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Indiana Tech Captures Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship
Posted: Feb 19, 2023

Indiana Tech Captures Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - (COMPLETE RESULTS) - Indiana Tech made it 11 in a row after winning the 2023 Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship at Doug Edgar Indoor Track. The Warriors scored 203 points to hold off second-place Aquinas (171).

The Warriors had six individual champions including one relay team champion and scored as many as five in an event. There were only three events in which Indiana Tech did not score - 600m, 3000m, and 5000m. Madonna finished with four individual champions while Aquinas had three.

The meet saw one record broken when Madonna's Ja'Kelveon Jackson set a WHAC record in the triple jump with a winning distance of 15.16m (49' 8.75"). The top three finishers in each event earn All-Conference honors.

Caleb Hodgkinson of Aquinas was named Most Valuable Performer after scoring 36 points, winning the 1000m, placing 2nd in the 600m, and placing on two relay teams. The Aquinas 4x800 relay team of Rob Lohr, Will Finch, Znder Masten, and Hodgkinson was the Outstanding Performer. Newcomer of the Year went to Mason Murphy of Indiana Tech after he won the shot and finished third in the weight throw.

IT head coach Doug Edgar was named Coach of the Year and Siena Heights head coach Tim Bauer was voted as the Champions of Character Coach.

FINAL TEAM SCORES
1. Indiana Tech, 203
2. Aquinas, 171
3. Cornerstone, 120
4. Madonna, 78
5. Siena Heights, 49
6. Lawrence Tech, 43
7. Rochester, 21
8. Concordia, 8

DAY TWO RESULTS

Men's 60m Hurdles
1. Ahumad Williams, JR, Indiana Tech, 8.00
2. Javon Sanders, JR, Indiana Tech, 8.07
3. Diego Seiyama-Nava, SO, Indiana Tech, 8.10
4. Collins Mokuah, SO, Indiana Tech, 8.34
5. Noah Cunningham, JR, Siena Heights, 8.34
6. Phoenix Velthouse, FR, Cornerstone, 8.39
7. Jake Van Tassell, FR, Aquinas, 8.57
8. Carter Sabin, JR, Cornerstone, 8.68

Men's Mile Run
1. Isaac Sytsma, SO, Indiana Tech, 4:17.56
2. Griffin Arbrustmacher, FR, Lawrence Tech, 4:18.30
3. Rob Lohr, SO, Aquinas, 4:20.01
4. Connor Clemens, JR, Aquinas, 4:20.36
5. Nate Vruggink, JR, Cornersonte, 4:21.34
6. Connor Callahan, 4:21.59
7. Logan Churchill, SO, Cornerstone, 4:22.12
8. Noah Kelsey, SR, Indiana Tech, 4:29.03

Men's 400m
1. Nathan Iacona, FR, Aquinas, 49.31
2. Jordan Lewis, SO, Madonna, 50.22
3. Eric Pullum, FR, Indiana Tech, 50.39
4. Braden Crosby, SO, Indiana Tech, 50.39
5. Miles Gray, SO, Indiana Tech, 50.41
6. Jordan Johnson, FR, Lawrence Tech, 50.57
7. Cyrus Prudhomme, SR, Aquinas, 50.68
8. Aaron Heisser, FR, Indiana Tech, 50.74

Men's 600m
1. Abdullah Nassr, JR, Siena Heights, 1:22.50
2. Caleb Hodgkinson, JR, Aquinas, 1:22.83
3. Jacob Tenbusch, SO, Aquinas, 1:24.41
4. Liam Kelly, SO, Aquinas, 1:25.24
5. Grayson Verberkmoes, SO, Cornerstone, 1:26.64
6. Juan David Hernandez, FR, Aquinas, 1:27.54
7. Will Westveer, SR, Aquinas, 1:27.79
8. Kaleb Smith, SO, Cornerstone, 1:28.97

Men's 60m
1. Esau Haynes, SO, Indiana Tech, 6.77
2. Deveyon Blacknell, JR, Madonna, 6.80
3. Michael Warner, JR, Indiana Tech, 6.81
4. Cobey Hall, SR, Madonna, 6.93
5. Kamari Rush, SO, Indiana Tech, 6.95
6. Seth Stoltz, SO, Cornerstone, 7.00
7. Nate White, FR, Aquinas, 7.03
8. Edward Powell, FR, Indiana Tech, 7.14

Men's 800m
1. Cedric Grant, JR, Siena Heights, 1:55.13
2. Will Finch, SR, Aquinas, 1:55.31
3. Zander Masten, SO, Aquinas, 1:58.68
4. Charles Aldrich, SO, Rochester, 1:58.76
5. Spencer Vanderzwaag, SO, Cornerstone, 1:59.34
6. Rob Lohr, SO, Aquinas, 2:00.66
7. Noah Blandino, FR, Lawrence Tech, 2:00.84
8. Dylan Banda, SO, Indiana Tech, 2:01.25

Men's 1000m
1. Caleb Hodgkinson, JR, Aquinas, 2:33.37
2. Luke Droz, FR, Lawrence Tech, 2:33.68
3. Hunter Assenmacher, JR, Lawrence Tech, 2:34.03
4. Nate Vruggink, JR, Cornerstone, 2:34.56
5. Andy Adams, FR, Cornerstone, 2:36.35
6. Isaac Sytsma, SO, Indiana Tech, 2:38.16
7. Logan Churchill, SO, Cornerstone, 2;40.38
8. Brian Langlois, FR, Aquinas, 2:40.46

Men's 200m
1. Cortez Cunningham, SR, Madonna, 21.72
2. Michael Warner, JR, Indiana Tech, 22.00
3. Brice Taylor, SO, Indiana Tech, 22.325
4. Michael Williams, FR, Indiana Tech, 22.330
5. Ian Suber, JR, Lawrence Tech, 22.34
6. Miles Gray, SO, Indiana Tech, 22.46
7. Kamari Rush, SO, Indiana Tech, 22.48
8. Jordan Lewis, SO, Madonna, 22.52

Men's Triple Jump
1. Ja'Kelveon Jackson, SR, Madonna, 15.16m (49' 8.75")*
2. Jesunifemi Ojutalayo, SO, Aquinas, 14.77m (48' 5.5")
3. Shomari Somerville, SR, Indiana Tech, 14.65m (48' 0.75")
4. Alexander Schmidt, FR, Cornerstone, 13.39m (43' 11.25")
5. Carter Sabin, JR, Cornerstone, 13.05m (42' 9.75")
6. Jaelan Steward, JR, Indiana Tech, 12.83m (42' 1")
7. Tayvahr Wright, SO, Indiana Tech, 12.56m (41' 2.5")
8. Mattias Jenkins, SO, Madonna, 12.35m (40' 6.25")

Men's 3000m
1. Luke Pohl, JR, Cornerstone, 8:41.52
2. Connor Callahan, SO, Aquinas, 8:47.03
3. Connor Clemens, JR, Aquinas, 8:49.83
4. Johah Maichele, SO, Aquinas, 8:51.88
5. Griffin Armbrustmacher, FR, Lawrence Tech, 8:53.74
6. Edward Frey, SO, Aquinas, 8:55.36
7. Hunter Assenmacher, JR, Lawrence Tech, 8:57.17
8. Andrew Ireland, JR, Aquinas, 8:57.69

Men's 4x400 Relay
1. Indiana Tech, 3:22.14 (Sanders, Sekiyama-Nava, Heisser, Patterson)
2. Aquinas, 3:22.41 (Prudhomme, Iacona, Tenbusch, Hodgkinson)
3. Cornerstone, 3:35.32 (Courtney, Stoltz, Schmidt, DeVries)
4. Concordia, 3:38.03 (Starkey, Bentz, Dodson, Schroeder)
5. Rochester, 3:49.66 (Kijorski, Licari, Shaw, Aldrich)

DAY ONE RESULTS

Men's 5000m
1. Connor Callahan, Aquinas, SO, 15:19.81
2. Andrew Ireland, Aquinas, JR, 15:31.37
3. Ethan Barker, Aquinas, SO, 15:31.56
4. Matt Schieber, Aquinas, SO, 15:31.68
5. Carter VanderMeer, SO, Cornerstone, 15:40.50
6. Jamin Thompson, SO, Cornerstone, 15:45.06
7. Luke Koopman, SR, Cornerstone, 15:46.74
8. Ryan Exell, SR, Madonna, 15:53.38

Men's 4x800m Relay
1. Aquinas, 7:50.73 (Lohr, Finch, Masten, Hodgkinson),
2. Cornerstone, 7:53.67 (Vruggink, Adams, Pohl, VanderZwaag)
3. Lawrence Tech, 7:55.69 (Armbrustmacher, Blandino, Assenmacher, Dawson)
4. Siena Heights, 7:59.25 (Landis, Grant, Nassr, Harberts)
5. Indiana Tech, 8:07.03 (Agwick, Kelsey, Banda, Sytsma)
6. Concordia, 8:34.89 (Eising, Sanchez, Bentz, Schroeder)
7. Rochester, 8:42.50 (Shaw, Gore, Baxter, Aldrich)
8. Madonna, 9:31.41 (McCraight, Langkam, Evanchuk, Nicholson)

Men's Long Jump
1. Ja'Kelveon Jackson, SR, Madonna, 7.31m (23' 11.75")
2. Seth Stoltz, SO, Cornerstone, 7.04m (23' 1.25")
3. Shomari Somerville, SR, Indiana Tech, 7.01m (23' 0")
4. Jesunifemi Ojutalayo, SO, Aquinas, 6.93m (22' 05")
5. Joshua Ballard, JR, Indiana Tech, 6.72m (22' 0.5")
6. Jaelan Stewart, JR, Indiana Tech, 6.65m (21' 9.75")
7. JR Torin Moore, FR, Rochester, 6.28m (20' 7.25")
8. Khalil Carr, FR, Indiana Tech, 6.21m (20' 4.5")

Men's Weight Throw
1. Alex Hunt, SO, Madonna, 18.04m (59' 2")
2. Nick Huynh, JR, Cornerstone, 16.24m (53' 3")
3. Mason Murphy, FR, Indiana Tech, 16.03m (52' 7")
4. Jeferson Edwards, SR, Siena Heights, 15.23m (50' 0")
5 Jordan Harris, SO, Siena Heights, 14.54m (47' 8")
6. Ian Slebrch, SO, Indiana Tech, 13.84m (45' 5")
7. Logan West, SO, Madonna, 13.81m (45' 4")
8. Eijah Collins, FR, Siena Heights, 13.48m (44' 3")

Men's High Jump
1. Tayvahr Wright, SO, Indiana Tech, 2.01m (6' 7.24")
2. Andre Daniels, SR, Rochester, 1.96m (6' 5.25")
3. Shomari Somerville, SR, Indiana Tech, 1.96m (6' 5.25")
4. Phoenix Velthouse, FR, Cornerstone, 1.91m (6' 3.25")
5. Brad Holbrook, FR, Cornerstone, 1.91m (6' 3.25")
6.Jaelan Stewart, JR, Indiana Tech, 1.91m (6' 3.25")
7. Jesunifemi Ojutalayo, SO, Aquinas, 1.91m (6' 3/25")
8. Savion Tyler, JR, Siena Heights, 1.86m (6' 1.25")

Men's Pole Vault
1. Josh Devries, SR, Cornerstone, 4.75m (15' 7")
2. Noah Schultz, SO, Indiana Tech, 4.65m (15' 3")
3. Victor Rodriguez, SO, Indiana Tech, 4.30m (14' 1.25")
4. Drennan Sorrell, JR, Indiana Tech, 4.30m (14' 1.25")
5. Emmanuel Farage, FR, Aquinas, 3.70m (12' 1.75")
6. Peter Willcome, SR, Cornerstone, 3.70m (12' 1.75")

Men's Shot Put
1. Mason Murphy, FR, Indiana Tech, 14.18m (46' 6.25")
2. Jefferson Edwards, SR, Siena Heights, 14.06m (46' 1.5")
3. Logan West, SO, Madonna, 13.81m (45' 3.75")
4. Alex Hunt, SO, Madonna, 13.65m (44' 9.5")
5. Ryan Shinabery, FR, Cornerstone, 13.27m (43' 6.5")
6. Nick Huynh, JR, Cornerstone, 13.22m (43' 4.5")
7. Ian Slebrch, SO, Indiana Tech, 13.13m (43' 1")
8. Eijah Collins, FR, Siena Heights, 12.75m (41' 10")

All-Time WHAC Champions

1993: Tri-State
1994: Siena Heights
1995: Siena Heights
1996: Siena Heights
1997: Siena Heights
1998: Siena Heights
1999: Aquinas
2000: Aquinas
2001: Aquinas
2002: Aquinas
2003: Aquinas
2004: Aquinas
2005: none
2006: none
2007: none
2008: Siena Heights
2009: Siena Heights
2010: Siena Heights
2011: Siena Heights
2012: Siena Heights
2013: Indiana Tech
2014: Indiana Tech
2015: Indiana Tech
2016: Indiana Tech
2017: Indiana Tech
2018: Indiana Tech
2019: Indiana Tech
2020: Indiana Tech
2021: Indiana Tech
2022: Indiana Tech
2023: Indiana Tech