#CUWStatsInfo: Track & Field aims for strong showing at NACC meet

MEQUON, Wis. – The Concordia University Wisconsin Track & Field teams are set for the 2015 NACC Outdoor Championships. The Falcons have had another strong season up to this point and will be looking for another strong finish at the outdoor championships, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

CUWFalcons.com took a look at some of the numbers and other facts you need to know before the NACC Outdoor Championships get underway tomorrow morning.

SCHOOL RECORDS: On the Women's side, the Falcons have already set three outdoor records this season, two of those which were previously held by now assistant coach Samantha Stark (formerly Bloxdorf). Andrea Kassees (Waukesha, Wis.) and Marissa Krohn (Brookfield, Wis.) set new school marks in the hammer throw and javelin throw back on April 4 at the Rex Foster Invitational. Kassees tossed 41.98 meters in the hammer throw, which she has since beaten when she threw 43.62 meters on April 17. Krohn recorded a throw of 34.10 meters in the javelin back on April 4. The other school record set for the Falcons was last weekend by Karli Tatum (Milwaukee, Wis.). Tatum posted a mark of 12.29 meters in the shot put to etch her name into the record books.

THE THROWERS: It has been no secret that the CUW throwers have been leading the team this season with school records and top finishes at nearly every meet they attend. In four throwing events on the Women's side, CUW has 13 rankings inside the top 10 entering Friday. Kassees ranks fifth in the shot put, second in the discus throw and third in the hammer throw in the conference. On the men's side the Falcons own seven top-10 rankings, including senior Andrew Faber (Germantown, Wis.) who ranks inside the top five in all four throwing events.

Here is a list of the CUW Throwers who rank inside the top 10 in the NACC

Shot Put: Men – Frank Jesse Long 13.56 meters (2nd); Andrew Faber 12.37 meters (5th); Women – Karli Tatum 12.29 meters (2nd), Andrea Kassees 11.28 meters (5th), Beth Garncarz 11.02 meters (7th), Delaney Verba 10.49 meters (10th).

Discus Throw: Men – Faber 41.15 meters (5th), Long 36.30 meters (6th); Women – Kassees 39.41 meters (2nd), Colleen Sauvey 31.74 meters (7th), Verba 31.35 meters (10th).

Hammer Throw: Men – Faber 47.12 meters (3rd); Women – Kassees 43.26 meters (3rd), Sauvey 40.86 meters (4th), Tatum 40.50 meters (5th), Garncarz 33.10 meters (10th).

Javelin: Men – Faber 48.67 meters (2nd), Trent Pacheco 43.76 meters (8th); Women – Marissa Krohn 34.10 meters (2nd), McKenna Daulton 29.90 meters (5th).

JUMPERS: The Falcons also have some very strong athletes in the long and triple jump events. Tyler White (Milwaukee, Wis.), who was named the Co-Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet at the Indoor Championships, ranks in the top 10 in the NACC in both the long and triple jumps. Bathong Pham (Milwaukee, Wis.) also ranks inside the top 10 in the long jump, as does Malcolm Bowers (Germantown, Wis.). Logan Goss (Bolingbrook, Ill.) also ranks inside the top 10 in the triple jump.

On the Women's side both Tatiana March (Janesville, Wis.) and Emily Mauermann (Janesville, Wis.) each rank inside the top 10 in the long jump, while rookie Chloe Bachman (St. Peter, Minn.) brings a fifth-place ranking into the triple jump.

Also in field events, Josh Lehr and Pham rank tied for fifth in the pole vault, while the Falcons have four on the women's side, Daulton, Ariana and Kailey Koehler, and Alisa Dorothy, who rank in the top 10 in the pole vault.

ON THE TRACK: Of course, the Falcons are also very strong in running events with several athletes having strong seasons thus far. Robert Meilbeck (Winthrop Harbor, Ill.) is one of the leaders of the Men's team as he is sixth in the 5K with a time of 15:57.18, while fifth in the 10K with a best time of 33:59.99. Pham, who is ranked in the pole vault as well, ranks 10th in the 100, while freshman Jake Roy (Appleton, Wis.) is fifth in the 400-meter run. Brandon Goesch (Germantown, Wis.) ranks seventh in the 800 and eighth in the 1500, while Zach Ziemann (Jackson, Wis.) ranks seventh in the 1500. Brennan Linse (Jefferson, Wis.) is fifth in the 3K steeplechase heading into the weekend with Silas Hasselbrook (Missoula, Mont.) posting a top-seven ranking in the 400-meter hurdles.

On the women's side, Mauermann, who has a great history of running well at the NACC Championships, ranks third in the 400 and sixth in the 200. Moira Kilgas (Omro, Wis.) has been outstanding in the hurdle events this season, ranking fourth in the 400-meter hurdles and seventh in the 100-meter. Larissa Schiltz (DeForest, Wis.) and Hannah Erl own top-10 rankings in the 3K steeplechase, with Schiltz eighth and Erl ninth, respectively.

For a complete list of the NACC Performance List heading into the weekend, click here.