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After competing at final qualifier meets last weekend, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's track and field team stays at the No. 10 spot in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III Outdoor National Rankings.
Seven individuals and one relay team qualified to compete in events at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships.
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Junior
Zach Jasinski (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) enters the weekend holding the No. 1 spot in the Division III pole vault with a new career-best height of 17-02.75 (5.25m). Junior
Adam Schommer (Freedom, Wis./Freedom) will be joining Jasinski in the pole vault. Schommer is ranked 16th after a mark of 15-10.00 (4.83m) at the NCAA Final Qualifier meet at UW-La Crosse.
In the high jump, sophomore
Quinn Halversen (Rockford, Ill./Christian) will make his first NCAA Championships appearance ranked ninth with a height of 6-09.50 (2.07m). Senior
Dylan Ferger (Beloit, Wis./Beloit Turner) will also compete as he holds the No. 12 spot with a mark of 6-09.50 (2.06m).
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Rounding out the field events is junior
Landon Zimmerman (New Glarus, Wis./New Glarus) in the shot put. He owns a mark of 52-09.50 (16.09m), good for the No. 23 spot and the 20th-best mark among competitors at the national meet.
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On the track, junior
Alex Duff (Oregon, Wis./Oregon) will be competing in both hurdle races. He holds the No. 2 spot in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.27. In the 400-meter hurdles, he is ranked 14th after clocking in a 53.30.
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Sophomore
David Fassbender (Slinger, Wis./Slinger) will compete in the 10,000-meter run as he owns a time of 30:32.40, good for the No. 18 spot.
The Warhawks' 4x100-meter relay team of freshman
Victor Rinaldi (Medford, Wis./Medford), sophomore
Dwayne Ford (Racine, Wis./Case), junior
Jake Schneider (Plymouth, Wis./Plymouth) and sophomore
Tyreik Thomas (Racine, Wis./Case) qualified seventh in the race with a season-best time of 40.93.
UW-Whitewater is set to begin competition at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. Central Time
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