Vikings Travel to Concordia Track Invite

Blair, Nebraska ~The Dana College track teams travelled to the Concordia Invitational hosted in Seward, Nebraska on Sunday afternoon.

Megan Higgins (FR, Council Bluffs,) finished third in the discus with a throw of 126 feet 1 inch.  Higgins also finished in eighth in the shot put with a throw of 26 feet 10 inches.  Andrew Hawley (SO, Lincoln, NE) finished fourth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.19 seconds.  Brandon Terry (JR, Omaha, NE) came in seventh in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.53 seconds.  Eric Bane (SR, Oakland, IA) finished sixth in the 5000 meter run with a time of 16:03.75.  Cory Logsdon (SO, Ft. Calhoun) placed fifth in the 10000 meter run with a time of 33:12.71 minutes.  Logsdon also finished in fourth place in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:45.03.  Jumper Terrence Almond (SR, Pelham, GA) continued his strong spring season.  He placed third in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet 3.75 inches.  Almond also finished in third in the triple jump with a distance of 44 feet 6.75 inches.  Roger Goff (SO, Missouri Valley, IA) placed fifth in the javelin with a throw of 164 feet 9 inches.

Complete Concordia Results:    http://www.dana.edu/track/results08/CUNE_results.htm

Coach Friesen’s Corner

It is tough to get good marks or good times when the wind the past two weeks has been 20+ mph, but the kids continue to work hard and are still performing well. Terrance Almond and Cory Logsdon led the for the Viking men this week. Almond placed third in both Triple Jump and the Long Jump, while Logsdon placed third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. On the Women’s side, Megan Higgins placed fourth in the Discus with a personal best of 126-00 feet.

There were several athletes that set personal bests’ at Concordia.  Leanna Kalvaledge in the javelin, Adam Lewon in the discus, Andrew Palmblade and Kevin Bane in the 1500 meter, Phillip Lewis in the 110 meter hurdles, Chase Trecek in the shot put, and  Dan Staehlin, Chris Creal, and Mason Lantz  in the 1500 meter.

Next week promises to be a great weekend for track meet so I am hopeful we will get marks that will correspond to the weather.

Dana will travel to the Doane Relays in Crete, Nebraska on April 18 and 19.  The GPAC Conference meet will be held in Sioux City, Iowa on May 3.