UW-Stout men's track team collects 11 first place finishes at Norse Invite

Luther College Norse Invite

DECORAH, Iowa (May 1, 2021) - The UW-Stout men's track and field team dominated the throws competition at the Luther College Norse Invitational Saturday, capturing not only first place in all four of the throws events, but had comp the vast majority of the top four finishers in each event. As a team, Stout accumulated 284.50 points and finished first of eight teams.

Jacob Bugella broke 200-feet in the hammer throw for the first time in his career. The Rice Lake junior scored a mark of 200-feet, 1-inch, a distance that ranks third in the country. Bugella's throw is only inches short of the top mark of 200-9. Alec Benzinger (164-10) and Kevin Ruechel (148-8) finished third and fourth in the event, respectively.

Ruechel and Benzinger finished 1-2 in the shot put and the discus throw. Ruechel won the shot with a mark of 54-8 and discus with a throw of 153-2, while Benzinger was second in the shot at 40-1.75 and in the discus at 148-9. Bugella was third in the discus (138-8) and Will Hammen was fourth (137-7). 

Nate Karau won the javelin with a career-best throw of 152-8. Mason Barth was second (150-11) and Nathan Skroch was fifth (146-10). 

Stout fared well in the field events overall.

Noah Zastrow won the pole vault (16-4.50) and the long jump (22-6.50). The Blue Devils took the top four spots in the pole vault with Jacob Tomazevic second  a career-best jump of 14-8.75. Hawkin Petron was third (14-2.75) and Mason Barth was fourth (14-2.75). 

Jack Roeber set a pair of collegiate-bests, finished second in the triple jump with a 46-9 and third with a 22-1. Petron was fourth in the long jump (20-11.75) and Bobby Vang fifth (20-10). Isaac Lee was third in the triple jump (43-6) and Daniel Nesja was fourth (43-5.25). Brandon Dick was fourth in the high jump (5-10.75). 

In the running events, Brent Heilman recorded the top time in the 200-meter, clocking a collegiate-best 21.37 seconds. Heilman was third in the 100-meter (11.04) and Mackenson Steinberg was fourth (11.09). 

Spencer Schultz won the 1500-meter run (4:02.34) and Ian Williams was fourth (4:10.65). Max Fore led the pack in the 5000-meter run in a time of 16-minutes, 28.51-seconds. Matthew Thomas was third (16:56.37) and Christian Manthey was fourth (16:52.03). 

Carter Wente won the 110-hurdles (15.26), with Barth third (15.80), Noah Beck fourth (15.99) and Hayden Zachgo fifth (16.91). The 4x400-relay team of Owne Jelinek, Lucas Carroll, Keegan Puchinske and Cody Lohrenz topped the field (3:22.53).

The Blue Devils return to action when they compete at the WIAC Track and Field Championship, presented by Culver's, Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8 at UW-River Falls. 

Luther College Norse Invite
(first place, all Stout finishers)
1. UW-Stout 284.50; 2. Luther 120; 3. Upper Iowa 95; 4. UW-River Falls 59; 5. Martin Luther 58; 5. Viterbo 58; 7. University of Northwestern 27; 8. Crown College 10; 9. Bethany Lutheran 4.50.
100: 1. Teddy Ayden (Upper Iowa) 10.71. 3. Brent Heilman 11.04; 4. Mackenson Steinberg 11.09; 9. Nathan Skroch 11.70; 13. Matthew Otero 11.92; 19. Zachary Helget 12.69; 20. Jacob Bugella 12.73; 200: 1. Brent Heilman 21.37; 8. Mackenson Steinberg 22.41; 10. Carter Wente 22.58; 12. Keegan Pulchinski 22.74; 17. John Hess 23.08; 18. Owen Jelinek 23.18; 20. Nathan Skroch 23.59; 22. Matthew Otero 24.03; 28. Zachary Helget 25.40; 400: 1. Dylan Wachter (RF) 48.60; 10. Noah Beck 53.10; 800: 1. Lane Schwarz (Luther) 1:56.81; 18. Kory Wiegert 2:08.46; 1500: Spencer Schultz (Stout) 4:02.34; 4. Ian Williams 4:10.65; 8. Alex Suelflow 4:15.23; 10. Henry LeBlanc 4:20.59; 11. Bennett Rozek 4:21.59; 12. Kade Sherry 4:22.61; 14. Cade Hanson 4:24.88; 15. Benjamin LeMay 4:25.80; 5000: 1. Max Fore (Stout) 16:28.51; 3. Matthew Thomas 16:56.37; 5. Christian Manthey 16:52.03; 6. Andrew Carlson 16:52.04; 7. Damon Zielke 16:55.82; 110-hurdles: 1. Carter Wente (Stout) 15.26; 3. Mason Barth 15.80; 4. Noah Beck 15.99; 5. Hayden Zachgo 16.91; 12. Brandon Dick 20.21; 4x400-relay: 1. Stout (Jelinek, Carroll, Pulchinski, Lohrenz) 3:22.53; 

High jump: 1. Gregory Jenkins (Viterbo) 6-6.75; 4. Brandon Dick 5-10.75; Pole vault: 1. Noah Zastrow (Stout) 16-4.50; 2. Jacob Tomazevic 14-8.75; 3. Hawkin Petron 14-2.75; 4. Mason Barth 14-2.75; Long jump: 1. Noah Zastrow (Stout) 22-6.50; 3. Jack Roeber 22-1; 4. Hawkin Petron 20-11.75; 5. Bobby Vang 20-10; 9. Mason Barth 19-8; 12. Hayden Zachgo 19-1.50; 15. Isaac Lee 18-10.75; Triple jump: 1. Regarieon Hicks (Luther) 47-0.25; 2. Jack Roeber 46-9; 3. Isaac Lee 43-6; 4. Daniel Nesja 43-5.25; 9. Jakes Asembo 42-2.25; Shot put: 1. Kevin Ruechel (Stout) 54-8.75; 2. Alec Benzinger 40-1.75; 8. Derek Millard 40-5.50; 9. Nate Karau 37-3; 11. Jacob Bugella 37-5.50; Discus: 1. Kevin Ruechel (Stout) 153-2; 2. Alec Benzinger 148-9; 3. Jacob Bugella 138-8; 4. Will Hammen 137-7; 7. Nate Karau 133-4; 9. Isaac Kraus 126-0; 10. Derek Millard 122-6; 11. Anthony Kuehl 114-8; Hammer: 1. Jacob Bugella (Stout) 200-1; 3. Alec Benzinger 164-10; 4. Kevin Ruechel 148-8; 6. Connor Walechka 140-9; 7. Derek Millard 125-7; 9. Isaac Kraus 120-3; 11. Anthony Kuehl 117-3; Javelin: 1. Nate Karau 152-8; 2. Mason Barth 150-11; 5. Nathan Skroch 146-10; 12. Brandon Dick 122-0; 13. Anthony Kuehl 120-5; 19. Cody Lohrenz 110-1; 21. Connor Walechka 102-4;