Duke Invitational 
Raleigh, North Carolina
Friday/Saturday, April 8-9, 2005

Complete Results
Results of UST Athletes

Men's Track starts outdoor season

The St. Thomas men's track and field team had athletes at separate weekend meets to start the 2005 outdoor season.

At the Friday-Saturday Duke Invitational in Raliegh, N.C., senior All-American Carson Glad hit an NCAA provisional time of 21.76 in the 200 meters and placed seventh of 41 seeded entrants. P.J. Theisen just missed the provisional standard of 54.00 in the 400 hurdles as he clocked 54.17. Cory Fusco (1:54.41) and Bryce Beckman (1:55.15) also had top-15 finishes. Dave Dierks threw 175-9 and placed eighth in the javelin; Jason Schwietz (49.66) and J.J. Kirby (50.58) ran well in the 400 and ran on the 4x400 relay (3:19.05); Travis Birklid (16.44) and Chris Mattke (16.46) ran well in the 110 high hurdles; Jerrod Gray jumped 6-3 1-2 in the high jump and ran 23.24 in the 200; Mattke ran 23.46 in the 200 and 56.65 in the 400 hurdles; Birklid ran 58:30 in the 400 hurdles; and Peter Rosholt threw 155-4 in the hammer.

At Saturday's UW-River Falls Invite, Colin Sullivan (15:58.25) and Kaleb Stromberg (16:02.04) went 1-2 in the 5,000 meters; Will Hawthorne was second (4:12) and Jeff Goeden was fifth (4:18) in the 1,500 meters; Brian Welle was second in the 110 hurdles (17.06); Nate Wagner was second in the triple jump (37-0 1-2); Justin Nwadiashi was fifth (11.98) and Dan Everson was eighth (12.17) in the 100 meters; Scott Busacker was fourth in the 400 hurdles (59.37); Derek Marks was second in the discus (153-7); Andy Dauer was fourth in the pole vault (13-2 1-2); and Mark O'Connell was third in the shot put (43-1).

The Tommies will run next Saturday in Collegeville in the Meet of the Saints.