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Duhawks shine under the lightsSeveral Loras athletes crack the top 8 in their events just in time for the Iowa Conference Championships

by Matthew Marter | sportswriterThe Duhawks competed in the Spartan Twilight Meet

last Friday at the University of Dubuque. As the penulti-mate meet before the Iowa Conference championships at Simpson College this weekend, it was a very important evening to prepare lineups for relays and events for this weekend. Despite the pressure, the Duhawks shined un-der the lights.

Senior Josh Goerdt took first place in the 400-meter dash with an impressive time of 47.79. With that time, he is currently ranked first in the conference right in front of Lorass own, junior Stedman Foster. This duo along with senior Zac Gassman and junior Zach Frey also took first in the 4x400-meter relay over St. Norberts. They ran a time of 3:14.10, their fastest time yet. They are currently first in the conference in the 4x400.

First-year Gerrand Moody placed third in the 110-me-ter high hurdle event with a time of 15.33. This places him eighth in the conference.

In the high jump event, junior Keontae Neely took fourth place overall with a height of 1.86 meters. This was high enough to place him 9th overall in the conference this weekend.

Junior Devan Kennedy and first-year Hunter Dunlap dominated in the pole vault. Going 1-2, Kennedy cleared the height of 4.45 meters while Dunlap finished at 4.30 meters. They sit in second and fifth in the conference, respectively.

In the hammer throw, senior Nathan Maiers set a mark of 49.05 meters, taking second in the event. He is now fourth going into the conference.

Junior Jake Brock, who ran a personal record of 57.57 in the 400-meter hurdle race, took first place with junior Evan Rossing right behind him in second place. Their

marks were 52.24 meters and 52.01 meters, respectively. They moved to fourth and fifth in the conference with those throws.

On the womens side, sophomore Alexis Hanson im-pressed once again taking first place in the 400-meter with a time of 58.65. This time pushes her into eighth place in the conference, with the competition in front of her less than a second ahead.

In the 100-meter hurdles, sophomore Elizabeth Bran-denburg won with a time of 14.53. She now sits in second place. She looks to take home the win this time, after she finished second place at the indoor conference earlier this year. Brandenburg also competed in the pole vault. Last week, at the Dr. Tucker Open at Loras, she broke the school record of 11 feet, 11.75 inches with a vault of 12 feet, 0.75 inches. She broke her record again this weekend with a vault of 12 feet, 4 inches. She is ranked first in the con-ference with a large margin over the competition.

Senior Emily Sotelo put in a solid second place per-formance in the 400-meter hurdles running a time of 1:05.72. This pushed her into fourth place in the confer-ence.

Other impressive performances for the night includ-ed senior Ashley Wenthold in the 800-meter run. She set a personal record of 2:24.68 and placed third in the event. First-year John Stoppelman ran uncontested in the 5,000-meter run. With the help of volunteer assistant coach and Loras alum Dan McDermott, Stoppelman was able to run a personal record of 16:43.

The performers of the meet this week were Josh Goerdt for the mens track performer, Jake Brock for the mens field, Ashley Wenthold and Alexis Hanson for womens track, and Elizabeth Brandenburg for womens field.

The Duhawks head to Simpson College for their con-ference meet this weekend. With most of the Duhawks pushing into the top-8 in their events, the Duhawks hope to perform at the best of their abilities to help the team bring home a conference championship.

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photo courtesy of JiM Naprstek | Duhawks.coMSophomore Elizabeth Brandenburg sets school record in the pole vault.

Change brewingChad Fenwick named new tennis coach following disappointing 0-15 season

by DustiN DawsoN | sportswriterIt was a season to forget for the mens tennis team,

at least in the win-loss column. The Duhawks had their last chance for a victory

last Wednesday, as they traveled just down the road to the University of Dubuque for their final regular season match of the season. But it was not to be for the Duhawks, as the Spartans took the match, 8-1. The lone win was picked up by sophomore Jason Derby in singles action 6-4, 6-2 over Dubuques Ranfer Hernandez.

