Posted: Feb 19, 2023

Men's Indoor Track & Field Honors Released

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) released the 2022-23 Men's Indoor Track & Field season honors. All-Conference teams, All-Academic, and Champions of Character were announced.

Individual champions in each event at the WHAC Championships were named First Team All-Conference. Second-place finishers in each event earned Second Team All-Conference and third-place finishers were Honorable Mention.

The All-Academic Team consisted of juniors and above in academic standing with a cumulative GPA of 3.25 while the Champions of Character Team included one student-athlete from each school that best represents the spirit of the NAIA's Champions of Character initiative.

Most Valuable Performer – Caleb Hodgkinson, Aquinas
Most Outstanding Performance – 4x800 Relay, Aquinas (Rob Lohr, Will Finch, Zander Masten, and CalebHodgkinson)
Newcomer of the Year – Mason Murphy, Indiana Tech
Coach of the Year – Doug Edgar
Champions of Character Coach – Tim Bauer, Siena Heights

Men's First Team All-Conference

Event	Name	Institution	Yr.	Time/Distance
60m Hurdles	Ahumad Willams	Indiana Tech	JR	8.00
Mile	Isaac Sytsma	Indiana Tech	SO	4:17.56
400m	Nathan Iacona	Aquinas	FR	49.31
600m	Abdullah Nassr	Siena Heights	JR	1:22.50
60m	Esau Haynes	Indiana Tech	SO	6.77
800m	Michael Warner	Indiana Tech	JR	6.81
1000m	Caleb Hodgkinson	Aquinas	JR	2:33.37
200m	Cortez Cunningham	Madonna	SR	21.72
Triple Jump	Ja'Kelveon Jackson	Madonna	SR	15.16m (49' 8.75")
3000m	Luke Pohl	Cornerstone	JR	8:41.52
4x400m Relay	Javon Sanders Diego Sekiyama-Nava Heisser Desmond Patterson	Indiana Tech		3:22.14
5000m	Connor Callahan	Aquinas	SO	15:19.81
4x800m Relay	Rob Lohr Will Finch Zander Masten Caleb Hodgkison	Aquinas
Long Jump	Ja'Kelveon Jackson	Madonna	SR	7.31m (23' 11.75")
Weight Throw	Alex Hunt	Madonna	SO	18.04m (59' 2")
High Jump	Tayvahr Wright	Indiana Tech	SO	2.01m (6' 7.24")
Pole Vault	Josh DeVries	Cornerstone	SR	4.75m (15' 7")
Shot Put	Mason Murphy	Indiana Tech	FR	14.18m (46' 6.25")

Men's Second Team All-Conference

Event	Name	Institution	Yr.	Time/Distance
60m Hurdles	Javon Sanders	Indiana Tech	JR	8.07
Mile	Griffin Arbrustmacher	Lawrence Tech	FR	4:18.30
400m	Jordan Lewis	Madonna	SO	50.22
600m	Caleb Hodgkinson	Aquinas	JR	1:22.83
60m	Deveyon Blacknell	Madonna	JR	6.80
800m	Will Finch	Aquinas	SR	1:55.31
1000m	Luke Droz	Lawrence Tech	FR	2:33.68
200m	Michael Warner	Indiana Tech	JR	22.00
Triple Jump	Jesunifemi Ojutalayo	Aquinas	SO	14.77m (48' 5.5")
3000m	Connor Callahan	Aquinas	SO	8:47.03
4x400m Relay	Cyrus Prudhomme Nathan Iacona Jacob Tenbusch Caleb Hodgkinson	Aquinas		3:22.41
5000m	Andrew Ireland	Aquinas	JR	15:31.37
4x800m Relay	Nate Vruggink Andy Adams Luke Pohl Spencer VanderZwagg	Cornerstone		7:53.67
Long Jump	Seth Stoltz	Cornerstone	SO	7.04m (23' 1.25")
Weight Throw	Nick Huynh	Cornerstone	JR	16.24m (53' 3")
High Jump	Andre Daniels	Rochester	SR	1.96m (6' 5.25")
Pole Vault	Noah Schultz	Indiana Tech	SO	4.65m (15' 3")
Shot Put	Jefferson Edwards	Siena Heights	SR	14.06m (46' 1.5")

