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The Lorian

March 5, 2015

Flock of Duhawks earn All-Conference honors

Track and field teams finish 4th at
Iowa Conference Meet in Waverly
by Matthew Marter | sportswriter

Despite fighting injuries in this indoor season, the Duhawks competed strongly in the Iowa Conference meet at
Wartburg College this weekend. The mens and womens
teams finished in fourth place as a whole, earning 91 points
and 93 points respectively.
Still, the Duhawks couldnt help but cheer when the final
event, the mens 4x400-meter relay was over, and they won
the race! Leading off the relay was Junior Stedman Foster.
After holding the Duhawks in fourth place during his leg,
Foster handed it off to sophomore Brandon Gradoville, who
held the team in fourth. Gradoville passed the baton to Senior Zac Gassman who proceeded to run the fastest leg of
the relay at a 49.466. Gassman launched the Duhawks into
second place with his performance and gave the baton to the
final leg, Junior Zach Frey. He ended up passing Wartburg
Colleges Daniel Bonthius, who suffered an injury in the first
50 meters of his 400. With that, Frey took the lead with Buena Vistas Brenna Dostal right on his tail. Frey moved with
around 200 meters to go leaving Buena Vista in the dust and
bringing the Duhawks in for the win with a time of 3:22.84.
He had a few comments on the 4x400-relay.
The 4x4 was an electric race, he said. The Duhawks
cheer crew exploded as they saw Frey take the lead. The
crowd was phenomenal, and I could really feel the energy
and adrenaline course through me as I ran. It was a great
feeling to share the relay championship with my teammates.
Frey also competed in the 800-meter run at Conference.
There, he placed second and earned All-Conference honors
along with several of his other teammates. He ran another
indoor personal record of 1:53.60. With Nationals only two
weeks away, Frey understands the importance of every step
he makes on the track. Right now, Im right on the bubble of
making it to Nationals, so the last chance meet will be critical. [The 800 this weekend] was a great test, but ultimately
I came up short of my goal of winning. But hes not giving
up yet. I know I still have more in the tank and will go faster
this week at the last chance [meet].
There were a number of athletes on the mens track team
that earned All-Conference honors for their event. To earn

All-Conference, one must place within the top three of his

or her event. Among them, senior Kyle Ward set a lifetime
personal record in the 60 meter dash at 7.01 seconds earning a second place finish. The 4x200-meter relay consisting of Gassman, Gradoville, Foster and Ward ran a time
of 1:31.11, which is the fastest this season, finishing third
place. The 4x800-meter relay finished second in the event
running a time of 8:03.24. This team was made up of sophomore OBrien Nugent, sophomore Nathan Kimbrell, sophomore Tim Wittman, and junior Matthew Marter. In the
field events, junior Devan Kennedy earned third place in
pole vault with a height of 4.24 meters, and senior Nathan
Maiers placed third in the weight throw with a mark of 16.65.
On the womens side, sophomore Elizabeth Brandenburg
dominated in her events. She took first place in the pole vault
clearing a height of 3.66 meters, a personal record for her.
She placed second in the 60-meter hurdles running a time
of 8.98 seconds in her preliminary heat, then she dropped
to 8.89 seconds in the finals. She also earned All-Conference
in the 4x200-meter relay along with Junior Bree Powers,
sophomore Alexis Hanson, and first-year Alyssa Simon. Junior Maggie Saenz-Ruiz, running her first race of indoors
this year due to an injury that carried over from her cross
country season, took third place in the 5,000 meter run with
a time of 18:37.53.
On the field, senior Shay Coleman placed second overall
in triple jump with a jump of 10.91 meters. Senior Morgan
Steere also took second place in the shot put with a throw
of 13.00 meters.
A few Duhawks will be competing in last chance meets
to qualify for Nationals. These include Zach Frey, Elizabeth
Brandenburg, and Morgan Steere.

The 4x4 was an electric race. The crowd

was phenomenal, and I could really feel the
energy and adrenaline course through me
as I ran. It was a great feeling to share the
relay championship with my teammates.

Zach Frey,

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Junior runner

Iowa Conference Indoor Championship

Men

Team scores 1. Central 176. 1. Wartburg 176.

3. Dubuque 131. 4. Loras 91. 5. Coe 63. 6. Luther 44.
7. Buena Vista 32. 8. Simpson 27.

Top 5 finishers
Name.....................................Event Place Finish
Kyle Ward............................................. 60 dash
Zac Gassman.......................................200 dash
Stedman Foster...................................400 dash
Zach Frey..............................................800 run
Steve Loran.........................................5000 run
Gassman, Gradoville,
Ward, Foster...................................4x200 relay
Foster, Gradoville,
Gassman, Frey................................4x400 relay
Nugent, Marter,
Kimbrell, Wittman......................... 4x800 relay
Marter, Lally,
Wittman, Sevcik...................... Distance medley
Devan Kennedy.................................. Pole vault
Nathan Maiers.............................Weight throw
Devan Kennedy............................... Heptathlon

2nd
5th
5th
2nd
5th

7.01
22.86
50.80
1:53.60
15:18.58

3rd

1:31.11

1st

3:22.84

2nd

8:03.24

4th 10:34.52
3rd
4.24m
3rd
16.65m
5th
4273

Women

Team scores 1. Wartburg 220. 2. Central College 153. 3.

Dubuque 98. 4. Loras 93. 5. Luther 86.5. 6. Coe 34.
7. Simpson 30.5. 8. Buena Vista 25.

