LINCOLN, Neb./MITCHELL, S.D. – Friday, Braden Kalvelage and Justin Gleason would travel to Lincoln, Nebraska to participate in the long jump at UNL. Kalvelage would jump 7.13m on his first jump setting hi in 7^th place, and Gleason would jump 6.83m on his 3^rd jump, barely missing finals to finish 12^th. The rest of the team would compete at the DWU alumni meet on Saturday, February 3^rd.
 
SPRINTS
The meet would start fast with the 60m dash seeing Vance Hayenga-Johnson rip a PR of 7.08 in the preliminaries followed just behind by Simphiwe Mashaba only .1 off his PR in 7.09, both qualifying for the finals. Hayenga-Johnson would finish in 5^th, while Mashaba would finish in 7^th, both at 7.10. Coming back in the 200, Hayenga-Johnson would finish 4^th, just behind Ashton Sandbulte who finished in 23.05. Leading the Raiders was Aziah Ashley, winning the 200m dash in 22.82, impressive considering 45 minutes earlier he would run a PR in the indoor 400 of 51.34 to get 2^nd place. Also in the 400 was Coltin Vargas running a PR as well. In the 60m hurdles, Elijah Weaver and AJ Bomaars making the finals, would finish in 6^th, and 5^th place respectively.
 
JUMPS/THROWS
The the vertical jumps, all 4 men would finish in the top 8. Starting, Lane Johnson in the pole vault jumped 3.75m and would miss 3.90m, the mark he hit last week. In the high jump, Drew Geetings led the Raiders with a 1.80m jump to finish 4^th, with Donovan Elmore and Vargas both clearing 1.75m for the tie at 6^th place. In the long jump, Mashaba would be back from the 60m runs to hit a season best of 6.71m, followed by Will Bunn at 6.52m. In the triple jump, Liam Raymon would lead the men with his 6^th place finish of 12.32m, followed by Reese Van Zee making his triple jump debut and finishing in 7^th. Isaiah Hollinger would try the triple jump as well and finish in 10^th place at 11.87m. In the shot put ring, Jared Gaudy and Nathan Mather would both throw PRs. Gaudy getting to 11.12m and Mather eclipsing the 10m barrier at 10.12m.
 
DISTANCE
Trying his hand in new events, Joseph Kunert would lead the men through the 800m distance, finishing in 2:00.41, a PR for him and finishing 5^th. Going up in distance, Trey Engelmann would have the highest finish for the men in the 1000m in his own PR time of 2:39.76 when he finished 5^th. In a huge PR, Ben VanDeBerg finished 4^th place in the 3000m run with a time of 8:58.18. Although out of the top 10, Brayden Dirks, Braeden Brough, Carson Engbers, and Jacob Shaffer would all run PR times across the 3000m distance.
 
 
Raider Top 10 finishes (bold indicates PR):

• 60m Dash Prelims
  • Vance Hayenga-Johnson 7.08 – 5th
  • Simhiwe Mashaba 7.09 – 6^th
• 60m dash Finals
  • Vance Hayenga-Johnson 7.10 – 5^th
  • Simphiwe Mashaba 7.10 – 7^th
• 60m Hurdles Prelims
  • Elijah Weaver 8.89 – 6^th
  • AJ Bomgaars 9.19 – 8^th
• 60m Hurdles Finals
  • AJ Bomgaars 8.98 – 5^th
  • Elijah Weaver 9.08 – 6^th
• 200m Dash
  • Aziah Ashley 22.82 – 1^st  
  • Ashton Sandbulte 23.05 – 3rd^th
  • Vance Haynga-Johnson 23.10 – 4^th
• 400m Dash
  • Aziah Ashley 51.34 – 2^nd
• 800m
  • Joseph Kunert 2:00.41 – 5^th
• 1000m
  • Trey Engelmann 2:39.76 –
• 3000m
  • Ben VanDeBerg 8:58.18 – 4^th  
• HJ
  • Drew Geetings 1.80m – 4^th
  • Donovan Elmore 1.75m – 6^th
  • Coltin Vargas 1.75m – 6^th
• Pole Vault
  • Lane Johnson 3.75m – 8^th
• Long Jump
  • Simphiwe Mashaba 6.71m – 5^th
  • Will Bunn 6.52m – 7^th
• Triple Jump
  • Liam Raymon 12.32m – 6^th  
  • Reese Van Zee 12.22m – 7^th
  • Isaiah Hollinger 11.87m – 10^th
• 4x400m Relay
  • Sandbulte, Bomgaars, Weaver, Engelmann – 3:35.60 – 8^th 

Up Next: The NWC Track and Field team will be split between Mount Marty on Friday, February 9, and the SDSU Classic on February 9-10.