Micheel's NACC Title, Andrews' School Record Lead Warriors At Indoor Championships

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - Senior Zeke Micheel (Salt Lake City, Utah) won the 5000m and sophomore Caleb Andrews (Waunakee, Wis.) set a new school record in the High Jump to lead Wisconsin Lutheran College at the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Skyward Fieldhouse. The Warriors placed fifth at the two-day event with 54 points.

Micheel was crowned conference champion in the 5000m, as he won the event with a time of 15:08.80 for his first career indoor title. Andrews cleared a school-record 1.90m in the High Jump for a runner-up finish in the event. 

Junior Isaiah Herried (Necedah, Wis.) finished third in the 800m with a personal-best time of 4:20.39, while Zeke Micheel followed in fourth at 4:24.16. 

Freshman Arnold Rupnow (Watertown, Wis.) posted a fourth-place finish in the 3000m with a personal-best time of 8:55.50.

Senior August Davis (Springfield, Ill.) placed fourth in the Heptathlon with 3521 points.

Sophomore Abuchi Osuala (Milwaukee, Wis.) leaped to a fifth-place finish in the Long Jump at 6.71m. 

Senior Jaden Schultz (Havana, Ill.) and freshmen Tyler Kleinhans (Fall Creek, Wis.), Noah Micheel (Mequon, Wis.), and Silas Ebeling (Wauwatosa, Wis.) came in fifth in the Distance Medley Relay at 11:06.84.

Sophomore Michael Miller (Waukesha, Wis.) was sixth in the 800m with a time of 1:59.92. 

Freshman Zachary Tipton (Milwaukee, Wis.) finished seventh in the 60m Hurdles with a time of 9.21 seconds. 

Senior Peyton Hartman (Montgomery, Ill.) placed eighth in the 5000m with a time of 15:41.98.

Miller, Tipton, Kleinhans, and Herried were eighth in the 4x400m Relay at 3:42.42.

WLC will next compete in a pair of "last chance" meets next weekend at Carthage (March 1) and Ripon (March 2).