Track & Field Set to Host Marquette Invitational

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men's and women's track & field teams will play host this week to the Marquette Invitational. The meet will be held at Wisconsin Lutheran's Raabe Stadium on Saturday, Apr. 22.

The meet will begin at 9 a.m. CT with the women's pole vault. The men's and women's pole vault will be held indoors at the Marquette gymnasium on the Marquette campus.

Events at Raabe Stadium will start at 9:30 a.m. with the throwing events. Running events will begin at 1 p.m. with the women's steeplechase.

Live results for the meet will be provided by AccuRace Timing.

LAST TIME OUT
The Golden Eagles return home after competing at Azusa Pacific, Indiana State and Long Beach State this past weekend.

During the team's west coast trip, Mitchell Van Vooren broke the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate meet record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 52.70. Van Vooren moved up to No. 4 on the all-time performance list and claimed his second win of the outdoor season.

Dan Weizeorick clocked the No. 3 time in program history in the steeplechase with a time of 8:56.59 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

In the decathlon at Indiana State, Gus Kasun put together a score of 6289 for the seventh-best mark in program history. Kasun finished sixth overall. Simon Werven was the top MU finisher taking fifth with 6539 points. It was Werven's second-best score of his career.

Freshman Emma Kingsley cleared a lifetime best in the pole vault with a mark of 3.45 meters/11 feet, 3.75 inches. Kingsley placed fifth overall. On the men's side, Adam Schommer cleared a height of 4.76 meters/15 feet, 7.25 inches, No. 6 all-time, to take sixth overall.

UP NEXT:
The team will hit the road again with a pair of meets next week. Part of the team will head to the Drake Relays on Apr. 27-29. The remainder of the team will compete closer to home at UW-Whitewater on Apr. 28.

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Meet Entries:
Women:
Julia Beck 100 Hurdles
Daylee Braden: 4x100m
Clara Braunberger: Javelin
Siani Brown-Carr: 100m, 4x100m
Annika Bynum: High Jump
Emily Capper: 5000m
JaMiah Cochran: 100m, 200m, 4x1 alt.
Katie Dingle: Long Jump, Javelin
Audrey Grimm: 1500m, 800m
Payton Hanselman: 100m, 200m, 4x100m
Kaylee Hopp: Long Jump, Triple Jump
Kaitlyn Huebner: Pole Vault
Natalia Jackowski: High Jump
Kate Jochims: Steeplechase
Lexi Keppler: 800m
Mia Ketelhohn: Discus, Hammer, Javelin
Emma Kingsley: Pole Vault
Gianna Konen: 5000m
Mallory Lafever: 5000m
Carol Ludington: 800m
Emma Ludwig: High Jump
Grace Mager: Javelin
Stephanie Mauzer: 800m
Claudia Millàn: High Jump
Madison Miller: Long Jump, Triple Jump
Laurel Moneysmith: 1500m, 5000m
Juru Okwaramoi: 400 Hurdles, 4x100m
Morgan Parzych: 400m
Anna Penzkover: 1500m, 800m
Gretchen Pfeiffer: 800m
Mikayla Sullivan: 1500m
Marissa Valentini: 800m
Veronica Walinski: Shot Put, Discus, Hammer
Julia Wiecek: Shot Put
Mikayla Wise: Shot Put, Discus, Hammer
Rosalie Xavier: 100m

Men:
Trey Baskin: Discus, Hammer
Jaden Brozynski: 400m, 200m, 4x400 pool
Casey Carlson: High Jump
Sam Cascella: 100m, 200m, 4x400 pool
Jadon Conroy: 800m
Cole Donahe: Shot Put, Discus
Nathan Hirsch: 1500m
Jared Humphrey: 400 Hurdles, 4x400 pool
Justin Juniel: 100m, 200m, 4x100m
Gus Kasun: Discus
Thomas Leonard: 1500m
Alex Lesperance: 200m, 4x100m, Long Jump
Keagan Morgan: 1500m
Zach Murray: 400m
Brandon Ngosong: Long Jump
Sebastian Obrzut: 200m, 4x100m, 4x400 pool
Christian Peterson: 400m, 200m, 4x400 pool
Josh Pirogovsky: Shot Put, Hammer
Adam Schommer: Pole Vault
Braden Schreiber: 1500m
KT Thomas: 200m, 4x400 pool
Mitchell Van Vooren: 800m
Caleb Venzke: Javelin
Vinnie Voudrie: Discus, Hammer
Alex Watros: 800m
Simon Werven: Javelin
Julian Wright: 4x100m