4x2 Sets Pace At Cobber Duals

MOORHEAD, Minn. (2/04/12)—The Concordia 4x200-meter relay team captured the only event win of the day for CC as they hosted the annual Cobber Duals meet on Saturday. Concordia finished the duals meet with a record of 2-5.

Competing at home for the second straight week to start the season, the Cobbers had eight individual top 10 finishes but were led by the strong showing from Alex Benzegala, Logan Carlson, Ben Vickstrom and John Bye who ran a 1:33.97 in the 4x200-meter relay and won the event by almost a full second. Their finishing time is also almost a full second faster than their mark from last week at the Cobber Open. Their time also ranks in the top 15 on the Concordia all-time record list.       

Junior distance runner Ryan Sederquist led the way for the individual events. Sederquist finished in third place in the 1000 meters in a time of 2:37.82. That is the fastest time for any CC athlete in the event this season.

Simon Erlandson collected his second straight top 5 finish in the high jump to start the season. Erlandson was fifth in the event with a final height of 5-10.00. The other field athlete to capture a top 10 finish was junior Erik Olson. Olson posted a height of 13-7.75 in the pole vault and finished in ninth place. 

The two top 10 finishes in the track events were recorded by senior Ben Fraase in the 3000 meters, Erick Steuck in the 1000 meters, John Buckanaga in the 600 meters and David Ohmann and Henry Dobbs in the 5000 meters. Fraase raced to a time of 10:02.81 and placed eighth in the 3000 meters. Steuck was fifth in the 1000 meters at 2:39.14 while Buckanaga clocked a 1:28.07 in the 600 meters and finished in ninth place. Ohnmann was fourth and Dobbs was fifth in the five-man field in the 5000 meters.

Concordia will finally head out on the road for their first away meet of the season next weekend. The Cobber will compete at St. John's on Saturday, Feb. 11 beginning at 11:30 a.m.