GREENVILLE, Ill. – In a split weekend, the majority of the No. 5 Washington University in St. Louis men's outdoor track and field team competed at the Greenville Select while those racing in the 5k and steeplechase competed at the UW-Platteville Invitational.

No team scores were kept at either meet.

Top Finishes from Greenville:

• Hammer Throw
  • In a field of 38, sophomore Ian Murphy finished eighth with a throw of 49.43m on his third attempt.
• Long Jump
  • Senior Carson Page finished fifth with a leap of 6.57m
  • Sophomore Jared Dawkins was ninth in the event with a distance of 6.29m
• Javelin
  • Junior Cal Newell was fourth while first-year Benjamin Long was fifth
  • Newell threw a distance of 49.42m while Long was behind him with 46.95m
• Shot Put
  • First-year Scott Cook finished 13^th in the field with a throw of 13.70m
• Pole Vault
  • It was a 1-2-3 finish for WashU
  • Senior George Bourdier won the event with a clear of 5.10m
  • Right behind him was classmate Hayden Kunkel with a clear of 5.05m
  • Junior Peter Lichtenberger was third with his clear of 4.95m
• Discus
  • First-year Hunter Rocker finished 11^th with a throw of 40.65m    
• Triple Jump
  • Long finished in second place with a leap of 14.02m
  • Junior Nathan Scherer (12.67m) and Dawkins (12.40m) finished in 10^th and 11^th places, respectively
• 4x100m
  • The WashU "A" team finished in fifth place with a time of 42.83
• 1500m
  • Senior Alexander Bullard finished in 10^th place with a time of 4:18.58
• 110m Hurdles
  • First-year William Kamp finished in fourth place with at time of 15.37
  • Sophomore Liam Elliott also finished in the top 10 with a seventh place finish in 15.80
• 400m
  • Senior Alek Zavadoski was fourth with a time of 50.87 while sophomore Gavin Zeitz finished in seventh place with a time of 51.07
• 100m
  • First-year Logan Fairchild was third in the event with a time of 10.78
• 800m
  • Junior William Frohling claimed the win with a time of 1:52.03
  • Next up for the Bears was first-year Mateo Gros-Slovinsky with a time of 1:53.00 in third place.
  • Senior Brandon Brazil (1:53.88), first-year Cameron Bettinger (1:54.88), first-year William Newkirk (1:56.36), and first-year Param Gupta (1:58.06) rounded out the top seven for the Bears
• 400m Hurdles
  • First year Nathaniel Hordon was seventh in the event with a time of 57.76
  • Kamp was right behind him in eighth place with a time of 58.01
• 200m
  • Fairchild was runner-up with a time of 21.55
• 4x400m
  • The WashU "A" team was runner-up with a time of 3:20.23

 
UW-Platteville Invite Top Finishes

• 5000m
  • In a field of 343 athletes, senior Conor Daly finished in 33^rd place with a time of 14:30.15
  • First-year Charlie Houck finished in 41^st place with at time of 14:34.64
  • Also in the top 50 in 48^th place was first-year Max Sudrzynski with a time of 14:38.20
  • Junior Will Liu was 58^th with a time of 14:40.89
  • Senior Oliver Witt (70^th-14:45.74), sophomore Will Ruszkowski (90^th-14:52.11), and first-year Gavin O'Connor (94^th-14:53.12) also finished in the top 100

 
WashU next compete on Saturday, Apr. 18 when it travels to the Wildcat Invite hosted by Culver-Stockton in Canton, Mo.
 

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