Seniors Dylan Kneifl and Gabe Peitz earned event wins for the Wayne State College men's track and field team Friday evening at the Concordia Indoor Invitational held at Bulldog Fieldhouse in Seward.  Teams competing at the meet were host Concordia, Bellevue, Benedictine (Kan.), Doane, Hastings and Wayne State.
            Kneifl, a senior from Pilger (Wisner-Pilger HS), captured another first-place finish in the high jump clearing 6' 7 ¼" with teammate Elliott Nottlemann second at 6' 3 ½" and Alex Brandt tied for fourth clearing 6' 1 ½". 
            The other first-place finish came from Peitz, a senior from Wakefield, in the 800-meter run in a time of 1:57.08.  Junior Quentin Dreyer followed in second at 1:58.74 and Andrew Wyllie was fourth at 2:00.17.  Dreyer also posted a third place finish in the 1,000-meter run at 2:34.24 with Peitz taking fifth in 2:39.43. 
            Sophomore Keaton Wattier collected a second-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles finals at 8.21 seconds.
            In the long jump, Pierce junior Logan Moeller took second at 23' 3 ½" with Cody Rogers fourth (21' 10 ¾") and Ty Dingman sixth at 21' 5 ½". 
            Another second place finish came from sophomore Daylin Mallory in the shot put at 52' 3 ¾" with Daniel Elge close behind in third at 52' 2 ½". 
            The 3,000-meter run saw senior Titus Kiptoo finish third at 9:08.97 with junior Brandon Mitzel sixth at 9:17.91. 
            In the 60-meter dash finals, freshman Ty Dingman finished sixth in 7.12 seconds with Wyatt Nissen eighth at 7.18 seconds.  Nissen also finished fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.87 seconds.
            Freshman Austin Madsen earned a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter dash in 52.76 seconds.
            The Wildcat 4 x 400-meter relay team of Nissen, Mitchell Rudie, Wyllie and Madsen took fourth at 3:36.06. 
            Wayne State's next meet is Friday, February 16^th competing at the SDSU Last Chance Invite in Brookings, South Dakota.