The men tried to end their season on a high note, but the Spartans proclaimed their dominance from start to finish. The three Duhawks doubles teams were beaten 8-4, 8-2, and 8-2. A part of that 8-4 dou-bles loss and a 6-3, 6-3 singles loss was senior Brian Falvey. His career along with senior Jack OBrien came to a conclusion Wednesday, but their contri-butions will not be forgotten. Another career that has now concluded is that of Head Coach Ryan Troge.

On Thursday, newly-appointed Athletic Director Denise Udelhofen announced that Troge would be replaced by Chad Fenwick, who will take over as coach of both the mens and womens teams.

Fenwick comes to Loras from Ashford University, where he posted a combined record of 97-46-1. Last season, his mens team posted an impressive 15-1 re-cord, while his womens team finished 12-5.

Fenwick will have his work cut out for him, as he takes over a mens team that hasnt had a winning record in the Iowa Conference since 2004.

Off the greenDuhawks finish 6th of 8 teams at Iowa Conference Championships

by ryaN GrahaM | sports editorThe Duhawks finished out their season

with a sixth-place finish at the Iowa Con-ference Championships. The four-round tournament took place over the last two weekends, and included stops at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City and Thunder Hills Country Club in Dubuque.

The problem for the Duhawks in the tournament was consistency. Both of the Duhawks top finishers suffered one bad round that dropped them down the leader-board. Junior Logan Bahl shot a sub-77 in rounds one, three and four, but was done in by a disappointing 82 on day two.

First-year Brody Kuhar finished the tournament strong, but his overall score suffered from the 86 he shot on day one.

Junior Jason Beer dropped out of the top four scorers for Loras due in large part to a rough round two, where he posted an 88.

But as is often the case in golf, with the bad came the good.

The best round of the Championships among Loras golfers was turned in by Bahl, who shot a 75 on day three. In total, of the 20 rounds shot by Loras golfers, nine of those rounds were in the 70s.

Central won the tournament with a score of 1192 (52-over-par). The Dutchs Des-mond Stoll was the top individual, posting just a four-over on the tournament.

Dubuque 8, Loras 1(Wednesday, April 29)

Singles Results 1. Richard Rhinehart (UD) def. Brian Falvey (L) 6-3, 6-3 2. Matthew Sablay (UD) def. Ulises Hernandez (L) 6-0, 6-4 3. Nikolay Gospodinov (UD) def. Justin VanWambeke (L) 6-4, 6-1 4. Jason Derby (L) def. Ranfer Hernandez (UD) 6-4, 6-2 5. Jordan Hamling (UD) def. Neil Kane (L) 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 6. Zebulon Hill (UD) def. Jack OBrien (L) 6-3, 6-1 Doubles Results 1. Richard Rhinehart/Matthew Sablay (UD) def. Brian Falvey/Zach Atzen (L) 8-4 2. Nikolay Gospodinov/Ranfer Hernandez (UD) def. Neil Kane/Jason Derby (L) 8-2 3. Jordan Hamling/Zebulon Hill (UD) def. TJ Esporas/Shayne Marquez (LORASM) 8-2

iowa conference championships(Final results: April 24-25, May 1-2)

Team scores 1. Central 1192 (+52); 2. Wartburg 1221 (+81); 3. Dubuque 1225 (+85); 4. Simpson 1228 (+88); 5. Luther 1239 (+99); 6. Loras 1262 (+122); 7. Buena Vista 1265 (+125); 8. Coe 1324 (+184).6. Loras .......323-322-307-310 1262 (+122)t-14. Logan Bahl ....................77-82-75-76310 (+25)t-28. Brody Kuhar ...............86-78-76-78318 (+33)30. Ben Suchomski ............ 81-80-78-80319 (+34)31. Peter Leinenweber ........82-82-82-77323 (+38)34. Jason Beer .....................83-88-78-79328 (+43)