University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
Snowshoe Open
Gophers Claim 10 Titles at Snowshoe Open
2/17/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
Results
MINNEAPOLIS (GopherSports.com) - The University of Minnesota men's track & field program claimed 10 event titles at the Snowshoe Open on Friday night as the Maroon & Gold closed out the 2017 home schedule.
"It was great to see a lot of wins and a lot of personal records in our last home meet of the year," Minnesota Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Steve Plasencia said. "We were looking for guys to step up and earn a spot on our Big Ten team, and for the most part, we were pleased with the result tonight."
Competing at the University of Minnesota Fieldhouse, All-American Ryan Lockard added another title to his trophy case with a win in the high jump on Friday night. Lockard edged teammate Nick Bachinski for the victory - both Gophers cleared 2.10 meters (6-10.75 ft.).
The Gophers also boasted the top two finishers in the weight throw and the 60-meter hurdles. Mac Riedy cleared a personal record of 20.35 meters (66-09.25 ft.) for the weight throw title while Gian Ferretti came in second at 19.69 meters (64-07.25 ft.). In the 60-meter hurdles, Jon Tollefson picked up the win at 8:13 while Eric Walker finished second at 8.30 - both recorded personal records.
There were four Minnesota competitors in the top six of the pole vault competition with Glen Harold leading the field at 5.04 meters (16-06.50 ft.). Tyler Tappe was the runner up at 4.89 meters (16-00.50 ft.) while John Uchytil finished fourth and Jacob Buller finished sixth.
Minnesota also saw James Travis win the triple jump (14.17 meters, 46-06.00 ft.) and Josh Tracy win the 400 meters (49.23).
Unattached freshman Chris Trotter ran 1:19.18 to win the 600 meters on Friday night, marking the second-straight year that the Maroon & Gold have broken the Snowshoe Open record in the event. Trotter's victory was one of three on the night by Gophers unattached freshman. Hamza Ali picked up the 3,000 meter title at 8:21.57 to best teammate Owen Hoeft at 8:23.55. Hunter Staack paced a pack of four Minnesota runners in the front of the one mile field. The newcomer ran 4:14.06 while Jack Manderscheid (4:14.11), Sam Carlson (4:14.31) and Alec Basten (4:14.88) quickly followed suit. Manderscheid and Basten were also running unattached.
Minnesota closed out the night with a win in the 4x400 meter relay as Nate Roese, Jonathan Webb, Brad Neumann and Josh Tracy clocked a 3:15.95. Also of note for the Gophers, Neumann finished second in the 60-meter dash after leading the prelims with a personal record of 6.78. Roese was the runner-up in the 800 meters.
The Gophers will run its first distance medley relay of the season on Saturday at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational while the rest of the program returns to action next weekend with the 2017 Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
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