NAPERVILLE, Ill. – The Concordia University Chicago (CUC) men's track & field team had an impressive day competing at the Chicagoland Indoor Championships, hosted by North Central College (NCC). The team broke a school record, stacked up personal records, and recorded multiple top-tier performances.
Notable Performances
The DMR team consisting of
Nathaniel Hernandez (Harwood Heights, Ill.),
Jamel Goins (Columbus, Ohio),
Donovan Depakakibo (Norridge, Ill.), and
Gael Arroyo (Cicero, Ill.) took bronze with a school-record time of 10:52.86. The previous record was 10:54.72, set in 2003.
The 4x400m relay team consisting of
Vincent Scarnato (Pottstown, Pa.),
Kamren Hannah (El Paso, Texas),
Austin Knight (Forest Park, Ill.), and Goins took silver with a time of 3:27.99.
Korey Randle (East Moline, Ill.) finished fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 13.62m while
Jonah Winkelman (Plano, Ill.) finished seventh with a personal best leap of 12.46m.
Winkelman set another personal record in the high jump with a mark of 1.64m to place sixth.
Randle secured eighth in the long jump with a personal best leap of 6.69m.
Cougar Personal Records
Hernandez set a personal record of 2:06.60 in the 800m.
In the mile,
Cosby Lux (Landgrove, Vt.),
Kam Jackson (Chicago, Ill.), and
Rodolfo Hill (Melrose Park, Ill.) recorded personal best times of 5:03.03, 5:07.74, and 7:03.98, respectively.
Nathaniel Boksa ran a 16:45.13 and
William Leonard (Oskaloosa, Iowa) ran a 17:14.17 in the 5000m to set personal records.
Julius Davis (Benton Harbor, Mich.) threw 10.73m in the shot put for a personal best.
What's Next
The Cougars' next meet will be the Margaret Bradley Invitational, hosted by University of Chicago, on Saturday, February 21. Coverage for all things CUC track and field can be found at
cucougars.com/coverage.
