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May 7, 2021 – In the final regular season meet before the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Championship in one week, the No. 9-ranked Loras College men's track and field team had the chance to compete at home and saw success across multiple events at the Dr. Tucker Open while celebrating its seniors on Friday afternoon.

Josh Smith got things rolling for the Duhawks as he won the 200-meter dash in a time of 21.89 seconds. Senior Shamari Scott (49.24 seconds), Jake Willkomm (49.57 seconds) and Carter Oberfoell (49.66 seconds) swept the top-three spots in the 400-meter dash and Mike Jasa led a 1-3-4 finish for the Duhawks in the 800-meter run, winning the race in 1:52.24 followed by Wyatt Kelly placing third (1:54.04). Will Yasdick added a third-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (4:00.49) and Ryan Rogers was the runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles, running 15.29 seconds.

The 4-by-100-meter relay of De'Andre Klein, Willkomm, Scott and Smith won the race with a time of 41.67, good for third all-time and 15th nationally and the 4-by-400-meter relay of Carson Vaske, Kelly, Jasa and Scott took the win in a time of 3:16.55. In the field events, Holden Murphy won the discus with a throw of 45.33 meters and Logan Jones placed first in the pole vault (3.70 meters) while Matt Bandy placed third in the high jump (1.91 meters), Smith finished third in the long jump (6.75 meters) and Alex Martens was the runner-up in the javelin (44.11 meters).

The Duhawks now turn their attention to the A-R-C Championship, hosted by the University of Dubuque, beginning May 14.