Men’s Indoor Track & Field In Ninth After Day One Of MIAC Championships Posted on March 7th, 2015 by

Scott Williams ran fifth in the 60-meter hurdles on day one of the MIAC Championships. Photo courtesy of Concordia Sports Information.

Moorhead, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus men’s indoor track and field team scored 18 points to finish the opening day of the MIAC Championships in ninth place. The two-day event is being held in the Olson Forum on the campus of Concordia College.

Leading the Gusties on day one with All-Conference performances was Thomas Knobbe (So., Decorah, Iowa) and Jesse Scheiterlein (Sr., Sartell, Minn.). Knobbe turned in the team’s top performance on the track with a third place effort in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:20.59. Scheiterlein provided the Gusties six points thanks to a third place showing in the weight throw with a toss of 52-feet 6.75-inches.

Scott Williams (Sr., Maple Grove, Minn.) was Gustavus’s other individual scorer with a fifth place run in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.768.

Day One Results

From The MIAC

The 2015 MIAC Indoor meet concludes Saturday with one more session and 10 more events for each gender. Saturday’s final session starts with 10:15 a.m. field events and 12:30 p.m. track events. The meet’s final event begins at 3:40 p.m., and there will be a short awards ceremony following the conclusion of the meet to honor both team champions.

The top three individuals in each event and the first-place relay team will automatically earn All-Conference honors, and the 4th-through-6th place finishers in each open event and 2nd-through-6th place relay teams will all be named All-Conference Honorable Mention.

The MIAC has a home page dedicated to the 2015 Indoor Championships, complete with venue and admission information, the event scheduleentries, heat sheets and links to follow the results live (Men – Women). Results, recaps, and multimedia coverage of the championships will be available throughout the event. There will be live results available for all events courtesy of Apple Raceberry Jam, and fans can also find entries and heat sheets on the MIAC’s event page as they become available. Also, connect to the conference on its FacebookTwitterInstagram and YouTube pages throughout the Championships using the hashtag #MIACITF.

 

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