PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The men's and women's track & field team wrapped up day one of the 2022 WIAC Indoor Championships on Friday on the campus of UW-Platteville, with both the men and women currently in eighth place.

Lexi LeFever's first place long jump finish headlined the day, as her 5.71-meter leap earned the Falcon women 10 points. LeFever also qualified for tomorrow 60-meter dash finals with a preliminary time of 7.76.

Carter Aakre and Matt Boche opened the Falcons' day of competition, taking part in the men's heptathlon, participating in the 60-meter dash, long jump, shot put, and high jump. Boche sits in 15^th place with 1,565 points and Aakre in 17^th with 1,443 points. The Falcon duo will wrap up the heptathlon tomorrow with the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault, and 1,000-meter run.

Charlie Theis competed in the men's long jump and the 60-meter hurdles, placing 18^th at 6.43 meters in the long jump and did not qualify for the 60m finals.

In the men's 400-meter dash, Dylan Wachter placed 12^th with a time of 50.51.

Brady Sindelir placed 17^th in the shot put, with a toss of 12.24 meters.

The distance team of Sam Peters, Caleb Anton, Kyle McCullough, and Eric Ottosen wrapped up the men's day of competition, garnering a team point with an eighth-place finish in the Distance Medley Relay, clocking a time of 11:12.03.

Outside of LeFever's efforts, Kimi Robertson added three points for the Falcon women, placing fifth in the pole vault at 3.42 meters.

Sarah Langlois missed out on the 400-meter dash finals by a slim margin, clocking a time of 1:01.48.

Distance runners Maria Laudenbach and Lauren Flynn both set personal bests in the 5,000-meter run, placing 14th and 16th respectively with times of 18:56.54 and 19:10.54.

The women's DMR crew of Cailyn Kuechle, Sammy Braunlich, Megan Halbach, and Maria Laudenbach closed out the night earning a team point with a time of 13:29.52, finishing eighth.

The second and final day of the WIAC Indoor Championships takes place tomorrow, beginning at 10 a.m.