Talented Relay Brings Home Win for Men’s Track
Apr 16, 2016
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The Iowa Conference-leading 4x100m relay secured the University of Dubuque men’s track and field team’s lone victory at the UW-Platteville Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
No team scores were kept at a meet that featured numerous Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) schools and IIAC foes Wartburg and Loras.
The 4x100m relay team of Marcus Weathers, Jr., Clayton Gray, Najee Toomer, and Isaiah Ellis, all underclassmen, posted a time of 41.63 in their first victory of the season. Their time leads the IIAC by a wide margin of over three-quarters of a second.
Ellis, a freshman, added a second-place showing in the 200m with a personal best time of 21.79. His time currently leads the Iowa Conference by over three-tenths of a second.
The dynamic duo of Alex Link and Blaze Murfin led the throwers with a combined four Top-11 performances. Link led the pair to a fifth (47.46m/155-8) and sixth (45.46m/149-2) showing in the discus, respectively. Murfin finished sixth in the shot put (14.97m/49-1.5) while Link placed 11th in the hammer throw (47.49m/155-10) on Friday night.
The Spartans host the UD Invite next Saturday, April 23 at the Douglas J. Miller outdoor track.
Top UD Finishers
100m – 11th Najee Toomer (11.14)
200m – 2nd Isaiah Ellis (21.79)
400m – 48th Jacob Mentzer (52.65)
800m – 23rd Hunter Klose (1:58.69)
1500m – 27th Jonathan Berland (4:27.17)
5000m (Friday) – 44th Alec Bass (15:09.49)
100m H – 30th Clayton Gray (16.96)
400m H – 29th Tyler Peugh (1:06.56)
3000m Steeplechase – None
HJ – None
PV – 8th Alex Schlueter (4.38m/14-4.5)
LJ – None
TJ – None
Discus – 5th Alex Link (47.46m/155-8), 7th Blaze Murfin (45.46m/149-2)
HT (Friday) – 11th Alex Link (47.49m/155-10)
Javelin – 23rd Blake Worth (43.02m/141-2)
SP – 6th Blaze Murfin (14.97m/49-1.5)
4x100m relay – 1st Weathers, Jr., Gray, Toomer, Ellis (41.63)
4x400m relay – 8th Weathers, Jr., Worth, Klose, Ellis (3:22.66)
