BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – It might have started to warm up, but it was already hot inside for the No. 7 Washington University in St. Louis men's track and field team at the annual Keck Select Invite hosted by Illinois Wesleyan.

No team scores were kept at either meet.

Top Finishes

• 3000m
  • WashU finished with the top six times, led by senior Oliver Witt's winning time of 8:28.07
  • Senior Conor Daly was runner-up with a time of 8:32.34 and first-year Max Sudrzynski was third with a time of 8:32.93.
  • Sophomore Ben Lorenz and first-year Gavin O'Connor rounded out the top five with times of 8:35.39 and 8:42.33, respectively
• 5000m
  • Senior Alexander Bullard was second with a time of 15:49.74
• Mile
  • Sophomore Caleb Brox won the event with a time of 4:20.93
  • First-year Bankson Roach was sixth with a time of 4:26.82
• 60m
  • Junior Alexander Garnder was fifth in a time of 7.01
• 400m
  • WashU had three finish in the top five, led by junior William Frohling with a time of 50.82 in third place
  • First-year Keon Preusser and senior Brandon Brazil were fourth and fifth in times of 50.85 and 51.05, respectively
• 800m
  • First-year Mateo Gros-Slovinsky was second with a time of 1:55.45 while senior James Corbett was fifth with his time of 1:57.70
• 4x400m
  • The team of senior Dayton Lasack, sophomore Benjamin Kruger, Brazil, and Frohling claimed the win with a time of 3:23.84
• Long Jump
  • Senior Carson Page finished in fifth place with a leap of 6.42m while junior Cal Newell was ninth with a distance of 6.10m
• High Jump
  • Senior Eli Goldman was runner-up with a clear of 1.95m
• Pole Vault
  • Senior George Bourdier cleared 5.20m for the second meet in a row to finish third
  • Junior Peter Lichtenberger finished in fourth place with a height of 5.10m, a new fourth best in Div. III

WashU will compete next Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Midwest Elite Invitational hosted by UW Whitewater at the Kachel Fieldhouse.

 
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