DUBUQUE, Iowa—Sitting in first place after Day 2 of the American Rivers Conference Championship, the Wartburg Knights Men's Track and Field squad has claimed three crowns and broke three conference records
 
Men's Recap-Finals

• Joe Freiburger defended his title in the 10K and broke the conference record in the event by five seconds. Freiburger ran a 30:20.66 in the event, to lead all runners.
• Christopher Collet and Connor Lancial broke the conference record and went 1-2 in the 3000-meter Steeplechase. Collet ran a 9:09.51 for the conference title, while Lancial clocked in at 9:11.51, breaking the record by less than a second (previous record was 9:12.94).
• Records kept breaking for the Knights as the 4x800 relay squad of Wyatt Schmidt, Dalton Martin, Matt Heinzman, and Frosty Lorimer took top honors with a time of 7:33.43. The previous record was 7:35.62.
• Jay Mixdorf took runner-up honors in the 10K, timing in at 30:39.82. Morgan Shirley-Fairbairn and Drew Hoffman placed inside the top-8 for the Knights in the 10K, racing a 30:49.01 and 31:55.22 for the Knights.
• Deyton Love took runner-up honors in the long jump, recording a mark of 7.18m.
• Mason Lobeck and Graeson Trevino finished inside the top-5 in the shot put with marks of 15.12m and 15.04m.
• Trent Allard tied for seventh place in the high jump, recording a jump of 1.87m.
• Adam Teare finished inside the top-8 in the discus, throwing a 43.11m in the event.
• In the decathlon, Dalton Closson finished in sixth place, scoring 5597 points. Nathan MacDonald had a top-10 finish, scoring 4898 points.

Men's Recap-Preliminaries

• Dallas Wright was one of four individuals to break the facility record in the 200-meter preliminary, timing in at 21.31. The facility record was set at 21.46. Riley Nolan qualified for the finals in the 200-meter dash, timing in at 21.65.
• Love ran the fastest time in the 110 hurdles, clocking in at 14.50.
• Wright had the fast time in the 400-meter dash, timing in at 48.21.
• Nolan advanced to the finals in the 100-meter dash, running a 10.76 in the event.
• Schmidt clocked in at 1:52.63 in the 800-meter run to advance to the finals.
• Love and Will Krapfl claimed spots in the finals of the 400-meter hurdles. Love clocked in at 55.38, while Krapfl timed in at 56.62. 

Fans can follow live results throughout the weekend. The live stream will cover track events with footage brought in from throwing events, starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
 
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