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Men’s Track & Field Women’s Track & Field

Luke Frommelt Karissa Kaiser Men’s Track & Field Women’s Track & Field Junior Junior Dubuque, IA. Stratford, WI. Wahlert Catholic H.S. Stratford H.S. DE PERE - St. Norbert DE PERE - St. Norbert Col- College couldn’t quite win its lege won the Wisconsin Private first Wisconsin Private College College Invitational for the Invitational title since 1992 second consecutive year with when it finished second at the a strong showing at Schneider annual meet, held this year at Stadium. Schneider Stadium.

The Green Knights scored 192 points to easily out- The Green Knights totaled distance runner-up Carthage College, which had 135 198 points, finishing just behind Carthage College’s points. Ripon College was third with 125 points. 206.5 points. St. Norbert finished well ahead of third- Randy Hill, Jordan Baker and Mike Verfuerth swept place Ripon College, which had 131 points. It was the top three spots in the long jump. Hill won the event Carthage’s ninth Private College Invitational title in the with a distance of 22 feet 9 1/4 inches, while Baker had last 11 years. a leap of 21-9 1/2. Verfuerth finished with a distance of Liz LeCaptain won the 100-meter dash with a time 21-3 1/2. of 12.55 seconds. Mara Aparnieks was second with a Hill won the triple jump with a distance of 45-9 1/4, time of 12.80 seconds. Nicole Vanderlin claimed the and placed second in the high jump at 6-6 3/4. title in the high jump with a height of 5 feet 5 3/4 Brady Bemis and Luke Frommelt went one-two in inches. the 10,000-meter run, recording times of 35:53.00 and Kyra VandenHeuvel won the triple jump with 36:43.11, respectively. In the 400-meter dash, Tay- a school-record distance of 36-2 1/4, breaking a lor Pasterski won with a time of 49.29 seconds, while 22-year-old mark. Kalee Luedtke was third in the Akeem Edmonds was third in 50.25 seconds. event with a distance of 34-11 3/4. Luedtke finished Pasterski also copped the 200-meter dash with second in the long jump at 17-6, with VandenHeuvel a time of 22.19 seconds. Jack Feuerstein won the finished third recording the same distance. 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.54 seconds. The 4x100-meter relay team won with a time of The 4x400-meter relay team also won with a time of 49.94 seconds. The 4x400-meter relay also took first 3:27.21. with a time of 4:10.29. Jake Schneider was second in the 800-meter run Kaylee Beck finished second in the 10,000-meter with a time of 2:00.44, and Justin Fote was third in run with a time of 46:49.53. Liz Hietpas was second in 2:00.81. Nathan Heppe was second in the 5,000-meter the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 12:21.02, run in 16:36.46. while Lauren Janes was third in 12:47.04. Taylor Wen- Verfuerth was third in the 110-meter hurdles with a zel was second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of time of 16.20 seconds. Patrick Sweetman was third in 70.19 seconds. the javelin throw with a toss of 151-6. Anthony Parker Jaclyn Kerner was second in the 200-meter dash was third in the triple jump with a distance of 42-6. with a time of 26.54 seconds. Karissa Kaiser was third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 62.76 seconds, Wenzel was third in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.75 seconds. GINA RELAYS UPDATE

Aparnieks and Seidl highlight SNC’s trip East St. Norbert sent a group of athletes to Hillsdale College in Michigan to compete in the prestigious Gina Relays. The 3 day event was well attended by schools from all over the Country! Several Division I runners were in attendance, making for great competition in all of the events!

Mara Aparnieks put together her best single meet performance as a Green Knight. She ran a time of 12.69 in the 100m dash and finished with a 26.78 in the 200. Senior Tyler Seidl also had a solid showing in the 200m dash, finishing with a colle- giate PR of 23.47!

Benny Swift ran a lifetime best in the 800m run crossing the line in 1:54.34! Swift, who broke the 1:56 barrier for the first time ever a week ago, sits at the top of the Midwest Conference rankings in the 800m run! SNC also had solid showings from Nathan Heppe and Jake Sch- neider, finishing with times of 1:55.62 and 1:57.20 respectively.

Brad Boockmeier and Dan Sisler had strong showings for the St. Norbert multi-eevnt group. Boockmeier placed 4th and Sisler was just a couple of places behind in 6th. Both are now currently ranked in the top 35 in the country! Nathan Heppe and Benny Swift continued to reign supreme for the SNC middle distance crew. Heppe ran a 1:56.62 in the 800 meters while Swift was just behind in 1:57.13.

The SNC women had plenty of solid showings from their elderstateswoman as well as their youth. Erin McShea was the 2nd fastest D3 runner in the 800m run. Her time of 2:16.76 was an outdoor PR for the Lisle, IL native. Liz LeCaptain was just off the school record in the 100m dash finishing with a time of 12.64. She also broke the 27 second barrier for the first time in her collegiate career.

High Fives

St. Norbert Men’s Team Charlotte Walsh Nazareth Academy / Fr. The SNC Men won their 2nd consecutive Walsh PR’ed through 5,000 meters in the Private College Championship and 5th in 10K event and finished with a time of program history! 38:11.14

Steph Hietpas Kimberly H.S. / Jr. Hietpas recorded her first ever sub 2:30 800m run finishing with a time of 2:28.71!

Randy Hill Kyra VandenHeuvel West DePere H.S. / So. Kimberly H.S. / Fr. Hill won two events and placed 2nd in VandenHeuvel became the first SNC female another to lead the SNC Mens team at the to jump beyon 11 meters in the Triple Jump- Private College Championships! breaking a school record that has stood since 1991!