ROLLA, Mo. - Relays were William Woods University's strong suit in its indoor season. It also was to begin outdoor season as the Owls' men's 4x400-meter relay team of Demario Wright, Brady Musgrove, Oshawi Burgher and Angel Lottie earned silver in the Miner Invitational, hosted by NCAA Division II Missouri University of Science and Technology Friday and Saturday at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.

William Woods' second-place 4x400 relay squad reached the finish line in 3 minutes and 20.91 seconds, 0.85 seconds away from the nine-team field's winning team, NCAA Division II Southwest Baptist University.

"I am so proud of our men's squad," William Woods track and field coach Anthony Stockton said. "Two days are never easy and we came ready to play in many events. Some events didn't go the way we wanted, but we dropped some good performances."

Ian Schwierjohn shined with two personal record times in mid-distance track events for the Owls, finishing fourth out of 63 in the 1,500-meter run at 4:00.84 before turning around and placing fifth out of 29 in the 800 run at 1:58.3. Both of Schwierjohn's times were the best among NAIA runners.

The Woods' Dustin Russell stood out in a long-distance track event, finishing fifth out of six competitors in the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 10:53.6.

William Woods will be back on the track and field for the CMU Invite, hosted by future conference opponent Central Methodist University, which begins at 10 a.m. Friday and runs through Saturday, with Day 2 events starting at 9 a.m. at Davis Field & Hairston Track in Fayette.

Results

100-Meter Dash
T-35th Brennen Stinson 11.56
49th Jacob Polacek 11.83

1,500-Meter Run
4th Ian Schwierjohn 4:00.84 (PR, prev. 4:01.35)
40th Justus Yates 4:23.68 (First Collegiate Outdoor Meet)
62nd Mason Voegeli 5:27.19 (First Collegiate Outdoor Meet)

400-Meter Dash
10th Demario Wright 50.44 (PR, prev. 51.95)
17th Brady Musgrove 51.29 (PR, prev. 52.27)
19th Angel Lottie 51.99
23rd Wyatt Martin 52.58 (First Collegiate Outdoor Meet)
29th Tanner Gillaspy 54.76

800-Meter Run
5th Ian Schwierjohn 1:58.3 (PR, prev. 2:00.04)
6th Oshawi Burgher 1:50.33
12th Gabriel Soest 2:00.04 (First Collegiate Outdoor Meet)
24th Justus Yates 2:08.33 (First Collegiate Outdoor Meet)
27th James Ruck 2:15.7

200-Meter Dash
15th Demario Wright 22.16 (PR, prev. 22.37)
26th Jacob Polacek 22.71 (PR, prev. 22.97)

4x400-Meter Relay
2nd - Demario Wright, Brady Musgrove, Oshawi Burgher and Angel Lottie 3:20.91
8th - Wyatt Martin, Tanner Gillaspy, Gabriel Soest and Keeley DiBlasi 3:36.32

High Jump
T-13th - Jacob Polacek 1.7m (5-7)
T-13th - Gabriel Soest 1.7m (5-7) (First Collegiate Outdoor Meet)

5,000-Meter Run
6th - Kyle Hagemeyer 16:09.17

Javelin
13th - Isiah Craighead 52.34m (171-9) (First Collegiate Meet)
21st - Tanner Gillaspy 46.43m (152-4)
22nd - Wyatt Martin 46.01m (150-11) (First Collegiate Outdoor Meet)

3,000-Meter Steeplechase
5th - Dustin Russell 10:53.6
6th - Chais Paul 12:16.06