Saints move ahead on final day to capture seventh UMAC indoor men's title
SUPERIOR, Wis.---After the first day of action at the 2016 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships, just 10 points separated meet host University of Wisconsin-Superior and six-time defending champion College of St. Scholastica. Thanks to an impressive second day, the Saints managed to pull away by 25 points to capture their seventh UMAC title Saturday in Superior.
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The Saints finished with a team score of 230.50 to edge out Wisconsin-Superior in second with a score of 205.50. The University of Minnesota Morris placed third with 83 points, while Bethany Lutheran College was fourth with 57 points. University of Northwestern-St. Paul was just behind in fifth with 52 points. Crown College recorded one point in its first-ever indoor track and field appearance at the UMAC championships.
The excitement got going early as Wisconsin-Superior saw senior star Charles Corbett set his second meet record by winning the men's mile run. An exciting final two turns allowed Corbett to pull just ahead of fellow Yellowjacket senior Justin Lindquist by less than 1.5 seconds with a new record time of 4:21.10.
Corbett later won his third individual event when he set a new meet record in the 3,000-meter run. The senior clocked a time of 8:50.04 that was nearly 30 seconds faster than the previous best time set a year ago.
The final men's record of the day fell just before the end of the meet as Thomas Udenberg of Wisconsin-Superior won the shot put with a toss of 15.87 meters (52-1). His mark betters the previous record set a year ago.
After setting a record in the 60-meter hurdles prelims Friday, St. Scholastica standout Kevin Wagner won the event with a time of 8.53. Justin Terry of Minnesota Morris also defended his title in the 60-meter dash clocking in at 7.15. Terry also unseeded Wagner from his title in the 200-meter dash winning with a time of 22.83 that was just over a 10th-of-a-second from the meet record.
Minnesota Morris also saw first-year Devan Griffin upset reigning champion Corey Anderson of St. Scholastica in the triple jump. Griffin won the event with a mark of 12.76 meters (41-10.5).
Wil Maki of Northwestern claimed his first conference title winning the 800-meter run that was less than a second from the UMAC record. He finished nearly a second ahead of the next competitor with a time of 1:56.90 to win the title.
Northwestern also claimed an individual event champion in the men's pole vault. First-year Josiah Forker cleared a height of 3.95 meters (12-11.5) to record the Eagles' second individual champion of the meet.
The final race of the day ended in exciting fashion with the 4 x 400-meter relay. St. Schoalstica team of Aaron Egelkraut, Michael Naumann, Mason Gracia, and Luke McKenzie pulled away early to capture the 2016 crown with a time of 3:31.43.
All-conference and individual athlete of the meet awards along with Coach of the Year awards will be announced early next week.
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