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Game Recap: Men's Track and Field |

Rose-Hulman Wins Four Events against D-I Foes at Eastern Illinois

CHARLESTON, Ill. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology brought home four event victories against primarily NCAA Division I opposition to highlight a strong performance in an abbreviated meet due to weather at Eastern Illinois University on Friday and Saturday.

Rose-Hulman brought home two first-place finishes in men's field events; one in women's field events; and one in men's track events.

Nick Palmer claimed first place in the pole vault (15' 1"), while Jonah Yates added a first-place in the discus (136' 8") to lead field event performances.

Dara Smith came home first in the women's high jump with a leap of 5' 5", and Kevin Wuest won the men's 10,000-meter run with a time of 33:12.46.

Cameron Prisby added a second-place finish with a pole vault mark of 14' 1 1/4", while Ben Gothard came home scond in the 10,000-meters (33:46.47).

Third-place finishers included Eric Fiacable in the hammer (187' 0"), Trey Sykes in the triple jump (46' 9 1/2") and Kennedy Schnieders in the men's 10,000-meters (34:17.19).

Fourth-place Fightin' Engineer finishers included Mikey Holtz in the pole vault (13' 1 1/2"); Jacob Sparks in the discus (131' 7"); and Sean Sullivan in the 10,000-meters (34:24.67).

Rounding out the top-five finishers on the weekend were Fiacable in the shot put (47' 7 1/4") and Cassie Utley in the women's javelin (88' 2").

Matthew Stevenot added the third-best 5,000-meter run in school history.  Stevenot completed the race in a time of 14:57.23.

Rose-Hulman will compete at the DePauw Invitational next weekend.

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Players Mentioned

Eric Fiacable

Eric Fiacable

Throws
Senior
Ben Gothard

Ben Gothard

Distance
Sophomore
Mikey Holtz

Mikey Holtz

Pole Vault
Sophomore
Nick Palmer

Nick Palmer

Pole Vault
Senior
Cameron Prisby

Cameron Prisby

Pole Vault
Junior
Kennedy Schnieders

Kennedy Schnieders

Distance
Senior
Dara Smith

Dara Smith

High Jump/Sprints
Freshman
Jacob Sparks

Jacob Sparks

Throws
Junior
Matthew Stevenot

Matthew Stevenot

Distance
Junior
Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan

Distance
Senior

Players Mentioned

Eric Fiacable

Eric Fiacable

Senior
Throws
Ben Gothard

Ben Gothard

Sophomore
Distance
Mikey Holtz

Mikey Holtz

Sophomore
Pole Vault
Nick Palmer

Nick Palmer

Senior
Pole Vault
Cameron Prisby

Cameron Prisby

Junior
Pole Vault
Kennedy Schnieders

Kennedy Schnieders

Senior
Distance
Dara Smith

Dara Smith

Freshman
High Jump/Sprints
Jacob Sparks

Jacob Sparks

Junior
Throws
Matthew Stevenot

Matthew Stevenot

Junior
Distance
Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan

Senior
Distance