University of St. Thomas Athletics
Friday, May 13
Tulsa, Okla.
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Summit League Outdoor Championships
Nate Raddatz became the Tommies' first individual conference champ of the D-I era (Bill Powell photo)
Raddatz rules Decathlon, leads Men's T&F at Summit meet
5/13/2022 8:47:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
Tulsa, Okla. - Sophomore Nate Raddatz made university history on Friday as St. Thomas' first Division-I era individual conference champion.
The Prior Lake, Minn., native competed in 12 events over two days and chipped in 11 team points to lead Tommie Men's Track and Field into a tie for fourth place after Friday's second day of the three-day 2022 Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Raddatz, freshman Jack Rosner, and freshman Sam May placed 1-3-8 in the decathlon to contribute 17 points for the Purple. The final five events of that 10-event decathlon were wrapped up Friday afternoon and evening.
The second seed, Raddatz recorded a career-best 6,855 score, a total which ranks him in the top 70 across the nation. It's also the third-best decathlon score in St. Thomas history and best over the last 26 seasons.
Rosner's score was 6,626 -- the fifth best in program history and tops all-time by a Tommie freshman. It's also the 12th best freshman decathlon score nationally in D-I thus far in 2022.
May tallied 6,141. Cameron Schulz placed 11th in 5,820. All four Toms hit career bests.
Freshman Gary Afram and Raddatz added four team points as they placed 6-8 in the long jump. Afram matched his college best at 22-10. Raddatz leaped 22-6 1-4.
Afram also ran the second-fastest 100-meter time in program history in the prelims as he clocked 10.52 to advance to Saturday's finals. Roman Cress set the Tommie 100 dash record in 2000 with a 10.49 clocking.
Team Race
Seven of 21 men's events have been decided on Thursday and Friday -- the decathlon, hammer, javelin, discus, long jump, steeplechase and 10,000 meters.
With 14 events to go for men on Saturday, North Dakota State has a commanding team lead with 105 points. South Dakota State (58), South Dakota (47), St. Thomas and North Dakota (27), Oral Roberts (6) and Western Illinois (3) round out the team scores.
In Thursday's decathlon events, Raddatz hit a career-best 23-6 1-4 to win the long jump. Friday he added career-best marks in the javelin (175-1), discus (133-0) 1,500 (4:53.99), 110 hurdles (15.55) and pole vault (12-9 1-2). The 175-1 javelin toss was the fifth-best mark in program history
In 2021 as a freshman competing in the MIAC Championships, Raddatz placed seventh in the decathlon and tallied 5,761 points. In February at the Summit indoor meet, Raddatz placed sixth in the seven-event heptathlon.
Rosner, the Summit indoor runner-up in the heptathlon, had career bests in all five Thursday events. On Friday he also posted personal bests in the decathlon 110 hurdles (14.95), javelin (135-7), discus (95-2) and 1,500 (4:36.71).
Other Friday Highlights
Afram (100 dash), Carter Maack (sixth prelims, 110 hurdles, 14.61) and Max Gifford (7th, prelims, 800, 1:52.36) all moved on to Saturday's finals with strong performance in their prelim heats.
Other Tommie men's athletes on Friday included:
The Prior Lake, Minn., native competed in 12 events over two days and chipped in 11 team points to lead Tommie Men's Track and Field into a tie for fourth place after Friday's second day of the three-day 2022 Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Raddatz, freshman Jack Rosner, and freshman Sam May placed 1-3-8 in the decathlon to contribute 17 points for the Purple. The final five events of that 10-event decathlon were wrapped up Friday afternoon and evening.
The second seed, Raddatz recorded a career-best 6,855 score, a total which ranks him in the top 70 across the nation. It's also the third-best decathlon score in St. Thomas history and best over the last 26 seasons.
Rosner's score was 6,626 -- the fifth best in program history and tops all-time by a Tommie freshman. It's also the 12th best freshman decathlon score nationally in D-I thus far in 2022.
May tallied 6,141. Cameron Schulz placed 11th in 5,820. All four Toms hit career bests.
Freshman Gary Afram and Raddatz added four team points as they placed 6-8 in the long jump. Afram matched his college best at 22-10. Raddatz leaped 22-6 1-4.
Afram also ran the second-fastest 100-meter time in program history in the prelims as he clocked 10.52 to advance to Saturday's finals. Roman Cress set the Tommie 100 dash record in 2000 with a 10.49 clocking.
Team Race
Seven of 21 men's events have been decided on Thursday and Friday -- the decathlon, hammer, javelin, discus, long jump, steeplechase and 10,000 meters.
With 14 events to go for men on Saturday, North Dakota State has a commanding team lead with 105 points. South Dakota State (58), South Dakota (47), St. Thomas and North Dakota (27), Oral Roberts (6) and Western Illinois (3) round out the team scores.
In Thursday's decathlon events, Raddatz hit a career-best 23-6 1-4 to win the long jump. Friday he added career-best marks in the javelin (175-1), discus (133-0) 1,500 (4:53.99), 110 hurdles (15.55) and pole vault (12-9 1-2). The 175-1 javelin toss was the fifth-best mark in program history
In 2021 as a freshman competing in the MIAC Championships, Raddatz placed seventh in the decathlon and tallied 5,761 points. In February at the Summit indoor meet, Raddatz placed sixth in the seven-event heptathlon.
Rosner, the Summit indoor runner-up in the heptathlon, had career bests in all five Thursday events. On Friday he also posted personal bests in the decathlon 110 hurdles (14.95), javelin (135-7), discus (95-2) and 1,500 (4:36.71).
Other Friday Highlights
Afram (100 dash), Carter Maack (sixth prelims, 110 hurdles, 14.61) and Max Gifford (7th, prelims, 800, 1:52.36) all moved on to Saturday's finals with strong performance in their prelim heats.
Other Tommie men's athletes on Friday included:
- Colton Halla took ninth in the steeplechase (9:34.64).
- Erik Anderson (14.67) and Sam Duffing (15.96) finished ninth and 12th in the 110 hurdles prelims
- Eric Douville (10.89) and Alex Martzahl (11.08) finished 12-14 in the 100 dash prelims
- John Morrison finished 12th in the 800 prelims (1:53.99)
- Sam Duffing finished 10th in the 400 hurdles prelims (58.45)
- Mason Thedens (51.36) and Calvin Bream (51.40) finished 12-13 in the 400 dash prelims
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