DUBUQUE, Iowa -- The Loras men and the Dubuque women lead after the first day of competition at the 2022 American Rivers Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
 

DAY 1 Team Standings
Men's Team Standings			Women's Team Standings
School	Points		School	Points
1. Loras	60		1. Dubuque	58.5
2. Central	32.5		2. Wartburg	47
3. Wartburg	32		3. Loras	38
4. Dubuque	24.5		4. Buena Vista	30
5. Simpson	15		5. Central	24
6. Nebraska Wesleyan	13		6. Luther	13
7. Buena Vista	10		7. Nebraska Wesleyan	11
8. Luther	8		8. Coe	8.5
9. Coe	0		9. Simpson	4

Women's Day 1 Highlights

• For the first time in four years, the Pentathlon saw a new champion. Grace Alley of Loras claimed the title with a point total of 3,365. 
• Dubuque’s Carrie Docherman found herself at the top of the podium in the pole vault for the second straight year, defending her 2021 title.
• Loras’ Kassie Parker got the track events started at the A-R-C Indoor Championships in the 5,000m for the second consecutive year with a time of 17:20.81.
• In the women’s long jump, University of Dubuque’s Emma Seipel claimed first place with a jump of 5.59m. 
• Loras’ senior Elayna Bahl had the best prelim time in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.87. This time breaks the conference championship mark by 0.01 seconds.
• NWU’s Maddie Moran set a new facility record and enters finals with the best prelim time of 7.72 seconds in the 60m dash.
• The distance medley relay title went to Wartburg’s team of Ellie Osterberger, Stevie Lambe, Frankie Chaidez, and Valerie Herbest who ran it with a time of 12:17:24 after being the runner-up in 2021. 
• In her last attempt, Rebecca Simpson of BVU took first place by 0.01m in the shot put with a toss of 13.87m.

 
Men's Day 1 Highlights

• Central's Reid Pakkebier leads the heptathlon with 2619 total points with the final two events tomorrow.
• It was Brock Lewis of Central who took the title in the long jump for the second straight year with a jump of 7.30m.
• Shot put saw a new champion this year and it was Loras’ Holden Murphy who found himself at the top of the podium with a throw of 15.53m. 
• The Duhawks’ Ryan Rogers clears 4.58m in the pole vault to defend his gold medal for the third year.
• Joe Freiburger of Wartburg earned the gold medal and defended his 2021 title with a time of 14:49.18.
• In the 60m hurdles, the top three finishers broke the facility record that was previously 8.27 seconds. It was Wartburg’s Dallas Wright who came out on top with the best prelim time of 8.21 seconds.
• Josh Smith of Loras had the best prelim time in the 60m dash and broke the facility record with a time of 6.79 seconds.
• In the distance medley, the top three finishers broke the facility record to close the out the running events. The Loras Duhawks’ team of Wyaat Kelly, Carson Vaske, Mike Jasa, and Ryan Harvey took the title with a time of 10:03.09.

Men's All-Conference Performers				Women's All-Conference Performers
Name, School	Event	Place		Name, School	Event	Place
Holden Murphy, Loras	Shot Put	1st		Grace Alley, Loras	Pentathlon	1st
Cade Collier, Dubuque	Shot Put	2nd		Aaliyah Collier, Dubuque	Pentathlon	2nd
eric Lentz, Nebraska Wesleyan	Shot Put	3rd		Krissa Larson, Central	Pentathlon	3rd
Ryan Rogers, Loras	Pole Vault	1st		Rebecca Simpson, Buena Vista	Shot Put	1st
Logan Mattson, Dubuque	Pole Vault	2nd		Caroline Ferguson, Dubuque	Shot Put	2nd
Garrett Bates, Buena Vista	Pole Vault	3rd		Kaitlyn Wilder, Dubuque	Shot Put	3rd
Joe Freiburger, Wartburg	5,000m	1st		Emma Seipel, Dubuque	Long Jump	1st
Harry Dudley, Simpson	5,000m	2nd		Jessica Sump, Buena Vista	Long Jump	2nd
Joey Schultz, Loras	5,000m	3rd		Harmony Creasy, Loras	Long Jump	3rd
Wyatt Kelly, Carson Vaske, Mike Jasa, Ryan Harvey - Loras	Distance Medley	1st		Caroline Dochterman, Dubuque	Pole Vault	1st
Adam Sylvia, Carter Tryon, Noah Jorgenson,Will DeHaan - Central	Distance Medley	2nd		Mya Ploor, Luther	Pole Vault	2nd
Ryan Courtney, Max Cleveland, James Murray, Spencer Moon - Simpson	Distance Medley	3rd		Carleen Snow, Dubuque	Pole Vault	3rd
Brock Lewis, Central	Long Jump	1st		Kassie Rosenbum, Loras	5,000m	1st
Deyton Love, Wartburg	Long Jump	2nd		Riley Mayer, Wartburg	5,000m	2nd
Derik Bunten, Loras	Long Jump	3rd		Natalie Paulson, Wartburg	5,000m	3rd
	Heptathlon	1st		Aubrie Fisher, Rachel Nagel, Moriah Morter, Ellie Meyer - Wartburg	Distance Medley	1st
	Heptathlon	2nd		Ellie Osterberger, Stevie Lambe, Frankie Chaidez, Valerie Herbst - Wartburg	Distance Medley	2nd
	Heptathlon	3rd		McKenna Marsh, Alexa Koza, Camryn Larsen, Gabby Thomas - Nebraska Weslyan	Distance Medley	3rd
	1mile	1st			Weight Throw	1st
	1mile	2nd			Weight Throw	2nd
	1mile	3rd			Weight Throw	3rd
	60m	1st			1mile	1st
	60m	2nd			1mile	2nd
	60m	3rd			1mile	3rd
	60m Hurdles	1st			Triple Jump	1st
	60m Hudles	2nd			Triple Jump	2nd
	60m Hurdles	3rd			Triple Jump	3rd
	400m	1st			60m	1st
	400m	2nd			60m	2nd
	400m	3rd			60m	3rd
	800m	1st			60m Hurdles	1st
	800m	2nd			60m Hurdles	2nd
	800m	3rd			60m Hurdles	3rd
	200m	1st			200m	1st
	200m	2nd			200m	2nd
	200m	3rd			200m	3rd
	3,000m	1st			400m	1st
	3,000m	2nd			400m	2nd
	3,000m	3rd			400m	3rd
	High Jump	1st			800m	1st
	High Jump	2nd			800m	2nd
	High Jump	3rd			800m	3rd
	Triple Jump	1st			3,000m	1st
	Triple Jump	2nd			3,000m	2nd
	Triple Jump	3rd			3,000m	3rd
	Weight Throw	1st			High Jump	1st
	Weight Throw	2nd			High Jump	2nd
	Weight Throw	3rd			High Jump	3rd
	4x800	1st			4x800	1st
	4x800	2nd			4x800	2nd
	4x800	3rd			4x800	3rd
	4x400	1st			4x400	1st
	4x400	2nd			4x400	2nd
	4x400	3rd			4x400	3rd

 

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