Elsner breaks school shot put record, Zastrow sets freshman vault record

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (February 3, 2018) - UW-Stout's Sam Elsner broke the school indoor shot put record by almost two feet. Elsner threw the shot put 57-feet, 11.75-inches, breaking All-American Jason Lehman's 1998 mark of 56-0. Elsner, along with a number of Blue Devil throwers competed at Minnesota State, Mankato.

Anton Proksch was fourth (50-8) in the shot put. Proksch finished ninth in the weight throw (52-7.50).  For the Stout women's throwers, Kayla Pabst was fourth in the weight throw (52-6.50).
 
At the Bethel University Gene Glader Invitational, Noah Zastrow won the pole vault with a freshman record mark of 15-feet, 1-inch. Junior Josh Freyholtz finished second (15-5), Jack Kolar was fifth (13-5.25), Brenden Buryska was sixth (12-11.50), and Aric Varani was eighth (12-11.50).

Brent Hielman took a pair of third place finishes, capturing thirds in the 60m and the 200m.

Sprints

• Brent Heilman finished third in the 60m (7.18) and Mackenson Steinberg was fifth (7.27). Brandon Hernandez placed 11th (7.45), Jasiah Scott was 13th (7.46), Jack Hoaby was 15th (7.51), Noah Bielinski was 16th (7.57) and Jack Kolar was 20th (7.65).
• Freshman Heilman was third in the 200m (23.08), followed closely by senior Ross Thompson (23.15). Steinberg was seventh (23.69), Scott ninth (23.85), Hernandez 12th (24.04), Hoaby 13th (24.11) and Bielinski 14th (24.24).

Middle distances

• In an event the Blue Devils do not run often, Seth Plenge won the 600m (1:31.13), Dillon Keller ws third (1:32.31) and Jude Pelowski was fourth (1:36.12).
• Nick Wilkerson placed sixth in the 800m (2:07.29).
• Joe Van Grinsven was third of 23 runners in the mile run (4:34.30).

Jumps

• Isaac Lee finished first in the triple jump (41-2.25)

Throws

• Kevin Ruechel and Alec Benzinger finished first and second, respectively, in the shot put. Ruechel tossed the shot 44-11.75 and Benzinger 44-11.50.
• Benzinger topped Ruechel in the weight throw finishing fourth (44-0) to Ruechel's fifth (43-10). Jacob Bugella was 12th (33-11).

 
On the women's side, Nikki Nelson won the 60m (8.01), Heather Beecher won the pole vault (10-11) as Stout took the top five marks. Emma Wittliff won the shot put (39-1) as Stout swept the top four spots.