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Day 1 Recap
 
GRINNELL, Iowa – The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's track and field team matched its best finish in program history Saturday, placing as the national runner-up at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Grinnell College.
 
The Warhawks earned 49 points – their most ever at any national meet – and captured four individual NCAA titles, two more than at any other national championship in program history. UW-Whitewater's national second-place finish matched its best in program history (2004).
 
Sophomore Robert Starnes (Green Bay, Wis./Preble) captured his second championship of the meet, winning the high jump with a school record tying leap of 7-00.25 (2.14 meters). He claimed the long jump title Friday.
 
Sophomore Parker Witt (Appleton, Wis./North) picked up the 200-meter dash title with a school record time of 21.76. Earlier Saturday, he earned All-America accolades with a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter dash (6.88).
 
Sophomore Theron Baumann (Monona Grove, Wis./Monona Grove) out-threw a pair of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes en route to the shot put title, breaking his own school record with a mark of 58-03.00 (17.75 meters).
 
Starnes captivated the crowd in the third national championship performance of his career, posting the winning jump – a facility record – on his second attempt. The now five-time All-American tried at a height of 7-03.75 (2.23 meters), but was unsuccessful in his attempt to break the NCAA Indoor Championship meet record.
 
Witt outran UW-La Crosse's Ernest Winters to the finish line in the 200 to give UW-Whitewater 10 more points. His result was also a facility record.
 
Baumann trailed conference rivals Alex Mess (UW-Eau Claire) and Zachary Baehman (UW-Oshkosh) heading into his second throw of the final round. His toss bested his own school record. Baumann is now a three-time All-American in the shot put.
 
Competing in his first NCAA meet, sophomore Cameron MaGee (Richland Center, Wis./Ithaca) tied for 10th in the high jump with a 6-06.25 (1.99 meters).
 
On Friday, junior Levi Perry (East Moline, Ill./United Township) and senior Zach Stockheimer (Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago) placed sixth and seventh, respectively, in the weight throw to earn All-America status.
 
UW-Eau Claire won the national championship with a total of 53 points.