Ames, Iowa/Winona, Minn./River Falls, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track & field team competed at three meets Friday.  No team scores were recorded at the Iowa State University Classic, the Saint Mary's University (Minn.) Cardinal Open or the UW-River Falls Brooks Classic.

The two-day Iowa State Classic and UW-River Falls Brooks Classic continues Saturday, February 11.  In UW-L's only action of the day Friday at Iowa State, Sean Royer placed 10th in the 800-meter run (1:53.63). At the Brooks Classic, Andy Grossman is in third-place (2,510 points) after the first day of competition in the heptathlon.

At the Saint Mary's Open, nine student-athletes earned first-place finishes for the Eagles.  On the track, Jamie Bottcher won the 400-meter dash (51.68); Eric Smits the 800-meter run (1:55.82); Andrew Rohlman the 3,000-meter run (8:36.83) and Adam Nichols the 55-meter hurdles (7.90).

In the field events, Travis Gallick took the high jump (5-11 1/4); Jeremiah Burish the pole vault (15-6 1/4); Troy Brooks the long jump (23-3 1/4); Daniel Petkau the triple jump (44-0 3/4) and Alex Zart the shot put (51-1 3/4).

Other top finishes on the track included Brooks second (6.55), Alex Koenen third (6.56) and Jared Sitte fourth (6.58) in the 55-meter dash while Clark Lundquist was second (23.31), Christopher Eberle third (23.34) and Alex Jelich fourth (23.47) in the 200-meter dash.

Christian Wendland was second (51.75) with Mitchell Reiser and Eberle finishing in a tie for third (52.22) in the 400-meter dash.  Bruce Schmitz was second (1:56.22) in the 800-meter run while Andrew Heinritz finished second (8:38.71), Nathan Routhier third (8:39.50) and David Stilin fourth (8:39.51) in the 3,000-meter run.  The Eagles' Joe DeRosier was second in the 55-meter hurdles (7.91).

In the field events, Jeffrey Hill finished second (14-6 1/4), Gary Trkula third (14-6 1/4) and Bryan Klister fourth (14-0 1/2) in the pole vault.

Christopher Haase finished second (22-5 1/4), Brett Davis third (20-11 1/4) and Petkau fourth (20-3 3/4) in the long jump while Davis also placed second (43-4 1/2) in the triple jump.

Adam Poellinger placed second (49-11 3/4), John Cooper thirrd (46-10 3/4) and Ross Von Glahn fourth (43-0 1/4) in the shot put while Grant Havard was third (51-6 1/4) and Von Glahn fourth (49-7 1/4) in the weight throw.

UW-L returns to action Saturday, February 11 at the Iowa State Classic and UW-River Falls Brooks Classic.