Men's Honorable Mention All-Conference

Event	Name	Institution	Yr.	Time/Distance
60m Hurdles	Diego Seiyama-Nava	Indiana Tech	SO	8.10
Mile	Rob Lohr	Aquinas	SO	4:20.01
400m	Eric Pullum	Indiana Tech	FR	50.39
600m	Jacob Tenbusch	Aquinas	SO	1:24.41
60m	Michael Warner	Indiana Tech	JR	6.81
800m	Zander Masten	Aquinas	SO	1:58.68
1000m	Hunter Assenmacher	Lawrence Tech	JR	2:34.03
200m	Brice Taylor	Indiana Tech	SO	22.325
Triple Jump	Shomari Somerville	Indiana Tech	SR	14.65m (48' 0.75")
3000m	Connor Clemens	Aquinas	JR	8:49.83
4x400m Relay	Jadyn Courtney Seth Stoltz Alex Schmidt Josh DeVries	Cornerstone		3:35.32
5000m	Ethan Barker	Aquinas	SO	15:31.56
4x800m Relay	Griffin Armbrustmacher Noah Blandino Hunter Assenmacher Ben Dawson	Lawrence Tech		7:55.69
Long Jump	Shomari Somerville	Indiana Tech	SR	7.01m (23' 0")
Weight Throw	Mason Murphy	Indiana Tech	FR	16.03m (52' 7")
High Jump	Shomari Somerville	Indiana Tech	SR	1.96m (6' 5.25")
Pole Vault	Victor Rodriguez	Indiana Tech	SO	4.30m (14' 1.25")
Shot Put	Logan West	Madonna	SO	13.81m (45' 3.75")

All-Academic Team
From Aquinas - Matthew Brines, Connor Callahan, Connor Clemens, William Finch, Edward Frey, Benjamin Hardy, Caleb Hodgkinson, Andrew Ireland, Jonah Maichele, Benjamin Peterson, Cyrus Prudhomme, Matthew Schieber, Brian Stump, Jacob Tenbusch, John Van Til
From Concordia - Zachary Belinsky, Theodore Eising, Noah Starkey, Andrew Wiemer, and Joshua Wood
From Cornerstone - Joshua Devries, Luke Koopman, Luke Pohl, Zachary Theeuwes, Nathan Vruggink, and Peter Willcome
From Indiana Tech - Stuart Adkinson, Joshua Ballard, Logan Bloir, Colin Dillon, Deonsae Dorsey, Isaac Jackson, Jordan Jackson, Desmond Patterson, Jacob Ritchie, Victor Rodriguez, Noah Schultz, Diego Sekiyama-Nava, Drennan Sorrell, and Jaelan Stweart
From Lawrence Tech - Hunter Assenmacher
From Madonna - Steven Anderson, Cortez Cunningham, Lucas Eccleton, Dy'Shone Hayes, and Ja'Kelveon Jackson
From Rochester - Garrett Goulding, Paul Nadeau, and Noah Peterson
From Siena Heights - Colin Metzger, Jay Moore, Joel Koshko, Nethanel Leupold, Jacob Sand, and Timothy Werner

Champions of Character Team

Name	Institution	Yr.
Jacob Tenbusch	Aquinas	SO
Ethan Beres	Cleary	JR
Zachary Belinsky	Concordia	SR
Nate Vruggink	Cornerstone	SR
Josh Ballard	Indiana Tech	SR
Hunter Assenmacher	Lawrence Tech	JR
Taiden Robinson	Madonna	FR
Noah Licari	Rochester
Jefferson Edwards	Siena Heights	SR