MORRIS, Minn. – The University of Northwestern men's and women's track and field teams closed the final day of the Upper Midwest Athletics Conference (UMAC) Outdoor Championships on Saturday afternoon. The men's team finished fourth after garnering 83 points, while the women finished sixth in the two-day event.
 
The men's 4x100m relay team (44.42 seconds) and the men's 4x400-meter relay team (3:28.89) highlighted the second day of competition as both were crowned champion.

View the meet results HERE.
 
Women
Alyssa Arends (Ackley, Iowa/AGWSR) led the way for the women, as the senior cruised to a second-place finish in the 5000m run, finishing in 19:03.48.

Danica White (Maplewood, Minn./Concordia Academy) seal an 11^th place finish in her 1500m race, running to a final time of 5:21.93. Teammates BreAnna Himmerich (5:57.76) and Dominique Ward (State Center, Iowa/Homeschool) (6:35.51) also competed in the 1500m run.
 
Northwestern's 4x800m added a fifth place finish, locking in an 11:34.15 time for the Eagles.

UNW's 4x400m relay team fastened a sixth place finish on the afternoon, as they accumulated a 16:23.37 finish.
 
In the field for the shot put, Linnea Wagner (Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies) stamped a 13^th place finish with a 8.51m toss and listed eighth on the leader board for the discus throw, as teammate Emma Drazkowski closed with a 7.06m top 20 throw. 
 
Wagner also threw to a 22.08m mark in the hammer throw and a 23.36m toss in the javelin to wrap up the day of competition for the Eagles. 

Men
A day after racing to an individual title in the 400m hurdles, Kyle Anenson (Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen) added a second-place finish to his resume in the 400m dash after clocking a time of 50.91 seconds. Brent Wipf (Shakopee, Minn. /Eagle Ridge Academy) also closed with a strong performance, as he sped to a fourth place finish with a time of 52.20.

For the 1500m race, Wil Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) ran to a 4:10.22 time to lock down a fourth-place finish. Teammates Garrett Crown (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Christian Academy) (4:19.18) and Eric Melendez (Richfield, Minn./Eagle Ridge Academy) (4:32.39) also wrapped up the afternoon in high standings, as they both placed within the top 15 in their final races.
 
In the 200m race, Adam Moholon jetted to a 23.38 final time, as he took home an eighth-place finish. Teammate Leroy Malon followed shortly behind with a 10th place finish (23.65) and Elijah Hodgell (Lake City, Minn./Lincoln Secondary) in 12th (23.77).
 
Running the 100m dash, Jordan Spahr (Pine City, Minn./Pine City) crossed the finish line with a 11.52 final time to place sixth. Jackson Peterson (Carlton, Minn./Carlton) capped the 5000m run (16:23:37) with a fifth place finish. 
 
In the discus throw, Chris Compton (St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park) snagged sixth with a 37.86m toss. Compton also capped fifth in the shot put to confirm a 12.25m final throw, as Kallgren noted an 8.13m toss.
 
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