KENOSHA – St. Norbert College captured its fourth consecutive Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference men's indoor track and field championship with a stellar Day 2 performance at UW-Parkside's Petretti Fieldhouse.
The Green Knights picked up scoring depth and big performances in key areas to edge runner-up Milwaukee School of Engineering 184.5 points to 178.5 points. Aurora University was a distant third with 74.5 points.
Ezra Schermacher turned in a virtuoso performance, collecting three first-place finishes on the second day of competition. Schermacher won the long jump at 22 feet 7 3/4 inches and the high jump at 6-7 1/4 en route to being named Field Athlete of the Meet. He also won the 60-meter hurdles at 8.54 seconds and finished second in the pole vault on Day 1.
Collin Sylvain gained St. Norbert's other conference championship with a time of 50.47 seconds in the 400-meter dash.
The Green Knights totaled four runner-up finishes, led by
Lars Huffman's St. Norbert-record time of 4:18.37.
Jacob Klitzke took second in the shot put in 52-11 1/2.
Maddix Mueller finished second in the hepathlon with 4,113 points. The quartet of
Spencer Evenson,
Gabriel Thiel,
Nick Johnson and
Collin Sylvain clinched the conference title with a runner-up showing in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:28.22.
Kavin Fredrick finished third in the 200-meter dash in 22.51 seconds.
Bennett Schmidt tied for third in the high jump at 6-1 1/4, while
Jonathan Timm was third in the heptathlon with 3,953 points.
St. Norbert head coach
Don Augustine and his staff was named NACC Coaching Staff of the Year
St. Norbert's top-eight finishers from Day 2 are listed below:
Heptathlon: 2nd,
Maddix Mueller, 4,113 points; 3rd,
Jonathan Timm, 3,953 points
60 Dash: 7th,
Kavin Fredrick, 7.12
200 Dash: 3rd,
Kavin Fredrick, 22.51; 8th,
Gabriel Thiel, 22.93
400 Dash: 1st,
Collin Sylvain, 50.47; 5th,
Spencer Evenson, 51.22; 6th,
Gabriel Thiel, 51.32
800 Run: 5th,
Nick Johnson, 2:00.10; 7th,
Dylan Manteufel, 2:00.29; 8th,
Lars Huffman, 2:02.32
1-Mile Run: 2nd,
Lars Huffman, 4:18.37 (SR)
60 Hurdles: 1st,
Ezra Schermacher, 8.54; 4th,
Jacob Larson, 8.84; 7th,
Dylen Callozzo, 9.38; 8th,
Maddix Mueller, 11.47
4x400 Relay: 2nd,
Spencer Evenson-
Gabriel Thiel-
Nick Johnson-
Collin Sylvain, 3:28.22
Long Jump: 1st,
Ezra Schermacher; 22-7 3/4; 6th,
Alex Myszewski, 21-7 1/2; 7th,
Matt Ganz, 21-0 1/4
Shot Put: 2nd,
Jacob Klitzke, 52-11 1/2; 5th,
Cooper Einsweiler, 44-3; 8th,
Jacob Sawicki, 42-0 1/4
High Jump: 1st,
Ezra Schermacher, 6-7 1/4; T3rd,
Bennett Schmidt, 6-1 1/4; 6th,
Ryan Flood, 6-1 1/4; T7th,
Maddix Mueller, 6-1 1/4; T7th,
Jonathan Timm, 6-1 1/4
