WIAC Indoor Championships Results

Menomonie, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track & field team captured the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Indoor Championship Saturday night in UW-Stout's Johnson Fieldhouse.  The Eagles finished with 140.0 team points while UW-Whitewater was second with 108.5.  UW-Eau Claire placed third (108.0) and UW-Oshkosh was fourth (98.5) followed by UW-Platteville (78.0), UW-Stout (63.0), UW-Stevens Point (52.0), UW-River Falls (50.0) and UW-Superior (4.0).

It is UW-L's 11th consecutive indoor conference title.  The Eagles have won a conference record 37 overall indoor championships in school history, including 21 of the last 23.

Isaac Vazquez won his second conference title Saturday with a victory in the triple jump (50-6 1/4).  He captured his second straight WIAC title in the long jump (24-3 1/2) Friday.  Vazquez set a conference record in winning the triple jump Saturday, breaking the record of UW-L's Dean Cash in 1990 (50-3 3/4).  Vazquez became the first student-athlete to win the triple jump for the Eagles since Jesse Dengsavang took the conference title in 2007.

Vazquez was also named to the 2012 WIAC All-Sportsmanship Team.

Sean Royer captured the 800-meter run (1:54.88) Saturday, becoming the first league champion from UW-L in the event since Craig Poshepney in 1989.

UW-L's Andy Grossman placed third in the heptathlon (4,808) Saturday.

Other top individual finishes in the field events for the Eagles Saturday included Brett Davis placing seventh (46-1 1/4) and Daniel Petkau 10th (44-2 1/2) in the triple jump while John Cooper was seventh in the weight throw (60-6 1/2).  UW-L's Nick Stone was 10th in the high jump (6-4).

On the track, UW-L's Alex Koenen was fifth in the 60 (6.96) and 200 (22.47) meter dashes.  Jared Sitte placed seventh (7.01) and Troy Brooks eighth (7.04) in the 60-meter dash while Tyson Young was seventh (50.19) in the 400-meter dash.

Along with Royer's first-place finish in the 800-meter run, the Eagles' Eric Smits was fifth (1:56.80) overall.  Andrew Rohlman placed fifth (4:18.33) in the mile run while Josh Kaul was fourth (8:37.15), David Stilin sixth (8:41.31) and Andrew Heinritz seventh (8:41.60) in the 3,000-meter run.

Adam Nichols placed fourth (8.36) and Joe DeRosier eighth (8.47) in the 60-meter hurdles.

In the relays, UW-L's Nick Tehan, Young, Eric Scholl and Jamie Bottcher were fifth (3:22.09) in the 4x400-meter relay while Tehan, Young, Clark Lundquist and Alex Jelich were sixth (1:31.78) in the 4x200.

UW-L returns to action Friday, March 2 at the UW-Madison Invitational at 5 p.m.