Hoare adds to Big Ten title collection

Saturday, February 29

The Spire, Geneva, Ohio

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Wisconsin Badgers

Big Ten Indoor Championships

Olli Hoare wins the mile at the Big Ten Indoor Championship

Hoare adds to Big Ten title collection

February 29, 2020 | Men's Track & Field

Hoare and Lorbeck earn Big Ten titles

By: Morgan Lukrich

GENEVA, Ohio - The No.24 ranked Wisconsin men's track and field team wrapped up the Big Ten Indoor Championships on Saturday at The Spire. Wisconsin finished in seventh place as a team with 51 points, crowned two event champions.

Hoare and Lorbeck win Big Ten titles

Olli Hoare did not slow down after he was crowned Big Ten champion in the 3,000 meters on Friday. The Sydney, Australia native, kept with his momentum and secured the ninth Big Ten title of his career, winning the mile in 4 minutes, 9.42 seconds. Hoare ran towards the front of the pack during the entire race until the final lap where he ran by Nebraska's George Kusche, who finished third in 4:09.68, and Indiana's Matthew Schadler, who was the runner-up in 4:09.65.

🚨INTRODUCING YOUR NINE-TIME BIG TEN CHAMPION🚨
Hoare is unstoppable. 🥇👑
The senior claims his ninth Big Ten title with his 4:09.42 finish in the mile 👏#OnWisconsin 👐#B1GTF pic.twitter.com/e5uhvnzaZo
— Wisconsin Track & Field (@BadgerTrackXC) February 29, 2020

Zach Lorbeck had a phenomenal performance in the heptathlon, winning three of the seven events and placing in the top three in an additional two events. The Green Bay native, racked up an impressive 5,833 points, edging his previous personal best by 158 points, which earned him his first Big Ten title and moved him up to No.3 on Wisconsin's all-time indoor performance list. Redshirt freshman Cade Amborn finished in 10th-place with 5,037 points and freshman Max Herkert finished in 13th-place with 4,646 points.

That feeling when you win a Big Ten title 🥇
That feeling when you PR 👏
That feeling when you move up to No.3 on Wisconsin's all-time indoor performance list 👀#OnWisconsin 🔴⚪️#B1GTF pic.twitter.com/FmUmkRIeg5
— Wisconsin Track & Field (@BadgerTrackXC) February 29, 2020

Badgers tally up the points

Three other Badgers added points for Wisconsin in their respective events.

Redshirt sophomore Hudson Kugel secured bronze in the 800 meters with a time of 1:49.10. Junior Austin Rendon also scored points in the 800 meters as he placed eighth with a time of 1:50.46.

Sophomore Peyton Frankenreider placed sixth in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 48-11 3/4 (14.93m), six inches better than his previous record.

Up Next

The Badgers have two weeks off to prepare for the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 13-14. Qualifiers will be announced on Tuesday for the meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Big Ten Championships
Geneva, Ohio
Feb. 29, 2020

Heptathlon
1. Zach Lorbeck - 5,833
10. Cade Amborn - 5,037
13. Max Herkert - 4,646

Heptathlon 60-Meter Hurdles
4. Zach Lorbeck - 8.25
9. Cade Amborn - 8.50
11. Max Herkert - 8.81

Heptathlon Pole Vault
T3. Zach Lorbeck - 14-9 (4.50m)
T6. Cade Amborn - 14-5 1/4 (4.40m)
10. Max Herkert - 13-9 1/4 (4.20m)

Heptathlon 1,000 Meters
9. Max Herkert - 2:49.80
12. Zach Lorbeck - 3:00.11
13. Cade Amborn - 3:02.56

Triple Jump
6. Peyton Frankenreider - 48-11 3/4 (14.93m)

High Jump
9. George Ghafari - 6-8 (2.03m)
Connor Barfknecht - NH

5,000 Meters (Unseeded)
2. Benjamin Eidenschink - 14:09.39
12. Jack Meijer - 14:54.78
Shuaib Aljabaly - DNF

Mile Finals
1. Olli Hoare - 4:09.42

800 Meter Finals
3. Hudson Kugel - 1:49.10
8. Austin Rendon - 1:50.46

4x400 Meter Relay
10. Enz, Kugel, Burt, Hatch - 3:15.66

Team Score
7. Wisconsin - 51