Top 5 finishers
Name................................... Event Place Finish
Maggie Saenz-Ruiz...........................5000 run
Elizabeth Brandenburg........................... 60 hurdles
Powers, Hanson,
Brandenburg, Simon............................4x200 relay
Hanson, Ney,
Hasson, Powers.....................................4x400 relay
Brokaw, Kennedy
Sotelo, Hilby...........................................4x800 relay
Hilby, Kennedy,
Schoel, Brokaw..............................Distance medley
Elizabeth Brandenburg.............................Pole vault
Amy Gladis.................................................Pole vault
Amelia Acompanado..............................Long jump
Chalea Coleman..................................... Triple jump
Morgan Steere.............................................. Shot put
Morgan Steere.....................................Weight throw

3rd
2nd

18:37.53
8.89

3rd

1:45.61

4th

4:08.39

5th

10:07.35

5th
1st
5th
4th
2nd
2nd
4th

13:06.04
3.66m
3.11m
5.15m
10.91m
13.00m
15.37m

baseball

Duhawks picked to finish 3rd

Loras looks to its youth after
graduating 10 seniors in 2014
by Katie Truesdale | sportswriter

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With a season-ending loss to the Central Dutch,

the Duhawks ended their 2014 season with a record
of 19-23 at fourth in the Iowa Conference.
the Duhawks will return to the diamond for the
2015 season in Auburndale, Florida on March 5 to
compete in the RussMatt Central Florida invitational. The invitational starts off the Duhawks with a
double header against Saint Marys University on
opening day, then leads to four games over the next
four days against MSOE, Beloit, Waynesburg and
Wheaton.
The Iowa Conference preseason ranking have the
Duhawks predicted to take 3rd in the conference this
season, behind Buena Vista and Wartburg.
Iowa Conference play is scheduled to get underway on March 20 and 21st with back-to-back double
headers against the Simpson Storm. The Duhawks
finished 1-3 against the Storm last season.
Despite the loss of ten seniors, the Duhawks
have many strong returners to fill their shoes. All
eyes are on senior Will Petrosky, who will headline
as the Duhawks starting pitcher for the 2015 season. The Duhawks have a total of eight pitchers on
the roster including senior Adam Schwoebel and
junior Patrick Walsh, who will be included in the
rotation.
We lost a lot of great players last year, said
head coach Carl Tebon. With that being said were
returning both a lot of great position players along

with some great pitching. With every new year,

we have to start playing games and see where we
stand. Im looking forward to watching this team
develop as the year progresses. We started practice
Feb. 1 and have been working hard in the Graber
facility. We are looking forward to getting outside
this week.

2014 baseball season statistics

Batting
Player................ G h rbi hr slg% ob% avg
Patrick Walsh..........41 53 29 1 .423 .400 .356
Spence Bonner....... 28 30 6 0 .352 .402 .330
Niko Andriotis*...... 36 30 19 1 .413 .383 .288
Eric DeSousa*........ 39 33 17 3 .385 .348 .282
Nick Battalini*....... 32 28 18 1 .408 .339 .272
Mike Pudlo*........... 42 42 22 1 .381 .352 .271
Anthony Flattery.....15 10 2 0 .270 .356 .270
Alex Rodriguez*......41 32 15 1 .361 .311 .269
Mark Jablonski*.... 35 30 15 1 .328 .272 .234
Tony Heiser........... 23 14 7 0 .300 .303 .233
Cole Reeg................17 11 5 1 .347 .264 .224
Danny Fahlgren..... 39 25 15 1 .281 .316 .219
Totals.....................42 351 182 13 .358 .339 .269

Pitching
Player........... app-gs ip
Jake Norton*......... 10-8 45.2
Patrick Walsh...........9-8 46.2
Jeremy Gerardy..... 16-2 34.1
Miles Canady*.........11-2 31.2
Matt Kass............... 10-2 22.2
Adam Schwoebel... 13-8 53.1
Will Petrosky.........13-10 52.0
Kody Massner..........8-2 15.2

w-l bb so avg era

2-4 7 31 .325 2.37
4-4 14 34 .297 4.04
2-3 20 32 .307 4.98
2-2 13 16 .302 5.12
2-0 7 15 .337 5.16
3-4 17 41 .322 5.23
3-6 28 55 .262 5.54
1-0 9 8 .392 9.20

Totals..................... 42 326.0 19-23 133 241 .312 5.02

(*Player graduated)

sports calendar
Thursday, March 5th

Friday, March 6th

n Baseball vs. St.

n Softball vs. St.

Catherines (DH) in
Minneapolis, 1:30 p.m.

Marys (MN) (DH) in

Auburndale, FL, 11:30
a.m.

n Baseball vs. MSOE in

Auburndale, FL, 1:30 p.m.
n Mens tennis at UWEau Claire, 6 p.m.
n Mens volleyball at
IPFW, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 7th

n Softball vs. Crown

(DH) in Minneapolis,
1:30 p.m.
n Baseball vs.
Beloit in Auburndale,
FL, 3 p.m.

Sunday, March 8th

n Baseball vs.

Waynesburg in
Auburndale, FL, noon.

Monday, March 9th

n Baseball vs.

Wheaton in
Auburndale, FL, 8:30
a.m.

Tuesday, March 10th

Wednesday, March 11th

n No events

n Mens volleyball
at Benedictine,
7 p.m.

scheduled.