Wright And Folkestad Finish Off 2022 AT NCAA Outdoor Meet

GENEVA, Ohio (5/27/22)---Cal Wright and Cooper Folkestad finished their 2022 seasons by competing in their very first NCAA Outdoor National Meet.

Wright ran a 47.78 and finished 13th in the 400 meters. He missed qualifying for the finals by .26 of a second. The 13th-place finish equals his pre-meet seed as he entered the national meet with the 13th fastest time in DIII this season.

The national prelim time of 47.78 marks the fourth time in his career that he has run a sub 48-second 400 meters. The 47.78 is .22 of a second off the time he ran at the Wis.-La Crosse NCAA qualifier that broke his own school record.  

Folkestad was the hard-luck story of nationals. He was seeded 12th entering the meet after earning All-American honors in the shot at the NCAA Indoor Meet, but fouled on all three of his attempts on Friday at the outdoor national meet.

NCAA 400 Meter Prelim Results
1. Eric Gregory - Gallaudet - 46.21
2. Dallas Wright - Wartburg - 46.74Q
3. DJ Anderson - Benedictine (Ill.) - 46.98
4. Cheickna Traore - Ramapo - 46.55
5. Jared Storm - Mount Union - 46.89
6. Matt McBride - Mount Union - 47.04
7. Rangel Miller - East Texas Baptist - 47.38
8. Jordon Brown - Olivet - 47.52
9. Kyle Dickinson - Nebraska Wesleyan - 47.66
10. Tyrell Pierce - Knox - 47.68
11. JoJo Frost - Dubuque - 47.68
12. Kieran Sheridan - SUNY Geneseo - 47.73
13. Cal Wright - Concordia-Moorhead - 47.78
14. Colin Cianciolo - Babson - 47.88
15. Josh Jeffes - SUNY Delhi - 47.97
16. Luke Botsford - Tufts - 47.98
17. David Bennett - UMass Dartmouth - 47.99
18. Braxston Redmond - Elmhurst - 48.09
19. Jayden Sloan - McMurry - 49.01
Malik Pratt Hardin - Hardin-Simmons - DNF

NCAA Shot Put Results
1. Joseph White - Carthage - 17.85m
2. Kevin Ruechel - Wis.-Stout - 17.58m
3. Hunter Logan - Utica - 17.25m
4. Bram Miller - Carnegie Mellon - 17.10m
5. Yakob Ekoue - Wis.-Eau Claire - 16.51m
6. Jackson Sheckler - Wis.-Oshkosh - 16.50m
7. Keegan Digby - Ohio Northern - 16.38m
8. Derrelle Murray - Albion - 16.29m
9. Nick Tegtmeier - Wis.-Oshkosh - 16.21m
10. Art Jordan - Brockport St. - 16.14m
11. Kevin Danaher - Ithaca - 15.90m
12. Cade Collier - Dubuque - 15.86m
13. Gabe Irons - Bethel (Minn.) - 15.74m
14. John Griffith - Montclair State - 15.49m
15. Shane Mastro - Moravian - 15.42m
16. Scottie Reyes - Texas Lutheran - 14.61m
17. Alex Rood - Brockport St. - 14.51m
18. Nate Brown - Greenville - 14.04m
19. Zachary Herman - Texas Lutheran - 13.73m
Cooper Folkestad - Concordia-Moorhead - FOUL