TACOMA, Wash.— The Pacific Lutheran University men's track and field team began their 2026 campaign placing sixth at the Ed Boitano Invitational hosted by University of Puget Sound on Saturday.
13 other teams were competing on the men's side consisting of school from across NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, and NJCAA. PLU finished with 39 team points trailing only Whitworth University and Puget Sound as the top Division III schools.
Micah Ragaza-Bourassa started things off in the hammer throw on Friday finishing 4th with a heave of 168'8".
Griffin Montana and
George Sonko would also place high marks on throws side in shot put finishing back-to-back in 5th and 6th with throws of 45' 10.75" and 44' 4".
Hunter Kleindl,
Peter Essex and
Kaiden Schlag would score for PLU in the pole vault making some positive strides for the Lutes. Kleindl would take 2nd with a height of 13'11", Essex just behind in 5th with a 12'11" and Schlag in 7th with a jump of 12' 5.25".
Bridger Hanis held things down in the high jump finishing 4th with a final height of 6' 1.5".
Seth Kramer would follow suit in the long jump placing in 2nd with a final distance of 23' .75".
PLU will return to action on Friday, March 13 as they host the PLU Open.
