MILWAUKEE (WLCSports.com) - Senior Sam Rodmyre (Federal Way, Wash.) broke the school record in the Heptathlon while competing on Friday and Saturday at Leonard Squig Converse Invitational & Multi hosted by UW-Whitewater, while the rest of the Wisconsin Lutheran College men's track & field team was in action at the John Tierney Classic hosted by Milwaukee on Saturday. The Warriors finished fourth with 36 points at Saturday's event featuring host Milwaukee, Marquette, and Bryant & Stratton.
- Event: John Tierney Classic
- Final Results: 4th of 4 (36 Points)
- Location: Klotsche Center, Milwaukee, Wis.
- Rodmyre finished second of 10 competitors in the Heptathlon that wrapped up on Saturday at UW-Whitewater. He scored a school-record 4,303 points and ranks 21st nationally in the event. Rodmyre won the Pole Vault at 3.85m and was runner-up in the 60m Hurdles at 9.19 seconds.
- Sophomore Jordan Wiesen (Fort Atkinson, Wis.) raced to a second-place finish in the 60m at 7.15 seconds. He was also fourth in the 200m (23.93) and sixth in the Triple Jump (12.15m).
- Senior Michael Sheffler (Appleton, Wis.) was fourth in the Shot Put (13.06m) and sixth in the Weight Throw (13.27m).
- Sophomore Zeke Micheel (Salt Lake City, Utah) finished fourth in the 3,000m with a time of 8:51.14.
- Senior Cole Kuehl (Richland, Mich.) finished seventh in the Weight Throw (11.99m) and eighth in the Shot Put (10.84m). Freshman Devin Splinter (Ixonia, Wis.) also added an eighth-place finish in the Weight Throw (8.33m).
- Senior Thomas Jungwirth III (Appleton, Wis.) placed eighth in the 60m Hurdles in 9.82 seconds.
- Sophomore Hans Rupnow (Mankato, Minn.) was also eighth in the 400m (57.24).
- "It can be difficult and intimidating when you go to a Division I meet, but I'm really proud of how our teams battled! We had several athletes make finals, 39 PR's, 17 marks on the WLC Top 10 list, and three more broken records. Heptathlons take a lot of work, so to see Sam Rodmyre break the school record and put himself 21st in the nation, it's a big accomplishment!" - Head Coach Eric Kramer
- The Warriors travel to Kenosha next Saturday for the Parkside Classic. Events are scheduled to start at 9 a.m. inside the Petretti Fieldhouse.
