On Tap
The Macalester men's track and field team is looking to follow-up strong performances in at the Tom Cat Meet (4/16) and Carleton Relays (4/18) when they host their own meet on Thursday, April 23. The Macalester Bolstorff Twilight Meet will begin with field events at 5:00, with the running events starting at 5:30. The 2014 edition of the meet featured 17 teams, including many from MIAC competition.
 
Doug Bolstorff was a coach and teacher at Macalester for 41 very successful years, and remains one the most decorated and respected members of the Macalester Athletics community. A standout on the basketball court for the Golden Gophers, Bolstorff went on to play in the NBA before coaching basketball in parts of four decades at Macalester. His Macalester track and field and cross country teams were conference and national powerhouses and combined to win 20 MIAC championships. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his Men's Track and Field team that captured the MIAC Outdoor team title in 1965, it the midst of a run of 11 straight titles from 1958-1969. Bolstorff was inducted into the Macalester Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.

Live Results
Live results and heat sheets will be posted on event day at the following site: http://www.accuracetiming.com/schedule.html
 
Schedule of Events:
FIELD EVENTS
5:00     Pole Vault
5:00     Long Jump
5:00     Discus
6:00     High Jump
6:00     Shot Put
7:30     Javelin
7:30     Hammer
7:30     Triple Jump
RUNNING EVENTS
5:30     Steeplechase
6:00     4x100 Relay
6:10     1500m Run
6:35     110m Hurdles
6:50     400m Dash
7:05     100m Dash
7:20     800m Run
7:40     400m Hurdles
8:05     200m Dash
8:30     5000m Run
9:00     4x400m Relay
 
Conference Qualifiers
Several Macalester student-athletes currently sit in qualifying positions for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship which will be held May 8-9 at the Macalester Stadium.
 
Jack Schultenover, 100 meter-dash, 11.22
Tre Nowaczynski, 200 meter-dash, 22.94
Jole Miller, 400 meter-dash, 51.47
Tre Nowaczynski, 400 meter-dash, 51.38
Joe Giamberdino, 1500 meter-run, 4:00.34
Lachlan Hinwood, 1500 meter-run, 4:03.66
Joe Giamberdino, 5000 meter-run, 15:14.14
Lachlan Hinwood, 5000 meter-run, 16:09.68
Mike Waltman, 10,000 meter-run, 34.31.03
Tayeb Zaidi, 400 meter hurdles, 59.24
Brian Eisner, 400 meter hurdles, 60.52
Anders Voss, 400 meter hurdles, 66.43
Joe Giamberdino, 3000 meter steeplechase, 9:39.50
Lachlan Hinwood, 3000 meter steeplechase, 10:18.52
Tre Nowaczynski, long jump, 6.28m (20-7 1/4)
Miles Keys McKay, triple jump, 12.52m (41-1)
Christian Stewart, shot put, 13.50m (44-3 1/2)
Bolton Howes, javelin, 53.03m (173-11)
Konnor Fleming, javelin, 50.08m (164-4)
Sean Hayes, javelin, 45.47m (149-2)
Logan Hovie, high jump, 2.03m (6-8)
 
Up Next
The Scots will have the weekend off before coming back the following week for their final tuneup before the MIAC Outdoor Championships at the Hamline Meet of the Unsaintly May 1-2. Also, next week the MIAC Heptathlon Championships will be held April 30-May 1 in Northfield, Minn.