Central Closes Out Track and Field Regular Season

The Dr. Tucker Open hosted Saturday by Loras College provided the Central College track and field athletes a chance to prepare themselves one last time for next weekend’s American Rivers Conference Outdoor Championships. No team scores were kept, and Central did not send a full roster.

Lauren Brown became the second Central female to break the 60-second mark in the 400-meter dash this season, placing third in 59.36 seconds Brown also anchored the fourth place 4×400-meter relay team, finishing in 4:00.63. She was joined by Abbi Roerdink, Abby Gruver and Elsie Thoreson. The quartet dropped eight seconds off their previous best mark. Noah Jorgenson was fifth in a loaded 800-meter run field. His time of 1:51.67 is in the top-20 nationally. Connor Miklos was fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (16.00 seconds). In the throwing events, Central men had four top-four finishes. Thomas Spoehr was third in the shot put (48-0.75), Theo Baldus was third in the discus throw (150-9) and hammer throw (166-2), and Martin Vineyard was fourth in the javelin throw (131-10). The women’s throwers added four more top-four finishes. Allison Van Gorp was second in the discus throw (130-0) and fourth in the shot put (40-11.5). Abby Marr was third in the hammer throw (148-0) and Alyssa Streigel was third in the discus throw (130-0).

Central returns to Dubuque for the American Rivers Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday to Sunday.

Luther sweeps Central on final day of baseball season

A pair of tight contests went against the Central College baseball team Saturday afternoon, losing 1-0 and 10-5 against Luther College.

Fifth-year senior Marcus Wenzel took a tough pitching loss in the first game. He allowed just one run in his eight innings pitched while striking out seven, but the Dutch were shut out on the offensive end. Colton DeRocher went 3-for-3 in the second game and drove in three runs to reach 50 RBI for the season. He’s just the third player in program history with 50 RBIs in one campaign. Jared Kampf had two hits in the second game and center fielder Logan McCoy had two in the opener.

Central closes out the season with a 16-23 mark overall and 4-20 in league games. The Dutch graduate six seniors including Marcus Wenzel, Jared Kampf, Lucas Farren, Ian Boline, Quinn Miller and Landon Vander Leest.