ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Loras College men's track and field team opened the outdoor season across four meets Friday and Saturday, March 27-28, with competitors traveling to Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis University, North Central College and Central College.

At the WashU Distance Carnival, Isaac Bourne delivered a historic performance in the 10000 meters, shattering a 50-year-old program record by 36 seconds with a time of 29:10.94. His mark ranks 11th all-time in Division III, leads all of DIII this season and establishes a new American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) all-time record in the event.

At the Saint Louis University Speed and Power Meet, Aiden Ruiz posted a personal-best time of 4:03.15 in the 1500 meters.

Competing at the North Central First Chance Invitational, Owen Leitzen recorded a runner-up finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 58.70.

Liam Kelso added a personal best of 11.77 in the 100 meters, while Isaac Oster clocked a personal-best 23.49 in the 200 meters. Matthew Hanselman continued the trend with a personal-best 2:08.57 in the 800 meters, and Andrew Schlemme notched a personal-best leap of 5.89 meters in the long jump.

The 4x800 meter relay team of Enoch Thielhelm, Gavin Denholm, Sam Horman and Vince Frederiksen captured first place with a time of 8:22.27.

In the throws at the Central College Invitational, Eli Pflipsen recorded a personal-best mark of 52.99 meters in the hammer throw.

At the North Central Distance Fling, Lucas Arnold and Jack Ruswick each turned in personal-best performances. Arnold clocked 4:07.31 in the 1500 meters, while Ruswick posted a time of 16:36.21 in the 5000 meters.

Up Next: Loras hosts the Easter Mid-Week Meet on Tuesday, March 31.

Meet Report:

WashU Distance Carnival
5000m – 95. Colby Cryer, 15:04.47 | 114. Max Lowe, 15:11.52 | 205. Evan Schlichting, 15:33.73 | 215. Brayden Frey, 15:35.77
10000m – 2. Bourne, 29:10.94 | 51. Jack Beehler, 31:16.87 | 63. Eric Rutherford, 31:36.68
 
SLU Speed/Power Festival
400m – 2. Ian Fagan, 49.18| 3. Zeke Irving, 49.34 | 5. Casey Tath, 50.27 | 9. Matt Kruse, 51.29
1500m – 9. Cameron Gotto, 4:02.91 | 11. Ruiz, 4:03.15
4x400 M Relay – 2. Fagan, Z. Irving, Tath, Kruse, 3:25.97
 
North Central Distance Fling
1500m – 7. Arnold, 4:07.31 | 34. Liam Lentz, 4:31.81 | 50. Ethan Stasch, 4:44.16
5000m – 22. Ryan McGrath, 15:56.72 | 38. Ruswick, 16:36.21 | Ben Ritter, 16:58.76
 
North Central First Chance Invitational
100m – 16. Daken Pessman, 11.34 | 18. Charlie Irwin, 11.45 | 19. Louis Zeitler, 11.50 | 32. Igess, 11.61 | 34. Logan Day, 11.66 | 36. Blake Fitzgerrel, 11.73 | 37. Kelso, 11.77 | 38. Oster, 11.79 | 49. Meeks-Miller, 11.95 | 51. Jonah Irving, 12.08 | 57. Schlemme, 12.18 | 68. James Kostomiris, 13.23
110mH – 7. Schlemme, 16.64
200m – 11. Zeitler, 22.89 | 23. Oster, 23.49 | 27. J. Irving, 23.56 | 29. Irwin, 23.73
400mH – 2. Leitzen, 58.70
800m – 16. Thielhelm, 2:02.44 | 31. Hanselman, 2:08.57
Long Jump – 3. Kelso, 6.47m | 17. Steve Edwards, 6.13m | 23. Schlemme, 5.89m | 27. Pessman, 5.74m | 30. Day, 5.62m
Triple Jump – 3. Igess, 14.03m | 6. Meeks-Miller, 13.23m
4x100 M Relay – 5. Irwin, Oster, Zeitler, Pessman, 43.98
4x800 M Relay – 1. Thielhelm, Denholm, Horman, Frederiksen, 8:22.27
4x400 M Relay – 4. Oster, Leitzen, Hanselman, Irving, 3:35.66
 
Central College Invitational
Discus – 13. Pflipsen, 45.23m | 14. Carter Allen, 44.47m | 32. Nick Pierro, 37.94m
Hammer Throw – 7. Pflipsen, 52.99m | 8. Allen, 51.78m | 11. DreAnthony Jackson, 49.04m | 29. Pierro, 20.90m
Shot Put – 9. Jackson, 16.00m | 38. Ted Dost, 10.78m | 45. Braxton Nelson, 9.12m