Posted: Apr 03, 2015

Dompier Resets 200 Record; Men Win St. Norbert Invitational Title

DE PERE, Wis. — One Michigan Tech school record fell and two more were threatened as the Huskies track and field teams competed at the St. Norbert Invitational yesterday. The men's team earned its second win of the season while the women were third.

Jamie Dompier reset her own school mark in the 200 meters with a time of 25.65. She won the event by seven-tenths of a second. The sophomore also posted a 12.72 in the 100 meters for fourth place.

Lauren Raiford notched a 59.16 in the 400 meters to take 2nd place in that event. Her clocking was just 16 hundredths off the school record of 59.00, set by Jessica Miron 10 years ago.

In the 800 meters, Liz Bloch posted a time of 2:23.88 to take second.

Tech had three of the top five finishers in the 3,000 meters. Deedra Irwin, competing her first track meet since finishing up the Nordic skiing season, finished second in the event with a time of 10:39.01—the seventh-best in school history. Emily Vigil (11:06.76) was third and Sophia Farquhar (11:23.15) was fifth.

Audra Thurston posted a fifth-place finish in the 400 meter hurdles at 1:12.17.

Tech's top female finisher in the field events was Aimee Allen in the long jump. She spanned 16-9.25 for second place.

Erika Poli cleared 16-9.25 in the pole vault for third place. The height also matched the third-best in school history.

Throwers Ellen Hetcher and Jenna Burns were both top five finishers. Hetcher was fourth in the discus at 116-6 while Burns was fifth in the shot put at 36-9.5.

"Jamie Dompier had a good day with the school record in the 200, and it was nice to see Lauren not too far off in the 400," said Tech coach Joe Haggenmiller. "Overall the performances were a mixed back. The wind was swirling a lot, and it was difficult to be consistent in the field events."

The men posted wins in six events to claim the team title.

Tech stacked the 3,000 meters and took four of the top five spots. Calvin Nitz came within a second of the school record by covering the distance in 8:45.43 (the record of 8:44.55 was set in 1990). Jason Saliga was second in the event at 8:50.24 for the third-best time in school history. Bradon Kampstra (9:01.39) and Kyle Hanson (9:05.67) were fourth and fifth while running times worthy of Tech's top 10 list.

Huskies went 1-2-3 in the pole vault as Jake Wiedemeier, Jake Jurkowski and Maxwell Ketterer all cleared 13-11.25.

Shane McGrath won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 55.28 to earn a spot on Tech's top-10 list for that event.

In the 400 meters, Jevon Maddox was first at 49.25 and Isaac Pringle was third at 50.12.

Nate Hood won the 100-meter dash in 11.47 seconds. He was also second in the long jump at 21-3.25. Jacob Jarvis was also a winner, completing the 110 meter hurdles in 16.21.

Kyle Petermann was the Huskies' sixth winner, taking the discus with a throw of 154-11 (a Tech top-10 performance). Peterman also finished fourth in the hammer throw at 137-11.

James Sutton and Mike Fisher took second and third in the high jump, both clearing 6-5.

Michael Frahm was second in the shot put at 47-0.75.

Teammates Benjamin Kramka, Corey Zeutzius and Mike Tuski took third, fourth and fifth in the 800 meters by collecting times of 2:00.41, 2:00.47 and 2:01.67, respectively.

Casey Buckner was third in the javelin with a heave of 134-4.

"We really loaded up the 3,000 with a lot of great times there," said Haggenmiller. "Calvin remained undefeated on the outdoor season.

"It was nice to see James and Mike bounce back in the high jump after a tough week. Winning the team title was not our focus, but a result of the good individual performances we had."

Michigan Tech is back in action today at UW-Whitewater.