WAVERLY, Iowa – The University of Dubuque men's track and field team kicked off the opening day of the American Rivers Conference Indoor Championships. The Spartans competed in seven events on day one and currently sit third in the team standings with 35 points.

Two all-conference performances came from shot put as both Dakota Hoffman and Jacob Edwards finished runner-up and third place respectively. Hoffman launched a new personal best of 17.14 meters en route to a runner-up finish and Edwards finished third in the event with a throw of 17.06 meters. In the long jump, Otis Patterson pulled off an upset in the long jump coming in seeded sixth and leaving with a third-place finish to earn All-Conference honors in the event.

University of Dubuque Finishes  

60m Dash
9 Jaylen Bell - 6.99 
10 Nolan Lentz - 7.00 
12 Jaidyn Williams - 7.03 

60m Hurdles
10 Lowen Krueger - 8.51 
14 Nathan Brzowski - 8.92 

Distance Medley Relay 
4 University of Dubuque (Andrew Hutchinson, Kaden Miller, Logan Karottu, Aiden Mohr) - 10:23.61 

5000m Run 
8 Joey Wohlers - 15:03.87 
9 Anthony Carney Jr. - 15:05.20 
14 Trentyn Gilges- 15:27.22 

Pole Vault 
8 Braden Troeger - 3.91m 

Long Jump 
3 Otis Patterson - 7.03m (All-Conference)
6 Jaidyn Williams - 6.80m 
10 Jakhari Anderson - 6.64m 

Shot Put 
2 Dakota Hoffman - 17.14m (All-Conference) 
3 Jacob Edwards - 17.06m (All-Conference)  
4 Zach Sanford -16.38m 

Heptathlon (After 4 of 7 Events)  
7 Ryker Strong - 2494 points 

Team Scores (5 of 18 Events Scored) 

1 Wartburg – 68 
2 Loras – 41 
3 University of Dubuque – 35 
4 Central – 17 
5 Buena Vista – 14 
6 Nebraska Wesleyan – 12 
7 Simpson – 4 
8 Luther – 3 
9 Coe – 1 
 

Up Next 
The Spartans continue competition at the A-R-C Indoor Championships from Wartburg College tomorrow, March 1 as the Heptathlon continues at 10:00 a.m. Men's triple jump, and women's weight throw also begin at 10:00 a.m. Running events begin at 1:00 p.m. with the women's mile.