Men's Track and Field Third at MSU Ted Nelson Classic
Monday, February 12, 2007 (2 years ago)
The Gustavus Adolphus men's indoor track and field team won three events and picked up a total of 12 top-five finishes en route to a third-place finish at the Ted Nelson Classic hosted by Minnesota State University, Mankato. Tyler Geyen (So., Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer) won the 60-meter hurdles (8.52 seconds), Josh Sorenson (Sr., Hanska, Minn./Madelia) won the pole vault (15-3 1/2), and Andy Klaers (Jr., Loretto, Minn./Delano) won the weight throw (51-7). North Dakota edged MSU, Mankato for the team title 213.5-213, followed by Gustavus with 98.5 points and Augustana (S.D.) with 45.
Klaers was the only Gustie to record a pair of top-five finishes, also placing third in the shot put with an effort of 44-5 1/2, while Drew Hood (Jr., Mankato, Minn./West) gave the Gusties a 1-2 finish in the pole vault, finishing tied for second after clearing 14-9 1/2. Hood then added a sixth-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 19-9. The other Gustavus runner-up finish came in the 4x400-meter relay, where the team of Cole Carlson (Fr., Mora, Minn.), Geyen, Dan Marti (Sr., Sleepy Eye, Minn./Sleepy Eye), and Ben Treichel (Jr., Webster, Wis.) finished with a time of 3:24.97, just of the winning time of 3:24.04 set by the University of North Dakota.
Treichel finished third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.62, just ahead of Carlson in fourth, who stopped the clock with a time of 52.05. Treichel also finished sixth in the 200 with a 23.72 clocking, while Marti added a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter dash (7.34).
The final third place finish for the Gusties came from Alex Zupan (Sr., Monona, Wis./Monona Grove) in the 1000-meter run, where the senior stopped the clock with a time of 2:32.30, breaking his own school record in the event by nearly one second. Gustavus also received fifth place finishes from Jake Fourre (Fr., Rogers, Minn./Buffalo) in the 800-meter run (1:58.49), Finn Kuusisto (Sr., Almelund, Minn./Chisago Lakes) in the 5000-meter run (17:11.32), and John Retka (So., Shoreview, Minn./Totino-Grace) in the triple jump (40-1/2).
Gustavus will return to competition Saturday, Feb. 17 at the St. Olaf Tostrud Classic in Northfield.
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