Men's Track and Field Saturday, January 21, 2023 NWC Athletic Communications

Raiders Place in Top-Ten 16 Times Among D-II Competition

BROOKINGS, SD – After the stellar opener in Sioux Center last week, the men kept the performances high among stiff competition. 16 top 10 finishes, a 7^th place men's team finish overall, and 24 PRs across the men's and women's team showed the Raiders not holding back.
            Starting off in the concrete circle, William Minnick, making his first SDSU-hosted meet finals, threw the 35 lb weight 14.74m, 48' 4.5" for a 9^th place finish. He later followed that up with a 7^th place performance in the shot put. Not to be outdone, Bryan Zylstra put the shot a massive 14.09m, 46' 2.75" for a 6^th place finish. Heydon Strope debuted in the weight throw and threw 9.00m or 29' 6.5" for his first competion.

            Simultaneously, over at the horizontal jump's pit, freshman Liam Raymon and Noah Lopez, both made finals in the triple jump and finished 4^th and 6^thoverall. Raymon leaped 12.17m or 39' 11.25", and Lopez 11.76m or 38' 7". Shortly before, Braden Kalvelage won the long jump, with a leap of 6.88m or 22' 7". Will Bunn, also made his way into finals with a 6.04m jump, 19' 9.75", for an 8^th place finish. The meet ended for the jumping events at the high jump pit. Elijah Weaver jumped a PR of 1.95m or 6' 4.75", tying for first place, but ultimately getting second due to missing more jumps earlier in the competition. Freshman Drew Geetings hit a season best by 4cm up to 1.85m or 6'.75" to finish the competition in 6^th.

            The 60m dash saw Braden Jahn hit another PR, now down to 7.19 seconds to make his first SDSU-hosted finals race and finish 8^th place over all. After the 60m dash came the 200m that witnessed 3 Raiders make top-10 finished, with 2 hitting lifetime PRs. Kalvelage finished in 5^th place with a new PR of 22.35, Cody Post finishing one place after in 6^th, with a season best of 22.45, and Jahn coming in 3 one- hundredths of a second later in 8^th place with a PR 200m dash of 22.48.

The distances gradually got longer as the meet continued, but the performances kept pace. The 600m run had Trey Engelmann just barely missing a PR, and finishing 3^rd in 1:23.58 with his PR being 1:23.56. Shortly after Tommy Tracy finished 6^th in the 1000m run and the lone Raider to contest the race against the NCAA competition.

The final finish came from the 3^rd place finish of the 4x400m relay team. Braden Jahn, Cody Post, Azaih Ashley, Trey Engelmann, ran 3:24.18. Jahn handed off after a 400m split PR of 49.7, Post, in a PR split as well, handing the baton off to Ashley in 49.5, who followed in 53.1. Engelmann cruised the team to 3^rd place in 51.3.

Raider Results:

60m Dash:
- Braden Jahn 7.19 – 8^th
- Reece Wynne 7.22 – 12^th
- Grant Palmer 7.26 – 15^th
- Preston Pfaffle 7.36 – 16^th
60m Hurdles
- Elijah Weaver 9.06 – 11^th
- AJ Bomgaars 9.22 – 13^th
200m Dash:
- Braden Kalvelage 22.35 – 5^th
- Cody Post 22.45 – 6^th
- Braden Jahn 22.48 – 8^th
- Kyler Vander Velde 23.10 – 16^th
- Grant Palmer 23.55 – 27^th
- Preston Pfaffle 24.08 – 31^st
- Karson Gieseke 24.69 – 35^th
400m Dash
- Mitch Oostra 51.45 – 11^th
- Aziah Ashley 52.56 – 16^th
- Luke Jeltema 53.70 – 19^th
- AJ Bomgaars 53.95 – 21^st
- Reese Van Zee 54.06 – 22^nd
600m
- Trey Engelmann 1:23.58 – 3^rd
- Jacob Kalwarf 1:33.64 – 18^th
- Gunner Vargas 1:38.94 – 19^th
1000m
- Tommy Tracy 2:46.01 – 6^th
Mile
- Daniel Nordquist 5:02.47 – 28^th
3000m
- Brayden Dirks 10:13.58 – 12^th
- Sam Harrison 10:26.50 – 14^th
5000m
- Ben VanDeBerg 16:26.83 – 16^th
- Braeden Brough 18.03.18 – 22^nd
4x400m Relay
- A: Braden Jahn Cody Post Aziah Ashley Trey Engelmann 3:24.18 – 3^rd
- B: Reese Van Zee AJ Bomgaars, Jacob Kalkwarf, Gunner Vargas 3:42.53 – 13^th
HJ
- Elijah Weaver 1.95m – 2^nd
- Drew Geetings 1.85m – 6^th
- Coltin Vargas 1.75m – 12^nd
- Donovan Elmore 1.70m – 13^th
Long Jump
- Braden Kalvelage 6.88m – 1^st
- Will Bunn 6.04m – 4^th
- Harland Groves 5.42m – 17^th
- Liam Raymon 5.36m – 18^th
- Noah Lopez 4.66m – 20^th
- Elijah Weaver - FOUL
Triple Jump
- Liam Raymon 12.17m – 4^th
- Noah Lopez 11.76m – 6^th
Shot Put
- Bryan Zylstra 14.09m – 6^th
- William Minnick 13.79m – 7^th
- Heydon Strope 11.44m – 22^nd
- Garrick Davis 11.01m – 24^th
- Nathan Mather 8.91m – 29^th
Weight Throw
- William Minnick 14.74m – 9^th
- Joe Callahan 13.40m – 15^th
- Heydon Strope 9.00m – 28^th

Up Next: The NWC Track and Field team will compete at the Mount Marty Invite next weekend. The men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon will start at 1pm on Friday, January 27, with all other events being contestd on Saturday, January 28.

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Players Mentioned

Garrick Davis: Throws; Junior

Trey Engelmann: Distance; Sophomore

Harland Groves: Jumps; Sophomore

Samuel Harrison: Distance; Junior

Braden Jahn: Sprints; Senior

William Minnick: Throws; Senior

Daniel Nordquist: Distance; Senior

Mitch Oostra: Mid-Distance; Senior

Grant Palmer: Sprints; Sophomore

Preston Pfaffle: Sprints; Junior

Players Mentioned

Garrick Davis
: Junior
: Throws

Trey Engelmann
: Sophomore
: Distance

Harland Groves
: Sophomore
: Jumps

Samuel Harrison
: Junior
: Distance

Braden Jahn
: Senior
: Sprints

William Minnick
: Senior
: Throws

Daniel Nordquist
: Senior
: Distance

Mitch Oostra
: Senior
: Mid-Distance

Grant Palmer
: Sophomore
: Sprints

Preston Pfaffle
: Junior
: Sprints