• Freshman Eli Page finishes 12^th in the men's 800-meter run
• Freshman Zach Stoermer is 16^th in the men's 800-meter run
• Sophomore Pat Heffernan is 25^th in the men's 1500-meter run

Eight members of the DMACC men's track & field team competed in the Augustana Meet of Champions April 17 and 18 at Rock Island, Ill.

The Bears ran in the men's 1500-meter run and the men's 800-meter run. Freshman Eli Page of Vinton led the way in the 800-meter run with a 12^th-place finish in 1 minute, 56.70 seconds. Freshman Zach Stoermer of Des Moines was 16^th in 1:58.54 and freshmen Hunter Landphair of Adel and sophomore Eli Bergman of Hoffman, Minn., were 60^th and 78^th respectively. Landphair's time was 2:08.43 and Bergman crossed the finish line in 2:15.49.

Sophomore Pat Heffernan of Dunlap led five DMACC runners in the men's 1500-meter run, placing 25^th with a time of 4:05.10. Sophomore Jordan King of Ogden, sophomore Will Thompson of Clive, freshman Elijah Blix of Vinton and Landphair were 42^nd, 57^th, 60^th and 77^th respectively. King posted a time of 4:09.29, Thompson crossed the finish line in 4:13.62 and Blix turned in a time of 4:14.84. Landphair's time was 4:24.25.

The DMACC men's track & field team will compete in the Drake Relays and/or the Kip Janvrin Open April 24 to 26. The Drake relays will be held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines and the Kip Janvrin Open will be contested at Simpson College in Indianola.