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Men's Track and Field

Brandon Deas and 4x800 relay set school records at final day A-R-C Indoor Championship

STORM LAKE, IOWA - Two more Luther Men's track and field records were broken on the track in the final day of competition at the A-R-C Indoor Championship. 
 
Brandon Deas (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Thomas B. Doherty) finished third in the 60-meter dash finals with a new personal best and school record with 6.93. He beat his previous time by two one-hundredths of a second. This is also the fourth time this season that he has broken his own top school record time. He also earned all-conference honors for finishing third in the evnet. 
 
The second record that was shattered by nearly four seconds was the 4x800 team. They finished fourth overall with Lane Schwarz (Le Suer, Minn. / Le Suer-Henderson), Leo Duffy (Rockford, Minn. / Rockford), Ian Kelly (Littleton, Colo. / Heritage) and Adam Koller (Worthington, Minn. / Worthington) for a time of 7:50.85. The time is now the fastest time ever by a 4x800 relay team in school history. The previous record was 7:54.17 which was set in 2017. 
 
The 4x400 team was sixth with Tinashe Chisora (Harere, Zimbabwe / UWC-Waterford Kamhlaba), Leif Carey-Odden (Mount Vernon, Iowa / Mount Vernon), Evan Hansen (St. Paul, Minn. / South St. Paul) and Logan Thompson (Chatfield, Minn. / Chatfield) at 3:33.69. 
 
Also earning all-conference honors from the first day of competition was the distance medley relay team which finished third. Luther finished seventh with 20 points. 
 
TOP NORSE
                    o Brandon Deas (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Thomas B. Doherty) with another career record in the 60-meter dash and earning all-conference honors. 
                    o 4x800 team breaking a school record that was set in 2017. 
 
UP NEXT
The Norse will be at the Wartburg Qualifier on Friday, March 3rd through Saturday, March 4th in Waverly, Iowa.
 
For all the latest on Luther Track and Field, stay tuned to luthernorse.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
 
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Players Mentioned

Leif Carey-Odden

Leif Carey-Odden

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Sophomore
Tinashe Chisora

Tinashe Chisora

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Junior
Brandon Deas

Brandon Deas

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Senior
Leo Duffy

Leo Duffy

S
Junior
Ian Kelly

Ian Kelly

D
Senior
Adam Koller

Adam Koller

D
Junior
Lane Schwarz

Lane Schwarz

D
Senior
Evan Hansen

Evan Hansen

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Freshman
Logan Thompson

Logan Thompson

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Freshman

Players Mentioned

Leif Carey-Odden

Leif Carey-Odden

Sophomore
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Tinashe Chisora

Tinashe Chisora

Junior
S
Brandon Deas

Brandon Deas

Senior
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Leo Duffy

Leo Duffy

Junior
S
Ian Kelly

Ian Kelly

Senior
D
Adam Koller

Adam Koller

Junior
D
Lane Schwarz

Lane Schwarz

Senior
D
Evan Hansen

Evan Hansen

Freshman
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Logan Thompson

Logan Thompson

Freshman
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