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Track & Field at Heenan Invite
Hanna Holmes, CUC Athletic Communications

Men's Track and Field Cori Welch, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Relay Teams Shine at Chicagoland Championships

NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The Concordia University Chicago men's track & field team competed at the Chicagoland Indoor Championship, hosted by North Central College, where there were multiple top 10 finishes and PR's.

Notable Performances
  • In the Distance Medley Relay, Donovan Depakakibo (Norridge, Ill.), William Leonard (Oskaloosa, Iowa), Adrian Mendez (Plano, Ill.), and Nathaniel Boksa, teamed up to finished third with a time of 12:00.4.
  • Austin Knight (Forest Park, Ill.), Vincent Scarnato (Pottstown, Pa.), Jamel Goins (Columbus, Ohio), and Miguel Sanchez (San Antonio, Texas) teamed up together in the 4x400m relay to finish second with a time of 3:25.76.
  • Sanchez took fifth in the 400m with a time of 51.09.
  • In the pole vault, Dayton Merli (Union Mills, Ind.) and Scarnato took fourth and seventh respectively, with marks of 3.53m and 2.48m.
  • Three Cougars finished in the top 10 of the high jump. Darius Strother (Joliet, Ill.) took second (1.73m), Matthew Cardwell (Cincinnati, Ohio) took eighth (1.53m), and Scarnato finished ninth (1.48m).
  • In the open flight of the high jump, Knight tied his personal best of 1.88m to take fifth.

Personal Records
Cardwell set a new personal best of 9.81 in the 60m hurdles.
In the 800m, Depakakibo ran a personal best time of 2:06.54.
In the field, Wykhir Jones set a new personal record of 10.97m in the shot put.

The Cougars' next meet will be Saturday, February 22, where they head back to the University of Chicago for the Margaret Bradley Invite. Coverage can be found at cucougars.com.
 
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Players Mentioned

Matthew Cardwell

Matthew Cardwell

Multi
6' 0"
Junior
Donovan Depakakibo

Donovan Depakakibo

Distance
5' 10"
Sophomore
Austin Knight

Austin Knight

Sprints
6' 0"
Junior
William  Leonard

William Leonard

Distance
5' 11"
Junior
Adrian Mendez

Adrian Mendez

Distance
6' 1"
Senior
Miguel Sanchez

Miguel Sanchez

Distance
6' 0"
Sophomore
Vincent Scarnato

Vincent Scarnato

Multi
5' 9"
Junior
Darius Strother

Darius Strother

Jumps
5' 9"
Freshman
Jamel Goins

Jamel Goins

Hurdles
5' 9"
Freshman
Dayton Merli

Dayton Merli

Vault
5' 10"
Freshman
Nathaniel Boksa

Nathaniel Boksa

Distance
Freshman
Wykhir Jones

Wykhir Jones

Throws
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Matthew Cardwell

Matthew Cardwell

6' 0"
Junior
Multi
Donovan Depakakibo

Donovan Depakakibo

5' 10"
Sophomore
Distance
Austin Knight

Austin Knight

6' 0"
Junior
Sprints
William  Leonard

William Leonard

5' 11"
Junior
Distance
Adrian Mendez

Adrian Mendez

6' 1"
Senior
Distance
Miguel Sanchez

Miguel Sanchez

6' 0"
Sophomore
Distance
Vincent Scarnato

Vincent Scarnato

5' 9"
Junior
Multi
Darius Strother

Darius Strother

5' 9"
Freshman
Jumps
Jamel Goins

Jamel Goins

5' 9"
Freshman
Hurdles
Dayton Merli

Dayton Merli

5' 10"
Freshman
Vault
Nathaniel Boksa

Nathaniel Boksa

Freshman
Distance
Wykhir Jones

Wykhir Jones

Freshman
Throws