Multi-events, 10K set on Thursday's Day 1 at Summit T&F

Tulsa, Okla. - St. Thomas Track and Field starts competition Thursday in the three-day 2022 Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

There will be 21 final events per gender contested over the May 12-14 weekend, starting with the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon on Thursday and Friday.

There are three final events on Thursday for both genders: the 10,000 meters, the javelin throw and the hammer throw.

On Friday, the conclusion of the multi-events starts the day. There are several prelims races on the track, too. Friday final events will be held in the steeplechase, long jump and discus for both genders, plus the women's high jump and women's pole vault.

There are 14 men's finals and 12 women's finals on Saturday to conclude the competition.

St. Thomas has 60 athletes set to compete -- 32 women and 28 men.

Thursday Highlights

The Tommies have the most competitors in the 13-man decathlon field:

sophomore Nate Raddatz is seeded second
freshman Jack Rosner is seeded third
freshman Sam May is seeded sixth
sophomore Cam Schulz is seeded eighth

For the women, senior Olivia Moll, an All-Summit League honoree in CC last fall, will run the 10,000, and eight other Toms will compete in the hammer and javelin.

For the men, three are entered in the 10K: sophomores Charlie Caven and Harris Anderson and freshman Tony Weeks; senior Parker Feuerborn is seeded fourth in the hammer; and three Toms are seeded in the top half of the javelin: soph Josh Dolezal, senior Matt Escher, and Raddatz.

Did You Know?

There are eight men's teams and eight women's teams competing this week in the Summit outdoor meet.

At February's conference indoor meet, the Tommie men placed fifth out of seven teams while the women's took sixth out of eight teams. The men collected 48.5 points using scoring from 16 athletes in two relays and nine individual events. The women scored in two relays and four individual events.

For the St. Thomas men, 31 performances are seeded in the top 13 thus far individually on the 2022 Summit League outdoor list:

Eric Douville, fifth in the 100 dash and 11th in the 200;
Gary Afram, seventh in the 100 dash and eighth in the long jump
Morey Smith, fourth in the 1,500 and 12th in the 5,000
Biel Wiel, eighth in the 5000
Carter Maack, fifth in the 110 hurdles and 11th in the 400 hurdles
Erik Anderson, eighth in the 110 hurdles
Jack Rosner, third in the decathlon, fourth in the 400 hurdles, and 11th in the 110 hurdles
Isaiah Hopf, fifth in the long jump, fifth in the triple jump, and 11th in the 100
Nate Raddatz, second in the decathlon, 10th in the long jump, and ninth in the javelin
Will Hanson, 11th in the long jump
Parker Feuerborn, fourth in the hammer throw and 10th in the discus
Josh Dolezal, seventh in the javelin
Matt Escher, eighth in the javelin
Sam May, sixth in the decathlon
Cameron Schulz, eighth in the decathlon
Colton Halla is 10th in the steeplechase
Clem Grady is 11th in the high jump
Nate Carlin is 12th in the 200
Sam Duffing is 13th in the 400 hurdles
Maxwell Gifford is 13th in the 800

For the St. Thomas women, 16 performances are seeded in the top 14 individually thus far on the 2022 Summit League outdoor list:

Olivia Moll, sixth in the 5,000 meter
Molly Desotell, 12th in the 5,000
Gwen Helgeson, ninth in the 10,000 meter
McKendra Long, 10th in the 10,000 meter
Taynian Walgrave, eighth in the 100 hurdles
Molly Reighard, fifth in the 400 hurdles
Hailey Hindt, ninth in the 400 hurdles
Megan Gehrke, ninth in shot put
Hannah Cornelius, 14th in the 400 dash
Morgan Ede, 14th in the steeplechase
Olivia Lemke, ninth in the pole vault
Brianna Schoenrock, 11th in the pole vault
Alyssa Whaley, 13th in the javelin
Katie Nolette, 14th in the pole vault
Hailey Shimon, 14th in the discus
Maggie Olejnik, 14th in the triple jump

Links

Live Results HERE
Summit League Men's Outdoor Performance List HERE
Summit League Women's Outdoor Performance List HERE
Tommie Men's T&F 2022 Outdoor Season Bests HERE
Tommie Women's 2022 Outdoor Season Bests HERE

Multi-events, 10K set on Thursday's Day 1 at Summit T&F

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Players Mentioned

Gary Afram

Erik Anderson

Harris Anderson

Nate Carlin

Charlie Caven

Josh Dolezal

Eric Douville

Matt Escher

Parker Feuerborn

Colton Halla

Will Hanson

Isaiah Hopf

Carter Maack

Sam May

Nate Raddatz

Jack Rosner

Cameron Schulz

Morey Smith

Tony Weeks

Biel Wiel

University of St. Thomas Athletics

Multi-events, 10K set on Thursday's Day 1 at Summit T&F

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Gary Afram

Erik Anderson

Harris Anderson

Nate Carlin

Charlie Caven

Josh Dolezal

Eric Douville

Matt Escher

Parker Feuerborn

Colton Halla

Will Hanson

Isaiah Hopf

Carter Maack

Sam May

Nate Raddatz

Jack Rosner

Cameron Schulz

Morey Smith

Tony Weeks

Biel Wiel

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