ALLENDALE, Mich.-- Two first-place finishes highlighted the performance of the Trine men's track and field team in the Al Owens Classic, hosted by Grand Valley State University.
Patrick Richardville (Leo, Ind./Leo) won the 100-meter dash, while Tyler Bourdo (Plainwell, Mich./Delton-Kellogg) won the 200-meter dash to notch the first-place finishes for the Thunder. Trine performers earned three other top-five finishes. The Thunder placed fourth overall in the meet with 43.33 points. The event included performers across all NCAA divisions as well as NAIA and junior college competitors.
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Richardville set a personal-best on his way to a 10.82 second performance in the 100-meter dash. The freshman picked up his first collegiate win in the event.
Bourdo ran a season-best and nearly a school-record time of 47.92 seconds to win the 400-meter dash. The senior's time is fourth-best in the nation in Division III, based on results submitted to TFRRS at the time of writing.
Bourdo and Richardville combined with John Daniel (Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll) and John Harris-Scott (Wesley Chapel, Fla./Wiregrass Ranch) for a second-place finish in the 4-x-100-relay. The quartet of runners ran a time of 41.76 seconds, which ranks 10th in the nation.
Jacob Leopold (Ottawa, Ohio/Ottawa-Glandorf), Bourdo, Christian Hill (Granger, Ind./Penn) and Luke Fimreite (McCordsville, Ind./Mount Vernon) combined to place fourth in the 4-x-400-relay. The team ran a time of 3:19.87, second-best among Division-III teams in the meet.
Dakota Bagwell (Kokomo, Ind./Western) set a new personal-best on his way to a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw. Bagwell was the best Division-III performer in the event, with a throw of 174 feet, 11 inches.
Logan Lindsley (Battle Creek, Mich./Quincy) and Justin Dostal (Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian) finished sixth and seventh in the long jump. Lindsley set a PR with a distance of 20 feet, 11.75 inches. Dostal's jump was just one inch shorter. Lindsey also set a personal-best in the triple jump.
Daniel was Trine's final performer to earn points in the team standings as he tied for eighth in the pole vault. Daniel cleared a height of 14 feet, 6.25 inches.
Other notable personal-bests on the track included James Gregory (Warsaw, Ind./Tippecanoe Valley) setting a season-best in the 400-meter hurdles by over two seconds and Cody Mart (Channahon, Ill./Minooka Community) setting a new PR by 28 seconds in the 3000-meter steeplechase.
Sam Gilly (St. Joseph, Ill./St. Joseph-Ogden), Tyler Niehoff (Wheatfield, Ind./Kankakee Valley) and Brendan Haile (Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard) each set new personal-bests in the discus.
Trine will compete in the Hillsdale Wide Track Classic, April 24-25 at Hillsdale College.