St. Louis, MO – The Parkisde men's track and field team kicked off the outdoor season on Friday afternoon with some of the team competing at the SLU Speed and Power Invite and another group competing at the Wash U Distance Carnival.

There were multiple big performances on Friday, but a few stole the show. Sean Waldvogel and Doug Martin finished within three hundredths of a second of each other in the 800 meters, with the second and third fastest times in Parkside history. They also both currently have two of the top ten fastest times in all of Division II. Michael Hendrix also had a big performance, hitting the NCAA Division II Provo standard in the 400 hurdles.
 
Top finishers from the Wash U Distance Carnival will be posted when made available.

Below are the top ten finishers from the SLU Speed and Power Invite:
Men's 100 Meters:

• 3rd: Jalon Rose – 10.97 (Personal Best)
• 7th: Boukary Mbengue – 11.05 (Personal Best)

Men's 400 Meters:

• 8th: Dalton Metzdorf – 51.84

Men's 800 Meters:

• 1st: Austin Depuydt – 1:56.67
• 4th: Cayton Cratch – 1:57.72
• 5th: Amadeo Cortes Leclou – 1:58.07
• 9th: Konner Akey – 1:59.58

Men's 110 Hurdles

• 2nd: Máté Pesti – 14.87 (Personal Best)
• 4th: Michael Hendrix – 15.10 (Personal Best)

Men's 400 Hurdles:

• 1st: Michael Hendrix – 53.02 (NCAA DII Provo, Personal Best)
• 4th: Máté Pesti – 56.91 (Personal Best)
• 7th: EJ Johnson – 59.51 (Personal Best)
• 8th: Carter Peet – 1:00.27 (Personal Best)

Men's 4x100 Relay:

• 3rd: Wis.-Parkside (Jalon Rose, Jaylan Nelson, John Davis III, Brody Nyffenegger) – 41.31

Men's High Jump:

• 1st: EJ Johnson – 2.00m (6' 6.75")
• 2nd: Simon Dominic – 1.95m (6' 4.75")

Men's Pole Vault:

• 5th: Ryan Peel – 3.80m (12' 5.5")

Men's Long Jump:

• 2nd: John Davis III – 6.55m (21' 6")
• 3rd: Ariel Molina – 6.51m (21' 4.25")
• 4th: Kyril Griffin – 6.43m (21' 1.25")
• 8th: Aaron Mueller – 6.30m (20' 8")
• 9th: Nick Katsma – 6.08m (19' 11.5")
• 10th: Boukary Mbengue – 5.76m (18' 10.75")

Men's Shot Put:

• 9th: Kaelan McDonough – 12.09m (39' 8")

Men's Hammer:

• 9th: Kaelan McDonough – 40.69m (133' 6") (Personal Best)