Men's Track and Field Competes in Kearney

Men's Track and Field competed at the Central Nebraska Challenge in Kearney on Friday amidst the high winds that came through the plains. Tiger athletes picked up four wins, four automatic national qualifying marks, and a school record.

Zach Turner broke the 110m hurdles school record with a time of 13.49. However, due to the wind readings, his mark is not countable for the NAIA national standings. In the 400m hurdles, Turner ran a time of 51.11 to win the race and hit an automatic national qualifying mark.

JaDae Moore placed 16th in the 100m with a time of 10.75. In the 200m, Caleb Mulder placed 12th with a time of 22.15. Joaquin Gutierrez finished in sixth with a time of 50.24.

Michael Grigsby placed eighth in the 800m with a time of 1:58.02. Jayden Wall was ninth in the 1500m, running a time of 4:12.55. In the 5000m, Cody Smith ran a time of 17:01.83 to place fifth.

The 4x100m relay team of Devon Jackson, Moore, Daniel Conception, and Dalton Whisenhunt ran a time of 41.54, placing fourth.

In the field events, Dylan Starr took second in the high jump with the third-best mark in program history. He cleared 2.15m (7-00.50), and tied for the top clearance with number of attempts at the previous height determining placing. In the pole vault, Drew Garrison was sixth with a mark of 4.45m (14-07.25).

Kyler Nichols won the triple jump with a mark of 14.94m (49-00.25). Michael Willey was fifth in the long jump with a mark of 6.94m (22-09.25).

Trey Dickey won the discus with a mark of 54.58m (179-01), meeting the NAIA automatic qualifying standard and fourth-best in program history. Christopher Brown was third with a national qualifying mark of 51.83m (170-00). Andrew Englund placed fifth, meeting the provisional qualifying standard with a throw of 49.13m (161-02).

Dickey took third in the hammer throw with a provisional qualifying mark of 56.16m (184-03), sixth-best in program history. Colton Dillon took fourth in the shot put with a toss of 15.06m (49-05.00). Mason Crumbliss was sixth in the javelin with a throw of 48.59m (159-05).

Doane will head to Seward on April 4-5 for their next meet, competing in the Concordia Invite.