Friday Results
MONMOUTH, Ill. – The Illinois Men's Track and Field squad won two conference titles on the first day of the annual Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Huff Athletic Center.
Sophomore
Dylan Doss brought home the first individual title of the day when he won the long jump with a leap of 7.22 meters.
Doss then teamed up with classmate
Adam Hernandez, and freshmen
Blake Larson and
Sam Stimler to win the 4x200 meter relay in 1:28.67. That time was a school record.
The Blueboys also got points from Hernandez in the high jump as he finished third, clearing 1.80 meters. Junior
Deon Rodgers took fifth in the shot put, recording a mark of 14.14 meters.
IC's sprint medley relay team of Doss and freshmen
Ki'on Carson,
Drew Cushman, and Bacon took fifth in 3:47.34.
The preliminaries saw Hernandez and sophomore
Nathan Barth qualify for the finals in the 60-meter hurdles. Hernandez had the best time of the day (8.49 seconds).Stimler also advanced to the finals of the 60-meter dash.
The Blueboys are currently in fifth place in the team standings with 33.5 points. Ripon leads with 60 points.
Up Next
IC will wrap up the Midwest Conference Indoor Championships on Saturday. Action begins at 10:30 a.m.Â
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