WAVERLY, Iowa – Macalester College senior high jumper
Logan Hovie (Neenah, Wis./Neenah) closed out his decorated collegiate career on Friday at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Wartburg College.
Hovie passed on the first two heights, then had three unsuccessful attempts at 1.97 meters (6-5.5). Nick Vachon of Cortland St. won the event by clearing 2.10 meters (6-10.75).
A three-time All-American, Hovie was making his fourth appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. He placed fourth in the high jump at last year's meet to earn All-American honors. Earlier this spring, Hovie won the high jump at the MIAC Championships to become the first Scot to win four MIAC titles in the same event since
Kajerero Ssebbaale won the triple jump from 1999 to 2002. Indoors, he placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in both 2015 and 2016.
Hovie was named the M Club Male Athlete of the Year at Macalester's Athletics Banquet on Apr. 29.