Warriors Combine For 18 PRs At First Chance Invitational

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLCSports.com) - Wisconsin Lutheran College competed at the First Chance Invitational hosted by North Central at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium on Friday and Saturday. Team scores were not recorded at the two-day event.

MEN
Freshman Sam Ehlke (Jackson, Wis.) placed seventh out of 30 competitors in the Triple Jump with a personal-best mark of 13.18m.

Junior Abuchi Osuala (Milwaukee, Wis.) placed 18th out of 102 sprinters in the 100m with a time of 11.02 seconds.

Freshman Nate Nash (Wildomar, Calif.) came 20th in Shot Put at a personal best 12.00m, and 27th in the Hammer at a personal-best 36.42m. 

Also recording personal-bests for the Warriors were sophomore Brendan Cruz (Cape Coral, Fla.) in the Discus (23.68m), junior Damarius Lewis (Milwaukee, Wis.) in the 100m (12.05), junior Marshall Palmer (Collinsville, Okla.) in the Shot Put (9.42m) and Hammer (23.72m), freshman Kevin Trevino (Lewisville, Texas) in the Shot Put (9.62m) and Hammer (26.02m), sophomore John Varga (Burbank, Calif.) in the Javelin (25.49m), and sophomore DeShawn Wells (Sioux City, Iowa) in the 100m (11.83) and Javelin (32.42m).

WOMEN
Junior Leah Schmidt (Bonduel, Wis.) finished 14th out of 44 competitors in the Hammer at 39.28m. Senior Autumn Pryzbyla (Belvidere, Ill.) placed 14th out of 40 throwers in the Javelin at a personal-best 27.96m.

Four others from WLC recorded personal-best marks in their respective events including freshman Sofia Mueller (Doral, Fla.) in the Discus (31.45m), freshmen Amelia Kelley (Appleton, Wis.) in the Pole Vault (2.46m), freshman Aubrey Hemmings-Kadolph (Greendale, Wis.) in the Discus (21.49m) and Javelin (18.25m), and freshman Mabel Beversdorf (Burlington, Wis.) in the 200m (32.45).

Wisconsin Lutheran hosts the Private College Championships next Saturday, April 5 at Raabe Stadium. Events are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Live coverage links can be found at WLCSports.com.