Quentin Dreyer,
Daniel Elge and
Daylin Mallory each recorded event wins for the Wayne State College men's track and field team as the Wildcats resumed the 2025 indoor season at the Mount Marty Invitational held at the Ruth Donohue Fieldhouse. Teams competing at the meet were Augustana, Briar Cliff, Buena Vista, Dakota State, Dakota Wesleyan, Dordt, Midland, Mount Marty, Northwestern and Waldorf along with WSC.
Elge, a senior from Aurora, started the day with the first event win posting the top mark in the weight throw at 56' 3 ¼". The 'Cats had six of the top eight throwers in the event as sophomore
Jaxson Ninete took third (54' 8 ¼"),
J'Dyn Bullion was fourth at 50' 5 ¼",
Jake Peitz was next in sixth (49' 8 ¼") with freshman
Samuel Zazueta seventh (49' 3") and
Braden McGill eighth at 49' 1".
Mallory, a junior from Norfolk, collected a first-place finish in the shot put where five Wildcats placed in the top six. Mallory's winning mark was 52' 1 ¼" followed by Elge in second at 51' 11 ¼". Zazueta was fourth (45' 11 ¾"), Peitz fifth at 45' 8" and Ninete sixth (45' 7 ¾").
The other Wildcat event win came from junior
Quentin Dreyer in the 1,000-meter run in a time of 2:32.26.
Freshman
Mitchell Hupp took second in the 60-meter dash finals (6.96) and was third in the 200-meter dash in 22.16 seconds while sophomore
Elliott Nottlemann collected a second-place finish in the high jump clearing 6' 4". Senior
Andrew Wyllie also had a second-place finish in the 800-meter run crossing the line in a time of 2:03.26.
Fifth-place finishes went to senior
Wyatt Nissen in the 200-meter dash (22.64), junior
Mitchell Rudie in the 600-meter run (1:30.44) and
Brady Franzen in the 5,000-meter run (15:51.87).
Freshman
Ethan Walters was seventh in the 800-meter run at 2:06.64 with
Austin Madsen taking seventh in the 400-meter run (52.05) while freshman
Akron Jostand took eighth in the one-mile run (4:49.02).
The Wildcat men's 4 x 400-meter relay team of Wyllie, Dreyer, Walters and Jostand came in seventh with a time of 3:41.10.
Wayne State's next meet is Saturday, January 25
th at the Concordia Classic in Seward.