2012 Esten Classic Results
La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track & field squad won the
Phil Esten Challenge Friday night at Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex. The Eagles finished with 222.0 team points while UW-Oshkosh was second with 170.5. A total of nine teams competed. Five individuals captured titles Friday for UW-L with
Terrence Thigpen winning the 200-meter dash (21.52 and
Mark Punzenberger the 10,000-meter run (30:57.52).
Isaac Vazquez won the long jump (24-2 1/2),
Brett Davis the triple jump (46-4 1/2) and
Andy Novak the shot put (58-6).
UW-L captured the 4x100-meter relay (41.98) and placed second in the 4x400-meter relay (3:20.05).
Other top finishers on the track Friday included
Garrett Kerska second (3:57.33),
David Stilin third (3:58.08) and
Zach Wilhelmy fifth (4:00.13) in the 1,500-meter run.
Nathan Routhier was second (15:16.50) in the 5,000-meter run.
Adam Nichols was third (15.01) and
Joe DeRosier fifth (15.03) in the 110-meter hurdles while
Clark Lundquist finished third (10.92) and
Jared Sitte fifth (11.01) in the 100-meter dash.
Eric Smits placed third (1:55.22) in the 800-meter run.
Alex Jelich was fifth (57.07) in the 400-meter hurdles and
Nick Tehan fifth (22.43) in the 200-meter dash.
Josh Dedering finished fifth (31:42.27) in the 10,000-meter run.
In the field events,
Tony Bilderback finished second (46-3 1/4), Lundquist third (45-1 1/2) and
Daniel Petkau fourth (43-8 1/2) in the triple jump while
Christopher Haase placed second (23-9 1/2) and
Troy Brooks third (23-8) in the long jump.
UW-L's
David Pergande finished second (16-0 3/4) in the pole vault while
Jeffrey Hill and
Jeremiah Burish tied for fourth (15-3).
Alex Zart placed third (162-10) in the discus throw while
Andy Grossman was fourth (165-5) in the javelin throw and
Nick Stone fourth (6-2 3/4) in the high jump.
Adam Poellinger was third (52-11) in the shot put.
UW-L returns to action Saturday, April 21 at the Winona State University (Minn.) Warrior Invitational.
