MILWAUKEE, WIS. – The Concordia University Chicago Track and Field team tackled the first outdoor meet of the season on a chilly day in Wisconsin as they headed up to Milwaukee to compete in the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite, placing 5^th out of 13 teams. Despite falling into the middle of the pack as a team, multiple Cougars found tremendous success individually adding to a large docket of personal records to their season tallies.
 
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• Henry Jones IV (Atlanta, Ga.) placed second in the 100 with a time of 11.23.
• Austin Knight (Forest Park, Ill.) placed third in the 200 meters with a time of 22.87.
• Jayden Taylor (Southfield, Mich.) placed third in the long jump with a mark of 6.17 meters.
• Matthew Cardwell (Cincinnati, Ohio) placed first in the triple jump with a mark of 12.39 meters.

 
COUGAR PERSONAL RECORDS
A dozen Cougars picked up new personal records on the day, adding to the infamous "PR Board".

• John Cano (North Riverside, Ill.) – 12.41 in the 100 meters
• Cardwell – 24.83 meters in the javelin throw
• Miguel Sanchez (San Antonio, Texas) – 2:01.87 in the 800 meters
• Adrian Mendez (Plano, Ill.) – 26.98 meters in the javelin throw
• Gael Arroyo (Cicero, Ill.) – 4:39.10 in the 1500
• Gustav Strenge (Battle Creek, Mich.) – 4:49.46 in the 1500
• Kameron Jackson (Chicago, Ill.) – 5:17.60 in the 1500
• Alfredo Jaramillo-Ruiz (Lyons, Ill.) – 5:52.94 in the 1500
• William Leonard (Oskaloosa, Iowa) – 17:30.56 in the 5000
• Taylor– 6.17 meters in the long jump
• CJ Morris (Douglasville, Ga.) – 10.72 meters in the shot put
• Travon Thomas (Wauchula, Fla.) – 8.85 meters in the shot put

 
The Cougars will be back in action on April 5^th as they head to Elmhurst, Ill. to compete in the Elmhurst Invite. Coverage and updates can be found at cucougars.com.