Results

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin men's track and field clawed back toward the end but wound up falling short in a tight meet to Minnesota by the score of 87-74 in front of a packed house at The Shell.
 
"This is what track and field is about," Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Mick Byrne said. "Dual meet, head-to-head competition, it was awesome. Great crowd, they were into it. Our student-athletes were into it. Ultimately that was the goal of this meet."
 
Lorenzo Larry put together another excellent performance, winning two events after capturing two races during last weekend's meet. The senior set a meet record, besting his time from last year, in the 60 meter dash, crossing the finish line in 6.72. Larry followed up his stellar run with a win in the 200 meters with a time of 21.77.
 
"I can't tell you enough how good it was to look up in the stands and see my family and my friends," Larry said. "I wanted everybody in the whole audience to know that this is my house, and I wanted Minnesota to know that this is my house."
 
Riley Budde and Josh McDonald delivered another good showing in the throws events. Budde notched the second-best mark in the Big Ten with a distance of 69 feet, six inches (21.18 meters) in the weight throw to win the event. He also came in second to Josh McDonald in the shot put competition. McDonald's mark of 60-0 1/2 (18.30m) was a personal best and checks in as the sixth-best toss in the conference this season.
 
"We're in a great spot," Byrne said. "A lot of confidence coming off this meet, a lot of our big guns stepped up today."
 
In the 3000 meters, freshman Olin Hacker dominated the field with a time of 8:11.80 to beat the second-place finisher by over five seconds.
 
Junior Morgan McDonald continued his brilliance on the track with a victory in the mile run, coming in with a time of 4:10.74.
 
"Your teammates are looking at you, the spectators can get into it, they can relate to it," Byrne said. "At the end of the day, there is going to be a winner and a loser and that is what competition is all about. It's awesome to be able to bring a meet like this to Madison, to our fans.
 
"Our student-athletes are out here supporting each other; you don't always get to see that. That's exciting to see that from a coaching perspective. That's what you want from your team."
 
Tim Guthrie set a personal record in the pole vault, leaping to a mark of 16-4 ¾ (5.00m) while coming in second due to a tiebreaker.
 
Senior Brandon Mortensen took second in both of his events on the day. After winning the 60 meter hurdles last week, Mortensen was the runner-up with a time of 8.21 on Saturday. He also took second in the long jump with a distance of 23-8 3/4 (7.23m).
 
Ryan Davis followed up last weekend's victory in the 400 meters with a late kick that almost earned him another win, but the senior wound up finishing with a time of 48.42, just eight hundredths away from first.
 
The Badgers will travel to Iowa next weekend for the Black and Gold Premier before heading to New York City and the Armory Collegiate Invitational.
 
"Next week we are going to Iowa, it's a two-day competition, all day Saturday, and that's a completely different feel," Byrne said.