Results

WAVERLY, Iowa – Grinnell College's men's track and field team put together a strong performance Saturday by taking runner-up honors at the Wartburg Indoor Invitational.
 
The Pioneers tallied 76 points and finished only behind the host school in the eight-team meet.
 
Grinnell collected victories from Stewart Bass in the 5000-meter run (16:35.34) and Ibuki Ogasawara in the pole vault (9-8 ½).
 
The Pioneers dominated the 5000, as those immediately following Bass were Alex Mundell (16:55.69), Connor Gregorich-Trevor (17:07.85), Ian Maolone (17:17.18), Aidan Healey (17:19.43) and Connor Mulligan (18:52.08).
 
The 4x200 relay team of Andrew Shults, Colton Silvia, Jonathan Braun and Ed Hardman was second in 1:34.59, while the 4x400 relay team of Silvia, Zach McGriff, Braun and Hardman took seventh in 3:35.05.
 
Nate Kolacia was third in the mile in 4:23.05, Adam Dalton took sixth in 4:32.86, Joel Baumann placed seventh in 4:33.13 and Joshua Jensen was eighth in 4:37.67. Kolacia was also fifth in the 800 in 1:59.46.
 
Placing eighth in the 60 dash was Shults in 7.56. His time of 7.34 in the preliminaries ranks fourth in program history.
 
Also, James Page recorded the sixth-best weight throw performance in program history.