The men's track team picked up two regional qualifying marks and three individual wins, while the women's team won four events and picked up a regional qualifier this weekend.
The women's distance crew competed separately at the competitive Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif., this weekend.
Junior Sarah Hurley earned a regional qualifying mark in the 3000-meter steeplechase, running 10 minutes, 33.56 seconds for 11th place in a stacked field. Hurley's effort puts her No. 4 all-time for UW.
In the 1500 meters, junior Gwen Jorgensen and senior Ann Detmer each improved upon their qualifying times, running 4:25.81 and 4:26.93 to place seventh and tenth, respectively.
At Iowa's Hawkeye Invitational, the women's team swept the 200-meter dash, taking first through third as well as fifth and sixth.
Freshman Akaila Cabell won in 25.97 seconds, with junior Caitlin Dodge and senior Alex McCannel behind her at 26.15 and 26.73 seconds, respectively. Sophomore Angel Eggleston and senior Kaitlyn Marsolek took fifth and sixth in 26.89 and 27.17.
Cabell also earned third in the 100 meters in 12.40 seconds, while Dodge earned fourth in the 400 meters in 58.24, just ahead of Marsolek, who finished in 58.40.
Freshman Egle Staisiunaite won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.50, with junior teammate Carly Ducharme right behind at 1:02.77.
Staisiunaite also earned second place in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.55 seconds. Freshman Kayla McClendon took fourth in 14.84, while Ducharme finished sixth in 15.32.
McClendon, a versatile multi-event athlete, won the long jump at 17 feet, 5 1'4 inches, while fellow heptathlete Ducharme placed fourth in the javelin throw at 108-0.
Sophomore LaQuita Brazil took first in the triple jump for her 37-8 1'2 effort and finished fourth in the long jump at 16-7 1'4.
Junior Megan Seidl cleared 5-7 in the high jump to finish second, and sophomore Carrie Woltman jumped 5-3 for sixth.
Junior Jenny Soceka placed second in the pole vault at 12-5 1'2.
Finishing third were senior Nicole Slaby, who went 2:14.12 in the 800 meters, and junior Jessica Jeremiah, who jumped 16-10 1'2 in the long jump and 36-6 1'4 in the triple jump.
Men's recap
Sophomore Nate Larkin qualified for the Midwest Regional Championship by winning the 110-meter hurdles in 14.28 seconds. Senior teammate Adam Pischke finished second in 14.79.
Freshman Robert Dehn threw 202-6 in the javelin throw for the meet title as well as a regional qualifying mark. Dehn bested second place by over 20 feet, putting him No. 5 all-time for Wisconsin.
UW's other first place came from sophomore Pat Nichols, who cleared 6-8 3'4, two feet shy of the regional standard. Freshmen Ryan Marschall and David Grzesiak tied for fifth place with 6-2 3'4.
Junior James Groce earned second place in the 200-meter dash in 21.72 seconds. Also placing second were senior Derek Thiel, who cleared 15-9 in the pole vault, and freshman Jim Lierman, who jumped 47-6 1'2 in the long jump.
The 4x100-meter relay team of Larkin, Groce, freshmen Andrew Milenkovski and Chas DeMers were edged out by Iowa by one hundredth of a second, finishing in 41.68 seconds.
In the 400 meters, senior Luke Hoenecke and freshmen Quinn Evans and Andrew Milenkovski took fourth through sixth place in 49 to 50 seconds.
Similarly, freshmen Zach Beth and Luke Rucks and junior Steve Ludwig went 4-5-6 in the 800 meters, running 1:53 each.
Beth, Demers and sophomoresTim Pierre and Barry Gill earned third in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:18.94.
Four additional sophomores placed in the top six.
Sophomore Victor Dupuy earned fourth in the 100-meter dash, running 11.30 seconds, and fifth in the long jump at 21-4 1'4.
Sophomore Rory Linder placed fourth in the discus throw at 162-10, while freshman Jake Fritz took fifth in the shot put at 53-5 3'4 and freshman Billy Lease placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 56.69 seconds.
- uwbadgers.com
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