DUBUQUE, Iowa — The Loras College men's track and field team hosted its Easter Midweek meet Tuesday afternoon at the Rock Bowl and honored its senior class during the event.
 
The Duhawks followed the women's team with a strong showing of their own, earning eight first-place finishes.
 
DreAnthony Jackson led the way for Loras, winning the shot put with a mark of 17.37 meters which is the fifth-best distance in Division III this season and second in program history. Jackson also posted a personal best in the hammer throw with a distance of 51.46 meters, improving his previous mark by nearly five meters.
 
Ian Fagan recorded his first collegiate win in the 100-meter dash, clocking a time of 10.89 seconds. He added another personal best in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.77 seconds, ranking eighth in program history.
 
Fagan was joined in the 200 by three teammates who also set personal records, Aaron Ayobami (22.62), Zeke Irving (22.63) and DJ Almada (22.65).
 
The 400-meter hurdles featured a family face off, as brothers Matt and Ted Kruse claimed the top two spots with times of 54.45 and 54.60, respectively. Ian Lucas finished third, posting a personal record of 57.50.
 
Daken Pessman added a five-meter personal best in the javelin, finishing with a mark of 45.57 meters.
 
Joe Franke secured a win in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.57 seconds. The 4x400-meter relay team of Jacob Belha, Sam Horman, Everett McDonald and Jack Beehler also claimed first place with a time of 3:37.40.
 
In the field events, Rei'Shaun Spires won both the long jump (6.25 meters) and triple jump (13.43 meters), while Alex Wilson took first in the pole vault with a height of 4.25 meters.
 
Up next: Loras will head to Des Moines, Iowa to compete at the Drake Relays, scheduled for Thursday, April 24 through Saturday, April 26.
 
Meet Report:
100m - 1. Fagan, 10.89 | 4. Dayvion Foreman, 10.99 | 5. Derik Bunten, 11.02 | 6. Frank Day, 11.05 | 9. Charlie Irwin, 11.19 | 10. Zeke Irving, 11.26 | 11. Ayobami, 11.29 | 12. Almada, 11.30 | 13. Michael Coy, 11.33 | 15. Blake Fitzgerrel, 11.63 | 17. Dkahi Pope, 11.94
110mH - 3. Lucas, 15.61
200m - 2. Fagan, 21.77 | 3. Casey Tath, 21.98 | 5. Bunten, 22.23 | 6. Foreman, 22.25 | 10. Ayobami, 22.62 | 11. Irving, 22.63 | 12. Almada, 22.65 | 13. Day, 22.78 | 14. Fitzgerrel, 23.31 | 15. Coy, 23.48
400m - 1. Franke, 50.57 | 2. Will Kieffer, 52.16 | 3. Michael Gadberry, 52.28 | 4. Carson Hendrey, 53.15 | 5. Kyle Leatherman, 56.52
400mH - 1. T. Kruse, 54.45 | 2. M. Kruse, 54.60 | 3. Lucas, 57.50
800m - 2. Carlo Dannenfelser, 1:56.52 | 3. Belha, 1:57.51 | 4. Julian Watson, 1:59.78 | 5. Aiden Ruiz, 2:00.43 | 6. Beehler, 2:01.17 | 8. Enoch Thielhelm, 2:02.45 | 9. Max Lowe, 2:05.68 | 11. Aaron Lodwig, 2:06.03 | 12. Colby Cryer, 2:06.76 | 13. Horman, 2:06.86 | 14. Cade Messer, 2:07.41 | 15. Logan Hoger, 2:08.15 | 16. Lucas Arnold, 2:08.21 | 17. Brayden Frey, 2:09.36 | 18. Vince Frederiksen, 2:10.22 | 19. Evan Schlichting, 2:10.73 | 20. Will Yasdick, 2:13.29 | 21. McDonald, 2:18.71
1500m - 2. Dannenfelser, 3:58.57 | 3. Belha, 4:03.47 | 4. Watson, 4:06.22 | 5. Beehler, 4:07.73 | 6. Ruiz, 4:11.97 | 7. Messer, 4:19.37 | 8. Arnold, 4:19.57 | 9. Gavin Denholm, 4:21.18 | 10. Cryer, 4:23.53 | 11. Lodwig, 4:25.22 | 12. Schlichting, 4:26.78 | 13. Frey, 4:28.90 | 14. Hoger, 4:29.94 | 15. Thielhelm, 4:35.07 | 16. Yasdick, 4:38.34 | 17. Horman, 4:38.95 | 18. Frederiksen, 4:38.98
4x400m Relay - 1. Belha, Horman, McDonald, Beehler, 3:37.40 | 2. Dannenfelser, Frey, Yasdick, Cryer, 3:38.48 | 3. Gadberry, Ruiz, Lowe, Thielhelm, 3:39.82 | 4. Watson, Lodwig, Arnold, Hoger, 3:42.37 | 5. Franke, Frederiksen, Schlichting, Messer, 3:49.99
Discus - 2. Carter Allen, 47.90m | 4. Eli Pflipsen, 47.09m | 10. Ross Stauffacher, 42.04m | 11. Jackson, 41.33m | 13. Nick Pierro, 36.70m
Hammer Throw - 4. Allen, 52.91m | 5. Jackson, 51.46m | 6. Pflipsen, 50.24m | 13. Pierro, 40.61m
High Jump - 2. Matt Franz, 1.82m
Javelin Throw - 2. Pessman, 45.57m | 6. Lucas, 40.74m | 9. Paul Rasp, 35.05m
Long Jump - 1. Spires, 6.25m | 2. Irwin, 6.06m | 3. Ahmari Meeks-Miller, 5.99m | 4. Liam Kelso, 5.99m | 5. Pessman, 5.95m
Pole Vault - 1. Alex Wilson, 4.25m | 2. Lucas, 3.95m | 5. Rasp, 3.50m 
Shot Put - 1. Jackson, 17.37m | 3. Pflipsen, 15.07m | 5. Allen, 14.04m | 11. Pierro, 12.26m | 12. Stauffacher, 12.11m
Triple Jump - 1. Spires, 13.43m | 2. Meeks-Miller, 12.68m | 3. Pessman, 12.63m | 4. Kelso, 12.26m