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Feb. 18, 2022 – Competing one last time before the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Indoor Championship beginning Feb. 25, the No. 2-ranked Loras College men's track and field team left the University of Dubuque Sol Butler Classic with a team title, a pair of event wins, a school record for Ryan Harvey in the mile and four all-time top-ten performances as the Duhawks continued to build on their season-long success as championship season nears.  

Harvey led the way in the mile for a pair of top-ten performances for the Duhawks as the freshman won the event in 4:10.43, breaking his own school record he set earlier in the season and ranking tenth in the nation in addition to a new facility record which he had previously held. Wyatt Kelly had the race of his life, running 4:12.16 for a more than four-second improvement that moves him into third in Loras history and 19th nationally.

Ryan Rogers finished second in the 60-meter hurdles, running 8.36 seconds, and Josh Smith finished second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.91. The Duhawks' 4-by-200-meter relay of Frank Day, Matt Franz, DJ Almada and Kyle Leatherman finished second in the event with a time of 1:37.35. Cade Messer added a third-place finish in the 3,00-meter run with a time of 8:59.13. The 4-by-400-meter relay team of Smith, Carter Oberfoell, Will Kieffer and Mike Jasa turned in the fastest time of the night, closing out the meet with a win and a time of 3:19.58.

In the field events, Holden Murphy launched the seventh-farthest toss in program history in the weight throw, going 16.56 meters to finish second in the event. Zac Couture finished third in the shot put with a heave of 14.01 meters and Ray Venditti was the runner-up in the pole vault, clearing 4.35 meters to tie for tenth in program history.

The Duhawks won the meet with 141 points, topping the host Spartans who finished second with 109 points. The University of Wisconsin-Platteville finished third with 102 points.

The Duhawks will be back at A.Y McDonald Track on Friday, Feb. 25 for the A-R-C Indoor Track and Field Championship, hosted by the University of Dubuque. The heptathlon starts the weekend off at 10:15 AM and the long jump starting at 3 P.M. while Saturday's action begins with the remainder of the heptathlon events and weight throw at 10 A.M.