Both 100-meter records broken by Blaskowski and Kwafo, in addition to Wisconsin-La Crosse and Loras achieving 4×100 relay all-time marks and Mount Union men taking down 4×400 standard; Traore (men’s 200), Patzka (men’s 3,000 steeplechase) and Kadiri (women’s triple jump) also produce memorable performances
By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor
Ryan Wilson already boasts multiple NCAA Division 3 records, but even though he wasn’t part of the group of eight all-time division marks achieved in Rochester, N.Y., his two titles were big factors in Massachusetts Institute of Technology capturing the first men’s outdoor team title in program history.
Despite five victories from Loras, including a sweep of the 5,000- and 10,000-meter crowns by Kassie Parker, the Duhawks weren’t able to capture a fourth consecutive women’s championship, as Wisconsin-La Crosse triumphed for the first time since 2015 at St. John Fisher’s Polisseni Track and Field Complex.
MIT relied on Wilson winning the men’s 800 and 1,500 in 1:48.17 and 3:45.18, respectively, in addition to Enoch Ellis prevailing in the 110 hurdles, to accumulate 60.5 points, knocking off 15-time champion Wisconsin-La Crosse, which was second with 49 points.
John Carroll, led by Alex Phillip doubling in the 5,000 and 10,000, and Rowan tied for third with 39 points apiece.
Wisconsin-La Crosse only produced one individual women’s winner in Skye Digman in the shot put, but the Eagles scored in 14 events to amass 67.5 points.
Loras swept the 4×100 and 4×400 relays, in addition to Grace Alley winning the heptathlon in support of Parker’s distance sweep to produce 58 points.
Washington (Missouri) was third with 51 points and MIT finished fourth with 37 points.
Sam Blaskowski contributed to a pair of Division 3 records for Wisconsin-La Crosse, running a wind-legal 10.13 seconds in the 100-meter dash final, in addition to teaming with Ryder Smith, Spencer Reichart and Luke Schroeder to clock 39.86 in the 4×100 relay prelims, before capturing the title in 39.96.
Blaskowski improved on his own record-setting effort of 10.16 from May 18 at the Wisconsin-La Crosse qualifier, edging Cheickna Traore of Ramapo in 10.18.
The Eagles eclipsed the 2006 standard of 39.95 achieved by New Jersey City, which was the only sub-40 performance in division history until Wisconsin-La Crosse achieved the feat twice in a three-day span in New York.
Traore earned bragging rights against Blaskowski in the 200, emerging…
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