NORTHFIELD, MINN. – The men's track and field finished fourth out of seven teams picking up 89 points throughout the day. Tom Altier (Granger, Iowa / Johnston) won the 3000-meter run for the Norse with at time of 8:25.35 for his second first place finish of the season in a distance event.
 
FIELD EVENTS
For the field events Joey Mehlhorn (Farmington, Minn. / Farmington) was fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 10.27m which is his new personal best. He also was fifth in shot put throwing 9.08m. And in long jump Tancrede Lefort (Golbey, France / St. Joseph) and Leif Carey-Odden (Mount Vernon, Iowa / Mount Vernon) finished second and seventh at 6.01m and 5.24m.
 
TRACK EVENTS
For sprints Danny Zewou (Chaska, Minn. / Chaska) finished third in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.85 seconds. Carey-Odden was eighth in the 200-meter dash finishing with a time of 25.03 seconds. In the 600-meter run Sorley Swanstrom-Arnold (Mellen, Wis. / Washburn) and Harrison Prentice (West Des Moines, Iowa / Theodore Roosevelt) went fourth and fifth with an exact time of 1:29.17. But Swanstrom-Arnold finished just ahead according to the official time by just a fraction of a second. The Norse went second, third and fourth in the 800-meter run with Ian Kelly (Littleton, Colo. / Heritage) with 1:57.26, Lane Schwarz (Le Suer, Minn. / Le Suer-Henderson) at 1:59.05 and Isaac Taylor (Iowa City, Iowa / Iowa City West) at 2:03.84. In the mile-run Malachi Thompson (Johnston, Iowa / Johnston) finished fifth with a time of 4:35.84 while teammate Matthew Binsfeld (Elk River, Minn. / Elk River) was close behind in seventh at 4:36.20.
 
Luther had four runners place in scoring spots in the 3000-meter run with Tom Altier finishing first followed by Adam Koller in sixth at 8:52.32, Benjamin Gillikin (Chester, N.J. / West Morris Central) seventh at 8:53.42 and Kaeden Fellingham (Olathe, Kan. / Olathe South) at 9:00.78 in eighth.
 
As for the relay teams the 4x200 team finished second with a time of 1:35.62 with a team made up of Tinashe Chisora (Harere, Zimbabwe / UWC-Waterford Kamhlaba), Danny Zewou, Tancrede Lefort and Brandon Deas (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Thomas B. Doherty). The 4x400 team finished fourth with Chisora, Will Ode (Des Moines, Iowa / Dowling Catholic), Swanstrom-Arnold and Leo Duffy (Rockford, Minn. / Rockford) with a time of 3:34.02.
 
TOP NORSE

• Joey Mehlhorn (Farmington, Minn. / Farmington) setting a new personal best in weight throw to fourth place finish and by finishing fifth in shot put.
• Danny Zewou (Chaska, Minn. / Chaska) finished third in the 55-meter dash setting a team best time of the season in the event with 6.85 seconds. He also helped the 4x200 team finish second.

UP NEXT
Luther track and field travels to the University of Dubuque for the Sol Butler Classic on Friday, February 17^th. Field events begin at 3:00 p.m. with the running events starting at 3:30 p.m. in Dubuque, Iowa.
 
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