Men's Track and Field Saturday, February 4, 2023 NWC Athletic Communications

25 Raiders Meet Personal Records at Concordia Classic

SEWARD, Neb. – The canceled meet last week did nothing to slow down the Raiders, as they took a long trip down to Seward, Nebraska to face off against the south conference schools, and even some stiff National Collegiate Atheltics Association (NCAA) D-II competition. The men and women combined for 25 PRs over the course of the day, and six more season bests before the last event was finished.

The 60m dash saw Preston Pfaffle and Karson Gieseke, 17^th and 34^th respectively, both PR during the short, 7-second sprint race. Pfaffle, after running the exact same time 2 weeks in a row, dropped a full tenth of a second off of his 60m PR. Gieseke would end up dropping .01 off of his time. Gieseke, also running the 200, would drop over half a second in that race as well. Leading the Raiders over the 200m distance was sprints-captain Braden Jahn. Jahn would drop his 200m time down to 22.60 over the indoor distance and finish 4^th overall, narrowly missing 1^st by less than .2 seconds. Grant Palmer, in the same heat, pushed by Jahn, would run a seaon best indoor 200 of 23.15, barely missing the top 10. The final sprint race of the evening, the 400m Dash, would be led by Tanner Schouten in his first race of the season for the Raiders. He raced in 51.86 seconds over the two lap indoor race and is now ranked 16^th within the Great Plains Athletic Confernece over that distance.

As the distances got progressively longer, the performaces stayed high as the distance runners fed off of the energy from the sprints team. The 600m run would have sophomore Trey Engelmann finish 2^nd. One heat before that, freshman Aziah Ashley, as nervous as could be, would run his first his 600 ever, achieving a top-10 spot in his 9^th place finish. The 800m run was when senior and distance captain Joseph Kunert would open up his indoor season. Coming off of his NAIA Cross Country National Championship qualification in November, Kunert would then run this 800 in a PR time of 2:02.53 and finish 7^th overall.

Gunner Vargas and Jacob Kalkwarf would both go on to PR over the same distance. Daniel Nordquist, happy to run again, would just narrowly miss a PR in the 1000m run, but would finish the race in 10^th place, for another Raider in the top-10!

The field events would see the same success as the track. Freshman Donovan Elmore, just barely missing a top-10 finish, would hit a PR in the high jump of 1.76m or 6'9.25". While also competing in the high jump, Harland Groves would leap his way to a PR in the Long Jump of 6.28m or 20' 7.25". Braden Kalvelage would, yet again, better his NAIA Automatic qualifying mark to a new PR of 7.28m or 23' 10.75". As of the writing of this, would move Kalvelage to a tie for 3^rd place in the NAIA in the Long Jump. The final jump contested, the triple jump saw PRs as well. Liam Raymon would jump a PR of 12.61m, 41'4.5" and finish 9^th, for another Raider Top-10 finish.

Over at the throws ring, William Minnick would lead the throwers yet again in the weight throw, coming off of his PR throw last competition. Heydon Strope would also heave the 35lb weight to a PR throw of 10.15m or 33'3.75" for another Raider PR. After the weight throw came the shot put, where Nathan Mather would PR in the throw for a 9.69m or 31'9.5" throw.

Raider Results:

60m Dash:
- Ashton Sandbulte 7.18 – 12^th
- Braden Jahn 7.24 – 16^th
- Preston Pfaffle 7.26 – 17^th
- Grant Palmer 7.28 – 22^nd
- Karson Gieseke 7.50 – 34^th
- Will Bunn 7.59 – 35^th
60m Hurdles
- AJ Bomgaars 9.25 – 14^th
- Reese Van Zee 10.20 – 18^th
200m Dash:
- Braden Jahn 22.60 – 4^th
- Grant Palmer 23.15 – 11^th
- Ashton Sandbulte 23.59 – 22^nd
- Tyreece Wynne 23.84 – 24^th
- Karson Gieseke 24.12 – 30^th
- Preston Pfaffle 24.71 – 38^th
400m Dash
- Tanner Schouten 51.86 – 5^th
- AJ Bomgaars 53.98 – 16^th
- Reese Van Zee 54.99 – 22th
- Coltin Vargas 58.26 – 28^th
- Luke Jeltma DNF
600m
- Trey Engelmann 1:23.83 – 2^rd
- Aziah Ashley 1:28.95 – 9^th
800m
- Joseph Kunert 2:02.53 – 7^th
- Jacob Kalkwarf 2:17.24 – 23th
- Gunner Vargas 2:21.45 – 25^th
1000m
- Daniel Nordquist 2:55.45 – 10^th
Mile
- Tommy Tracy 4:55.53 – 18^th
3000m
- Ben VanDeBerg 9:36.08 – 20^th
- Brayden Dirks 10:05.02 – 25^th
- Braeden Brough 10:13.32 – 28^th
4x400m Relay
- A: Ashley, Engelmann, Tracy, Kalkwarf 3:39.74 – 8^th
- B: Van Zee, Bomgaars, Vargas, Vargas 3:49.38 – 10^th
HJ
- Harland Groves 1.81m – 12^th
- Donovan Elmore 1.76m – 13^th
- Coltin Vargas 1.76m – 14^th
Long Jump
- Braden Kalvelage 7.28m – 1^st
- Harland Groves 6.28m – 15^th
- Will Bunn 6.26m – 16^th
Triple Jump
- Liam Raymon 12.61m – 9^th
- Noah Lopez FOUL
Shot Put
- Bryan Zylstra 13.77m – 12^th
- William Minnick 13.08m – 20^th
- Heydon Stope 11.58m – 30^th
- Garrick Davais 11.38m – 32th
- Nathan Mather 9.69m – 37^th
Weight Throw
- William Minnick 13.88m – 12^th
- Heydon Strope 10.15m – 30^th

Up Next: The Men's and Women's track and field teams will compete at the SDSU indoor classic on Friday the 10^th and Saturday the 11^th in Brookings, South Dakota

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Players Mentioned

Trey Engelmann: Distance; Sophomore

Harland Groves: Jumps; Sophomore

Braden Jahn: Sprints; Senior

Joseph Kunert: Distance; Senior

William Minnick: Throws; Senior

Daniel Nordquist: Distance; Senior

Grant Palmer: Sprints; Sophomore

Preston Pfaffle: Sprints; Junior

Gunner Vargas: Hurdles; Sophomore

Aziah Ashley: Mid-Distance; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Trey Engelmann
: Sophomore
: Distance

Harland Groves
: Sophomore
: Jumps

Braden Jahn
: Senior
: Sprints

Joseph Kunert
: Senior
: Distance

William Minnick
: Senior
: Throws

Daniel Nordquist
: Senior
: Distance

Grant Palmer
: Sophomore
: Sprints

Preston Pfaffle
: Junior
: Sprints

Gunner Vargas
: Sophomore
: Hurdles

Aziah Ashley
: Freshman
: Mid-Distance