RIPON, Wis. – The Carroll University men's indoor track and field team began the 2022-23 season at the Ripon Winter Open and Multi competition. The Pios finished with 93 team points and walked away with a second-place finish. Peter Marra set a new Carroll record in the 60m hurdles, while Nathan Raatz and Steven Hermsen collected first-place finishes in their events.
 
In track events, Marra's 60m record of 8.40 was 0.01 seconds faster than his coach Justin Troeller's record. Marra set the record in prelims, and went on to finish second in the finals with a time of 8.50. Marra also finished in fifth place in the men's 200-meter dash. Rattz's time of 1:58.14 was 0.03 seconds faster than second place from Oshkosh. Raatz was joined in the race by Austin Sanderfoot and Ethan Weber who finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Trenton Nickel, Andrew Oresick, and Jacob Radovan all earned team points in the men's 300-meter. Kyle Adams collected four team points with a fifth-place finish in the mile race. The men's 4x400 relay team of Sanderfoot, Adams, Weber, and Raatz finished in third for six points.
 
In field events, Hermsen won the weight throw competition easily, throwing 18.29 meters on his second throw of the afternoon. Hermsen was preceded by Jimmy Hinkley who finished with a distance of 17.22 meters, while Juan Ocampo grabbed a team point with an eighth-place finish. Hermsen and Brady Reusser finished in second and third place, respectively in the shot put competition. TJ Fullilove earned three team points in the men's triple jump, while David Burgess finished sixth in the high jump.
 
Carroll will fine-tune their opening weekend mechanics with a trip to UW-Oshkosh next Saturday, December 10.