Track and Field

Category: Track and Field

Dockery wins 5,000 to lead Vikings at St. Norbert Invitational

DE PERE, Wis. — Kyle Dockery ran to victory in the 5,000 meters to lead a host of quality performances for the Lawrence University track and field team on Saturday at the St. Norbert Invitational at Schneider Stadium.

Dockery won the 5,000 in 15:35.65, and teammate Sam Estrem came home in fifth place in 16:08.95. Led by Dockery, the Lawrence men finished eighth in the team standings with 47 points.

Nick Craker and Spencer Swick paced the Vikings in the field events. Craker grabbed third in the discus with a throw of 132 feet, 5 inches. Swick grabbed third in the shot put with a toss of 43-10.75 to lead four Vikings who placed in that event. Craker was fourth (42-6.75), Nick Kerkman was sixth (40-7.75) and Stanley Jablonski was eighth (39-11.25).

On the women’s side, the Vikings grabbed a trio of second-place finishes to lead the team. Lawrence finished seventh in the team standings with 37 points.

Emily Muhs ran to second place in the 5,000 in 19:25.39, and Rose Tepper was second in the high jump with a leap of 5-1.75. Anna Bolgrien grabbed second in the 400 hurdles in 1:07.66 and also ran to sixth place in the 100 hurdles in 17.35 seconds.

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Tepper wins high jump to pace Vikings at Wisconsin Lutheran

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Rose Tepper won the high jump to pace the Lawrence University track team at the Wisconsin Lutheran College Invitational on Saturday.

Tepper took the event with a jump of 5 feet, 2.25 inches. Led by Tepper, the Lawrence women finished sixth with 25 points.

On the men’s side, the Vikings were fifth with 44 points. Sam Stevens and Kyle Dockery led the way for the Vikings. Stevens finished second in the 800 meters in 1:58.04 and was one of three Vikings in the top six in that event. Mike Mangian ran to fourth place and Dan Thoresen grabbed sixth. Dockery raced to second place in the 5,000 meters in 16:23.03, and Tom Coben was fourth in that event.

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Stevens, Tepper top Lawrence finishers at UW-Oshkosh Open

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Sam Stevens and Rose Tepper both grabbed second-place finishes to pace the Lawrence University track team at the UW-Oshkosh Open on Saturday.

Stevens, running the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the first time this season, placed second with a time of a 9:34.5. Tepper took second in the high jump despite tying Ripon College’s Jenna Breaker with a leap of 1.58 meters.

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Bolgrien, Dwyer, Stevens pick up wins at UW-Oshkosh Open

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Anna Bolgrien, Amanda Dwyer and Sam Stevens were all winners for Lawrence University on Saturday at the UW-Oshkosh Open at Titan Stadium.

Bolgrien ran to victory in the 400-meter hurdles, and Dwyer was the winner in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. On the men’s side, Stevens took the top spot in the 1,500 meters, and the 1,600 relay team of Stevens, Mike Mangian, Dan Thoresen and Kevin Fitzgerald also took first.

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Stevens breaks school record in mile

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Sam Stevens broke the Lawrence University record in the mile run on Saturday at the Pointer Qualifier at UW-Stevens Point.

Stevens, a junior from Suamico, Wis., raced to a record time of 4:19.95. He broke the record of 4:22.1, set by Joe Berger in 1985.

The top finisher on the day for the Lawrence women was Rose Tepper, who placed fifth in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 2.25 inches.  

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Lawrence men, women finish seventh at MWC Championships

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — The Lawrence University men’s and women’s track team both finished seventh as the Midwest Conference Indoor Championships wrapped up on Saturday at the Bruner Center.

The Lawrence men finished with 37 points, and the women had 20.

The distance medley relay team led the way for the men on Saturday by finishing second in 10:42.41. Sam Stevens, who won the title in the 5,000 meters on Friday, finished third in the 3,000 on Saturday in 8:53.38.

Nick Kerkman grabbed sixth in the weight throw with a toss of 45 feet, 8 inches, and Mike Mangian was seventh in the 800 in 2:00.63.

On the women’s side, freshman Anna Bolgrien was the top finisher for the Vikings by racing to third place in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.58 seconds, which set a school record. Senior Emily Muhs grabbed eighth in the 3,000 in 10:55.47.

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Stevens takes title in 5,000 at MWC Championships

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Sam Stevens raced to the title in the 5,000 meters on Friday’s opening day of the Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Bruner Center.

Stevens, a junior from Suamico, Wis., won the 5,000 in 15:21.93, beating Monmouth’s Jacob Barr by more than a second. Lawrence freshman Kyle Dockery grabbed fourth place in 15:47.30.

The Lawrence men are in eighth place in the team standings with 16 points.

