Osuala, Rupnow Win NACC Titles; WLC Finishes Fourth At Outdoor Championships

WAUWATOSA, Wis. (WLCSports.com) – Wisconsin Lutheran College recorded a fourth-place finish with 87 points at the 2026 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, held Friday and Saturday at Raabe Stadium.

Senior Abuchi Osuala (Milwaukee, Wis.) led the Warriors with a conference title in the 100m, crossing the finish line in 10.66. He also added a third-place finish in the 200m (21.74), a performance that set a new school record.

Junior Arnold Rupnow (Watertown, Wis.) delivered another standout performance in the distance events, winning the 10,000m with a school-record time of 31:13.69. He also contributed a fourth-place finish in the 5,000m (15:24.17).

WLC's 4x100m Relay of junior Patrick Manning-Davis Jr. (Dallas, Texas), sophomore Sam Ehlke (Jackson, Wis.), sophomore Caden Strubbe (Madison, Wis.), and Osuala placed second with a school-record time of 41.70. The 4x400m Relay of senior Isaiah Krenek (Aurora, Ill.), sophomore Evan Hadler (Cedarburg, Wis.), and freshmen Caleb Schreiber (Mukwonago, Wis.) and Sam Splinter (Ixonia, Wis.) added a fourth-place finish (3:23.80).

Strubbe also had a strong meet individually, finishing second in the 400m with a time of 48.43 and placing fifth in the 200m (22.04).

Ehlke also contributed a third-place finish in the Triple Jump with a mark of 13.99m.

In the middle-distance events, Splinter placed fourth in the 800m (1:54.99), while Schreiber finished sixth (1:55.54). Junior Noah Micheel (Mequon, Wis.) added a sixth-place finish in the 3,000m Steeplechase (10:14.89).

Wisconsin Lutheran also saw scoring efforts in the distance races from junior Silas Ebeling (Wauwatosa, Wis.), who placed fifth in the 5,000m (15:25.25) and eighth in the 10,000m (32:56.41).

In the sprints, Manning-Davis Jr. placed sixth in the 100m (11.05), while Krenek added an eighth-place finish in the 400m (50.97).

Field event scoring was led by sophomore Nate Nash (Wildomar, Calif.), who placed seventh in the Discus (37.61m), and sophomore Cameron Vahldick (Bridgeview, Ill.), who finished seventh in the Javelin (41.02m). Sophomore Nathan Stafford (Neenah, Wis.) added an eighth-place finish in the Pole Vault (3.95m).

MSOE claimed its fifth NACC team championship with 224 points.

The Warriors compete in the Fighting Chance Invite next Friday and Saturday at Joliet Memorial Stadium in Joliet, Illinois.