Men's Track breaks MIAC record for indoor 4x400

January 27, 2003
The St. Thomas men's track and field team broke an 11-year-old MIAC record and won a 20-team field in the 4x400 relay at Saturday's Iowa State University meet in Ames, Iowa. Several Division I and II teams and top-flight unattached athletes competed.

The Tommie foursome of Andrew Hilliard, Robert Ware, Carson Glad and Jason Schwietz clocked 3:16.74 on ISU's 300-meter indoor track. Iowa State (3:16.95) and South Dakota (3:17.94) were in the third heat, and their time placed just behind the Tommies overall.

The Toms' winning time converts to 3:18.74 for a 200-meter track time, which still betters Carleton's 3:19 clocking from the 1992 conference indoor meet. It also meets an NCAA provisional qualifying time for the 2003 national indoor meet.

The Tommies had several other top performances -- Roman Cress took eighth in the 60 meters (6.96) and seventh in the 200 meters (22.18); Carson Glad took 11th in the 200 (22.54) and 15th in the 60 (7.09); in the 600, Hilliard was eighth (1:14.21) and Chris Mattke was 18th (1:16.59); in the 400, Ware was 10th (49.35) and Schwietz was 18th (50.22); in the 200, Cassidy Glad was 22nd (22.90); in the 800, Bryce Beckman was 16th (1:56.38) and Cory Fusco was 17th (1:56.60); in the 60 hurdles, Craig Benson was 29th 99.04); and in the 1,000, Brian Hauge was 12th (2:36.11).

At Friday's Eau Claire meet, the Toms outscored host Eau Claire 144-107. Tom Hart (6.75, 23.25) swept the 55 and 200. Jason Larson (8.77) and Jason Simmons (8.83) went 1-2 in the 55 hurdles; Ben Garbe won the triple jump (42-6) and Jason Peterson won the long jump (21-5).

see Jan. 25 Iowa State meet results here