CRETE, Neb. – The Northwestern College men's track and field team competed at the 2022 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Indoor Championships and saw 10 All-Conference performers, highlighted by a second-place finish by Lorenzo Jones in the triple jump, and fifth-place finishes by Ben Thelander (Heptathlon) and Ian Wiersma (5000m).
 
The 4x800m relay team captured the highest placement for the men with a second-place finish with a time of 8:04.66 featuring Peyton Brasser, Trey Englmann, Isaiah Lee, and Wyatt Pryor. Jones also captured second-place with a jump of 14.50m, tying his NAIA "A" standard leap of 14.50m from the Dordt Invite earlier this season.
 
As a team, the Raiders secured sixth-place with 40 team points, four points head of fifth-place Briar Cliff.

ALL-CONFERENCE TRACKER (TOP-8 FINISHES)

• Lorenzo Jones, Triple Jump (2nd, 14.50m)
• 4x800m relay (2^nd, 8:04.66)
• Ben Thelander, Heptathlon (5^th, 4351 points)
• Ian Wiersma, 5000m (5^th, 15:27.66)
• Mitch Oostra, 400m (6^th, 50.75)
• Bryce Paulsen, Heptathlon (7^th, 4100 points)
• Isaiah Lee, 1000m (7^th, 2:37.10)
• Joseph Kunert, Mile (8^th, 4:37.08)
• Kyler Vander Velde, 200m (8^th, 22.70)
• Peyton Brasser, 800m (8^th, 2:03.48)

Italics = NAIA "A" Mark (Note: based on results at the GPAC Championships, not season bests)

Up Next: Qualified Raiders will descend on South Dakota State's campus for the third time this season for the 2022 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Indoor Championships, hosted by Dakota State University, set for Thursday, March 3 through Saturday, March 5 in Brookings, S.D.