By Michael Schmidt, Sports Information Student Assistant
UW-Platteville's Brian Steingraber and Corey Digman finished first and second in the weight throw, highlighting the Pioneers' performance at the Eastbay/Pointer Invitational Saturday at UW-Stevens Point..
Steingraber threw 54-3.75 to win the weight throw title, while teammate Digman threw 51-5.75 to claim second place.
The Pioneers' other titles came from Derek Shuda and Ben Zizis. Shuda took the long jump with a leap of 20-6.5, while Zizis won the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 7.77, one day after competing in the Iowa State Classic.
The Pioneer men finish second, and the women finished third in their respective meets. The Pointers took the overall men's title, making it the third consecutive meet where the home men's team won. Minnesota-Duluth took the overall women's title.
The top UWP finishers were:
Men's Results
55 Meter Dash – (3rd) Matt Bischoff (6.70)
High Jump – (2nd) Mike Schmidt (6-4)
55 Meter Hurdles - (1st) Ben Zizis (7.77)
Pole Vault – (2nd) Tony Fontanini (4.67m) or (14-10)
Long Jump – (1st) Derek Shuda (20-6.5)
Weight Throw – (1st) Brian Steingraber (54-3.25); (2nd) Corey Digman (51-5.75)
Shot Put – (3rd) Corey Digman (50-0)
4x200 Meter Relay – (2nd) Relay A (1:34.17)
Women's Results
1 Mile Run – (3rd) Lindsey Vick (5:14.96)
55 Meter Hurdles – (3rd) Kim Piggott (9.05)
Pole Vault – (2nd) Ashleigh Waltz (9-8.25)
Shot Put – (3rd) Emily O'Brien (40-5.75)
4x400 Meter Relay – (3rd) (4:11.80)
Full results are at:
http://www.uwsp.edu/athletics/track/results/trackfeb10.htm
UW-Platteville's Tyler Sigl broke a school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA III national championships with a standout 5,000-meter run at the Iowa State Classic Friday night.
Competing against mostly NCAA Division I runners from across the Midwest, Sigl placed second out of 61 runners in a time of 14.31.73. He bettered his own school mark by more than seconds and beat the automatic qualifying mark by three seconds. Guor Mojok of Iowa State won the event in 14:25.39.
In Saturday's mile run, Marcia Taddy placed third, Emma Dreis 25th and Jessica Scott 47th in the loaded mile run that featured 82 runners. Taddy took third behind runners from Minnesota and Iowa in a time of 4:45.62. She easily broke her own school record and her time beat the NCAA III automatic qualifying mark by 10 seconds. In fact, her time was good enough to be an NCAA I provisional qualifying mark as well.
Full results are at: