VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Yellowjacket men's track and field team, or more specifically a portion of the men's team made its outdoor season debut Friday, competing in the Betty S. Rogers Spring Break Invitational at Virginia Wesleyan University.
 
And what a day it was for the Yellowjackets, who won multiple events and shattered a school record along the way.
 
The 4-x-200-meter relay team placed second Friday, but it was the top finishing team among NCAA Division III competitors. The Yellowjackets came across the line with a time of 1:30.42, which set a new school record by more than two seconds. The team, made up of Will Schorr (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior), Edward Hakanson (Foxboro, Wis./Superior Senior), Bryce Boldt (Waupaca, Wis./Waupaca) and Ethan Westimayer (Laona, Wis./Laona) toppled the previous record, set in 2010.
 
Schorr also notched a top-ten finish in the 100-meter dash preliminary, placing eighth with a time of 11.25 seconds. Schorr was one of four Yellowjackets to compete in the race, but the only one to qualify for Saturday's final.
 
The Yellowjackets picked up three victories in the field events.
 
Nate Ohman (Lake Nebagamon, Wis./Northwestern) earned the win in the hammer throw, coming in with a mark of 47.73 meters. The mark was short of Ohman's personal record, but it was more than five meters clear of the rest of the field. Carson Wilhorn (Necedah, Wis./Necedah) also earned a top-five finish, placing third with a heave of 34.24 meters.
 
The Yellowjackets had the top two finishers in the pole vault. Isaac Hanson (Hayward, Wis./Hayward) placed second, clearing the bar at a height of 3.33 meters. The only competitor better was teammate Garrett Lynch (Portage, Wis./Portage), who won the event by clearing a height of 3.93 meters.
 
One of the best performances of the day came courtesy of Earl Foster (Forest Lake, Minn./Spectrum). The senior won the javelin with a heave of 54.60 meters. The mark destroyed his previous personal record of 49.15 meters, and currently has him ranked in the top ten in the nation.
 
The Yellowjackets placed two competitors in the top ten in the long jump. Ben Babcock (Blue Earth, Minn./Blue Earth Area) placed second with a leap of 6.56 meters, a mark that put him just a tenth-of-a-meter behind the winner. Schorr finished seventh with a jump of 6.16 meters.
 
The Yellowjackets will return to the Betty S. Rogers Track and Field Center Saturday, for day two of Virginia Wesleyan's Spring Break Invitational. Events will begin at 11 a.m.