisher in the event.
Senior
Gabe Alada added a third-place finish in the long jump with a jump of 6.73 meters (22' 1"), while first year
Cade Feist took third in the shot put with a throw of 14.39 meters (47' 2 ½").
In the 5,000-meter run, sophomore
Ian Curtis, sophomore
Will Kelly, and junior
Noah Massanari were all in the top-five finishers in third, fourth, and fifth, respectively. Curtis' third-place time of 14:45.86 was a personal-best time and ranks fifth in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) this season, while Massanari's fifth-place time of 14:50.89 was a personal best and is sixth in the conference.
First year
Devin McNearny recorded one of three fourth-place results for St. Olaf in the 200-meter dash with a personal-best time of 23.18 seconds. First year
Dylan Arnold was fourth in the pole vault (4.25m, 13' 11 ¼"), while junior
Andrew Mollison took fourth in the shot put (14.10m, 46' 3 ¼") and now ranks fifth in the MIAC in the event this spring.
Senior
Reuben Kosche posted the Oles' lone fifth-place finish of the day in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:14.40.
The multi events of the MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships get under way at Carleton on Thursday, May 5 and St. Olaf has six competitors in the decathlon. Events start at 12 p.m. on Thursday and 10:30 a.m. the following day.