Ehlke's Runner-Up Finish Leads WLC At Red Hawk Invitational

RIPON, Wis. (WLCSports.com) – Wisconsin Lutheran College finished ninth with 10 points at the Red Hawk Invitational on Saturday at Willmore Center.

Freshman Sam Ehlke (Jackson, Wis.) placed second out of 19 competitors in the Triple Jump with a personal-best mark of 13.51m, good for the second-best mark in the NACC this season. Freshman Jack Herried (Necedah, Wis.) was eighth in the event with a personal-best distance of 12.70m.

Freshman Caden Strubbe (Madison, Wis.) finished the 200m with a personal-best time of 24.09 seconds, sophomore Brightson Namutenda (Houston, Texas) recorded a personal-best in the 60m with a time of 7.56 seconds, and freshman John Mullenberg (Chetek, Wis.) registered a personal-best in the Weight Throw with a toss of 9.46m. 

WLC's 4x400m Relay team of Strubbe, junior Ray Woller (Mount Horeb, Wis.), freshman Jared Frey (New Ulm, Minn.), and Namutenda came in eighth with a time of 3:45.93.

UW-Oshkosh scored 193 points and won six events to claim the 11-team scoring title.

Wisconsin Lutheran returns to Willmore Center in Ripon next Saturday for the Dick Hendricks Invitational. Events are scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Live coverage links can be found on WLCSports.com.