Rose Tepper paced the Lawrence women by finishing second in the high jump. Tepper, a former conference champion in the event, grabbed second with a jump of 5 feet, 2.25 inches. The other top finisher for the Vikings was Emily Muhs, who raced to sixth place in the 5,000 in 18:51.79.

The Lawrence women are in seventh place in the team standings with 12 points.

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Inside LU Athletics: Stevens looking to set the pace for Vikings

Sam Stevens is multi-tasking this weekend.

The Lawrence University track and field star has his sights set on a pair of individual titles at the Midwest Conference Championships at Illinois College, but he also wants to spark the rest of the Vikings.

The junior from Suamico, Wis., is one of the favorites to win both the 5,000 meters and 3,000 meters, and he hopes his performances can push the rest of the Vikings to excel in the meet on Friday and Saturday at Illinois College’s Bruner Center.

“It will be nice having the 5k early,” Stevens said. “If that goes well, we can set the tone for the rest of the meet right there.”

Stevens owns the top time in the conference in the 5,000 at 15:24.61, and freshman teammate Kyle Dockery is second at 15:29.99 so the Vikings are looking for a strong finish in only the second event of the championships.

“I think I thrive on that to some extent,” Stevens said of his leadership role. “The biggest thing when I think back to my freshmen year was that I won the mile (at the 2010 conference championships). It wasn’t beating everyone else in the race, but that I was able to set the tone for the team. I try to go out every time with that and hopefully people look up to that. I’m trying to make an impact with our team and the mindset everyone has.”

The Vikings finished seventh at the indoor championships in 2011, and with Stevens leading the way, Lawrence is poised to continue moving up in the league.

“We could be as high as fifth, but I don’t see us finishing any lower than seventh. Our goal always is to move up in conference so we want to move up when we can,” Lawrence coach Jason Fast said.

“We could double our point total from last year. That would be pretty nice.”

Stevens has been at the forefront of the improvement in both the cross country and track program during Fast’s brief tenure as head coach. Stevens won the individual title in cross country this past fall and led Lawrence to its first men’s title in cross country since 1986.

“I think the biggest thing is Sam’s maturing as a distance runner,” Fast said. “Coming out of (Bay Port) high school, he was a 400, 800 runner. … This is the first season we’ve kept his mileage up from cross country, and he’s set personal bests in the mile, the 3k and the 5k.”

Stevens said, “I can’t get us into fifth place on my own. I want to do everything I can, but I do have a couple of individual goals.”

In addition to owning the league’s fastest time in the 5,000, Stevens is second in the 3,000 with a time of 8:50.83. Stevens also will run the anchor leg of the distance medley relay. That team finished third last season and wants to move up this year.

“We were third last year (in the DMR) so we were on the podium, but it would be a lot cooler to be at the top of the podium,” Stevens said.

And Fast believes Stevens could be standing on top of the podium more than once this weekend.

“Sam has an opportunity to win all three,” Fast said. “I know he wants to be top three in all three of those.”

Stevens’ success is important to the cross country and track programs as Fast continues to push both of those teams to greater heights.

“It gives validity to your program when you have a guy like Sam, and you can say, ‘This is here he was and this is where he is now.’ It legitimizes what you’re doing as a program,” Fast said.

MCHA playoffs set

Lawrence opens the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs with a quarterfinal series on Friday and Saturday at the Appleton Family Ice Center. Lawrence takes on Finlandia Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m.

The winner advances to the Harris Cup semifinals on March3 at Adrian. The winner of the Harris Cup receives an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Lawrence (12-10-3) enters the playoffs having won seven of its last eight. Finlandia (7-17-0) endured a pair of close losses to conference champion Adrian last weekend.

Trio of swimmers win

Lawrence won three individual titles at the MWC Championships, which wrapped up Sunday at Boldt Natatorium.

Senior Peter Brengel won the 100-yard backstroke for the Vikings, which finished fourth in the team standings. On the women’s side, freshman Taylor Winter won the 500 freestyle, and sophomore Hannah Gabriel won the 200 freestyle. The Lawrence women also took fourth in the team standings.

Editor’s Note: Inside LU Athletics is a notes package written by Lawrence University Sports Information Director Joe Vanden Acker. It will feature teams and individual players, recap weekly awards or highlights and take a look at what’s ahead for the Vikings.

Stevens, Tepper pace Vikings at Eastbay Invitational

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Sam Stevens and Rose Tepper were the top finishers for the Lawrence University track team at Saturday’s Eastbay Invitational at UW-Stevens Point.

Stevens paced the Lawrence men by running to third place in the mile run in a time of 4:23.21.

Tepper was the top finisher for the Lawrence women by taking fourth place in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 1.25 inches. Lawrence also got fifth-place finishes on the women’s side from the distance medley relay team and the 800-meter relay team.

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