OSHKOSH, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire men's and women's track and field teams competed at the opening day of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Outdoor Championships on Friday at UW-Oshkosh. Tommy Mestnik (Sr. - Prior Lake, Minn.) won the conference title in men's javelin to highlight the Blugolds' performance on the opening day.

Mestnik won the second WIAC javelin title of his career with a throw of 54.79 meters. It's the second year in a row he topped the podium at the WIAC Championships.

In all, the Blugolds had several competitors finish in the top three of the finals their respective events.

Blugolds' top-three finishers (finals)

• Men
  • Mason Shea - second in steeplechase (8:51.50)
  • Tommy Mestnik - first in javelin (54.79 meters)
  • Yakob Ekoue - second in hammer throw (58.93 meters)
• Women
  • Keeley Behr - second in 10,000 meters (36:52.76)
  • Reagan Zimmerman - third in 10,000 meters (37:12.6)
  • Teagan Jones - third in hammer throw (53.51 meters)
  • Anna Thaler - second in long jump (5.68 meters)

UW-Eau Claire also had several athletes advance through preliminaries to Saturday's finals. Notably, Stefan Klechefski had the fastest time in the men's 100-meter dash prelims, while Blake Postler and McKenzie Kruse did the same in the men's and women's 400-meter hurdles, respectively.

In the multi events, Jace Stolte sits third in decathlon while Lauren Dimler is third in heptathlon.

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The meet concludes on Saturday, May 3. It begins at 10:30 a.m. at Titan Stadium.

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