Osuala Sprints To 60M School Record At Panther Tune-Up

MILWAUKEE (WLCSports.com) - Junior Abuchi Osuala (Milwaukee, Wis.) broke a 13-year old school record in the 60m on Saturday at the Panther Tune-Up, as Wisconsin Lutheran College competed at a pair of events in its final weekend before the NACC Indoor Championships. Team scores were not recorded at either event.

At the Panther Tune-Up, Osuala finished second in the 60m prelim with a school-record time of 7.01 seconds, breaking Travis Turnquist's previous school record of 7.03 seconds from January 21, 2012. Osuala was third in the 60m final at 7.05 seconds.

In the Triple Jump, freshman Sam Ehlke (Jackson, Wis.) was second with personal-best leap of 14.28m, which tops the NACC and ranks 21st nationally, and freshman Jack Herried (Necedah, Wis.) was eighth at 12.44m. 

Freshman Nathan Stafford (Neenah, Wis.) was fifth in the Pole Vault at 3.95m. 

Sophomore Brightson Namutenda (Houston, Texas) was eighth in the 200m in a personal-best time of 23.85 seconds. Freshman Caden Strubbe (Madison, Wis.) also was eighth in the 400m at 53.10 seconds.

The 4x400m Relay team of Strubbe, junior Isaiah Krenek (Aurora, Ill), Namutenda, and sophomore DeShawn Wells (Sioux City, Iowa) was third in 3:47.73.

At the Parkside Classic, senior Isaiah Herried (Necedah, Wis.) was third in the Mile with a time of 4:25.54.

In the 3,000m, sophomore Arnold Rupnow (Watertown, Wis.) won the event with a time of 8:59.51 and junior Josh Staggs (Oostburg, Wis.) was runner-up at 9:11.34. Senior Carter Moski (Machesney Park, Ill.) was fourth in a personal-best time of 9:57.27, senior Will Caldwell (Milwaukee, Wis.) was fifth in 10:04.26, and sophomore Noah Micheel (Mequon, Wis.) was sixth in 10:04.51.

Junior Ray Woller (Mount Horeb, Wis.) was eighth in the 800m with a personal-best time of 2:02.77.

The 4x400m Relay team up of Woller, sophomore Tyler Kleinhans (Fall Creek, Wis.), Micheel, and sophomore Silas Ebeling (Wauwatosa, Wis.) was second in 3:50.27.

WLC competes in the NACC Indoor Championships next Friday and Saturday at Frank Petretti Fieldhouse in Kenosha. A live results link can be found at WLCSports.com.