The Milwaukee men’s track and field team showcased a strong performance at the 12th annual Tierney Classic, held at the Klotsche Center on Saturday. The Panthers achieved seven first-place finishes during the event.
“The Tierney Classic is an electric home event,” said head coach Andrew Basler. “With many alumni back, the honoring of our seniors, and performing in front of family, I think that electricity brought out many great performances today. Thanks to all those who helped organize and run this successful home event.”
Divine Aniamaka, competing as an unattached athlete, set a new Tierney Classic record and tied the Klotsche Center record in the triple jump with a distance of 15.75 meters, winning by over a meter.
Jeremiah Johnson secured the first win of the day in the weight throw with a distance of 15.66 meters. Josh Cygan followed closely with a throw of 15.04 meters.
In shot put, Aiden Janke achieved the best throw of 13.66 meters to claim victory.
On the track, Jaelyn Reeves-Lile continued his impressive season by winning the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.82 seconds. Iyimi Fagbamiye improved his personal best to 6.94 seconds, placing him ninth on the school’s all-time leaderboard.
Freshman Nate Taylor claimed his first collegiate win in the 400-meter race with a time of 51.73 seconds.
In the mile run, Nate Griepentrog (4:15.96) narrowly defeated teammate Carter Eckhoff (4:18.00) for first place.
EJ Kruse won the 200-meter race with a time of 23.01 seconds, just ahead of Jackson Statz’s second-place finish at 23.09 seconds.
The final victory for Milwaukee came from their 4×400 relay team composed of Nate Griepentrog, Lucas Picco, Karsten Grundahl, and Harper Fahey, finishing in 3:28.66.
Caden Thomas tied for tenth-best high jump in school history by clearing a height of 2.05 meters.
The Panthers are scheduled to compete next weekend at Notre Dame’s Meyo Invite in South Bend, Indiana on January 31st and February 1st.
