ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Hamline men's track team finished the first day of the MIAC Championships and will compete again tomorrow, in the meet finale that starts at 12:00 p.m. at Klas Field. On day one, the Pipers had two student-athletes score and one qualify for the finals.
 
Both of HU's scorers came from the high jump, where junior Christian Velishek placed third with a height of 1.96 meters and first year Michael Braun placed eighth at 1.86 meters. Senior Jarick Rieffer was close behind with a height of 1.81 meters, for a ninth-place finish.
 
Braun also competed in the long jump, finishing 13^th out of 20 with a distance of 6.28 meters. Junior Thomas Amberg also competed in this event, finishing 15^th with a distance of 6.22 meters, which tied his career best.
 
Junior Aric Brodie was the lone Piper to qualify for the final races tomorrow, with a 12^th-place finish in the 1500-meter run. He crossed the finish line in 4:02.07, a new career-best.
 
In the 100-meter dash, first years Bobby Moua and Tae'Vion Wilkins represented Hamline, as Wilkins finished 20^th (11.75) and Moua finished 21^st (11.79). They would join teammate Josh Peterson in the 200-meter dash, where Peterson placed 15^th (23.35), Wilkins placed 19^th (23.57), and Moua placed 26^th (24.27).
 
Junior Zach Angstman and senior McKail Hertzog each ran in the 110-meter hurdles, with Angstman taking 13^th (16.25) and McKail taking 19^th (17.47).
 
In the 400-meter run, both first years Carter Kienholz and Raul Ortiz tallied career-best times, as Kienholz finished in 53.50 (19^th) and Ortiz finished in 53.72 (22^nd). Junior Tyler Gallagher ran in the 800-meter race, finishing in 18^th with a time of 2:01.47.
 
In the field events, senior Dylan Rioux took 19^th in the hammer throw with a distance of 39.57 meters and first year Elliot Lee took 15^th in the discus with a mark of 36.70 meters.