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Results

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (Mar. 13, 2021) - Claiming first-place finishes in half of the 16 events on the schedule, the North Central College men's track and field team closed the 2021 indoor season with a flourish Saturday in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Elite Invitational at Illinois Wesleyan University.

The Cardinals' eight event victories included a new North Central indoor varsity record, as Jamauri Spivery's time of 6.99 seconds in the 60-meter dash brought him the win and the top spot on the all-time list. The Cardinals nearly pulled off a sweep of the sprint events, as Michael Stanley won the 400-meter dash (49.63) and narrowly missed out on the 200-meter title, as his time of 22.49 was just behind Millikin University's Jackson Allen's winning mark of 22.48.

Gabe Pommier won the 800-meter run in an indoor personal-best time of 1:56.14 and pulled away for a four-second win in the mile run in 4:11.58. Pommier remains the NCAA Division III national leader in the mile this season. Connor Riss claimed victory in the 3,000-meter run, turning in a personal-best time of 8:41.76.

Kendall Johnson won the triple jump (46'2.75"), while Gavin Carr prevailed in the pole vault (14'3.25") and Nick Janca placed first in the high jump (6'6.75"). 

Matt Boelke and Matt Jett placed second (15:06.68) and third (15:10.72), respectively, in the 3,000-meter run, and third-place finishes were also recorded by James McGlashon in the mile (4:24.30), Jacob Miller in the long jump (21'1.25") and Jason England in the pole vault (12'11.50").

North Central also placed third in both relay events. Stanley, AJ Lehman, Kevin Dixon and Ben Piotrowski clocked a time of 3:24.99 in the 4-by-400-meter relay and the distance medley relay squad of Logan Schaefer, Jonathan Olenek, Logan Tanttu and Ryan Arnold finished in 10:43.85.

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