OSHKOSH, Wis. – The Loras College men's track and field team kicked off their indoor season at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Early Bird Invitational/Multi on Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7.

The Duhawks took home first place in four events. Joe Franke earned a first-place finish with his performance in the 800-meter run. Joining Franke in the number one spot was the Loras 4x400 meter relay squad of Matt Kruse, Franke, Carson Vaske, and Ian Fagan. The final two top performances came by way of DreAnthony Jackson in the shotput and Ian Lucas in the 1000 meter run heptathlon.

Meet Report
60 M – 2. Dayvion Foreman, 6.84 | 5. Frank Day, 6.92
200 M – 3. Fagan, 22.47 | 8. Casey Tath, 22.86 | 9. DJ Almada, 22.99 | 16. Blake Fitzgerrel, 23.89
400 M – 3. Vaske, 50.73 | 5. Ted Kruse, 51.44
800 M – 1. Franke, 1:52.61 | 3. Elliot Frideres, 1:54.64 | 5. Carson Hendrey, 1:56.36 | 14. Kyle Leatherman, 2:12.47
60 M Hurdles – 2. Andrew Schlemme, 9:01
4x400 M Relay – 1. Kruse, Franke, Vaske, Fagan, 3:23.96 | 2. Kruse, That, Frideres, Almada, 3:26.69 | 6. Leatherman, Mari Meeks-Miller, Charlie Irwin, Schlemme, 3:43.84
High Jump – 6. Matt Franz, 1.81m
Pole Vault – 5. Alex Wilson, 4.13m
Long Jump – 12. Meeks-Miller, 5.93m | 13. Irwin, 5.89m
Triple Jump – 4. Meeks-Miller, 13.15m
Shot Put – 1. Jackson, 16.04m
Weight Throw – 4. Jackson, 15.98m | Eli Pflipsen, 15.86m | 7. Nick Pierro, 13.67m
Heptathlon 60 M – 9. Owen Scherff, 7.33 | 14. Lucas, 7.51
Heptathlon 1000 M – 1. Lucas, 2:50.98 | 13. Scherff, 3:38,20
Heptathlon 60 M Hurdles – 11. Scherff, 9.05 | 12. Lucas, 9.07
Heptathlon High Jump – 11. Lucas, 1.74m | 14. Scherff, 1.62m
Heptathlon Pole Vault – 4. Lucas, 4.15m | 10. Scherff, 3.05m
Heptathlon Long Jump – 11. Lucas, 6.27m | 15. Scherff, 5.89m
Heptathlon Shot Put – 12. Lucas, 10.10m | 14. Scherff, 9.83m

The men placed second out of eight teams with 111 points scored.

Among the athletes that competed at the Oshkosh Multi, Isaac Bourne also competed on Saturday at the St. Ambrose Frigid Bee Opener where he ran the 5000m run and earned a time of 14:56.43 which puts him ninth all-time in school history. 

Up Next: The Duhawks travel to Davenport, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 18 to compete at the Bumble Rumble hosted by St. Ambrose University.