In the freshman/sophomore 4x800 meter relay, sophomore Brody Johnson (2:27) teamed up with freshmen Alec Hofer (2:16.3), Ben Smullen (2:22), and Brian Mass 2:18 to place 3rd out of 19 teams and earn ribbons.
Senior Big Dan Nowakowski placed 6th in the 60 hurdles, qualifying for the final and missing a medal by just .02 seconds with his season best of 9.46 seconds.
In the 800 meter run, sophomore Rock Fortna dashed from behind down the home straightaway to steal 2nd place by a few hundredths of a second in the hot heat. His time of 2:02.62 is an open 800 PR and is just two seconds away from the state qualifying standard and qualifies him for the Meet of Champions in his second event.
Fellow sophomore Declan McDonald placed 8th in the 3000 meter run with a PR of 9:59.28.
Senior Ben Aunins got things going with a dynamite 3:32 1200m leadoff in the DMR. Sophomore Carter Zerweck (56.5 400m), and juniors Matt Bowen (2:08.0 800m) and Ian Davies (4:50 1600m) also posted quick carries of the baton to post a season best time of 11:38.20. The Bucks finished 6th in the event, just one spot shy of the medals.
The pleasant surprise of the day came from junior Andrew Baker, freshmen Christian Bobowicz and John Smith, and sophomore Ryan Walsh who stepped up despite missing one of the original relay legs and qualified for the Meet of Champions by virtue of their 2nd place overall performance. The silver medalists posted splits of 24.3, 24.5, 25.5, and 24.4 - all personal bests - to achieve the mighty accomplishment.