Results
APPLETON, Wis. – The Illinois College men's track and field squad is in fourth place after the opening day of the 2025 Midwest Conference Outdoor Championships on Friday at Whiting Field on the campus of Lawrence University.
The Blueboys accrued 29 points on the day. Ripon is in first place with 49.
The Blueboys had four place winners in the finals portion of the day, led by
Dylan Doss and
Saul Hernandez. Doss took second in the long jump with a season-best leap of 7.27 meters, the third-best mark in school history. Hernandez was the runner-up in the shot put with a mark of 15.17 meters, which was also the third-best mark in IC annals.
IC also received points from
Mark Flores, who was third in the javelin with a season-best throw of 48.15 meters, and
Jaden Saunders, who took fourth in the long jump with a leap of 6.74 meters.
The preliminaries saw IC qualify for the finals in four events. Doss will advance in both the 100 and 200 meters. He had the fastest time in the 200 (21.15 seconds) and the second-fastest in the 100 (10.73 seconds).
Blake Larson will join Doss in the final of both events as he had the fifth-best time (10.84 seconds) in the 100 and the seventh-best (22.13 seconds) in the 200.
Adam Hernandez qualified for two finals as well, posting the best time of the day in the 110-meter hurdles (15.07 seconds) and the second-fastest time in the 400-meter hurdles (55.70 seconds). Hernandez will be joined in the 110-meter hurdles by
Timo Kato, who was sixth in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.07 seconds.
Up Next
The Blueboys wrap up the Midwest Conference Outdoor Championships tomorrow in Appleton, Wis.
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