Men's Track second at Border Battle

The St. Thomas men's track and field team held out some top performers and still had four firsts and three seconds and took second place out of four teams at Saturday's Minnesota-Wisconsin Border Battle hosted by St. Olaf.

UW-Eau Claire took first with 197 followed by UST (140), St. Olaf (137.5) and UW-Stout (125.5).

Joe DeFrance won the 200 (22.70) and was fourth in the 55 (6.62). Matt Schroeder tied for first in the pole vault (14-01 1-4). Mark O'Connell won the shot put (47-11 3-4) and took sixth in the weight throw (48-7 1-2). Cameron Roemhildt won the high jump (6-3 1-4) and took fifth in the triple jump (42-9).

Chris Bradford took second in the 55 (6.59). Derek Marks took fourth in the shot put (44-4) and fourth in the weight throw (51-5 1-2). Alex Weaver was third in the long jump (21-11), tied for fourth in the high jump (5-11 1-4); and was seventh in the triple jump (40-11 3-4). Jonah Shermer was third and Brian Pink tied for fourth in the high jump. Ryan Chapman was third in the 600 (1:17.81). Pat Jager was third in the 400 (51.49).

In the pole vault, Brad Hansen took fourth (13-10 1-5) and Ben Michel and Ryan Blake shared fifth (13-4 1-5). In the 55-meter hurdles, Travis Birklid was second (8.04) and Lem Berry was fourth (8.28). Evan Schwartz was fifth in the 1000 (2:40.82).

The Toms will enter some athletes in next Friday's U of M Snowshoe Open on the Gophers' campus.

Distance Medley Relay post NCAA provisional time

The foursome of Kyle Brandon, Greg Dow, Matt Boumeester and Brian Sames provisionally qualified for the NCAA in the DMR with a time of 10:03.77 at the Iowa State Classic.