Indiana Tech Repeats as Men's Outdoor Track & Field Champion
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - (COMPLETE RESULTS) - Indiana Tech scored 190.5 points to win the 2022 Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championship hosted by Concordia. The Warriors saw five individual champions and one relay champion in capturing their ninth title. Aquinas finished second with 180 points while Madonna (147) and Siena Heights (138.5) rounded out the teams breaking the 100-point mark.
IT's Shamari Somerville was named the Outstanding Performer after winning the triple jump with the fifth-best mark in the NAIA at 14.84m and a which is a new WHAC record. Cortez Cunningham of Madonna was named the Most Valuable Performer as he won the 200m, finished second in the 100m, and was a member of the winning 4x100 relay team. Newcomer of the Year went to Jacob Harberts of Siena Heights. The freshman won the 1500m and finished second in the 800m while running the last leg of the third-place 4x800 relay.
Indiana Tech head coach Doug Edgar was named Coach of the Year after leading the Warriors to their ninth-straight title and Madonna's Stacy Latnie was voted as Champions of Character Coach.
In addition to Somerville's tripe jump record, two more meet records were broken as Luke Pohl ran a 14:33.34 in the 5000m and Noah Cunningham of Siena Heights had a record mark of 59.97 in the javelin.
The top three finishers in each event plus relays earn All-Conference honors with the winner named First Team, the runner-up named Second Team, and the third-place finisher named Honorable Mention.
FINAL TEAM SCORES (MEN)
1. Indiana Tech, 190.5
2. Aquinas, 180
3. Madonna, 147
4. Siena Heights, 138.5
5. Cornerstone, 93.5
6. Cleary, 21
7. Lourdes, 20.5
8. Rochester, 11
9. Concordia, 9
10. Lawrence Tech, 8
DAY TWO RESULTS (Click here for DAY ONE RESULTS)
Men's Discus
1. Alex Hunt, Madonna, 48.64m
2. Gevon Foreman, Madonna, 45.50m
3. Jefferson Edwards, Siena Heights, 44.26m
Men's Triple Jump
1. Shomari Somerville, Indiana Tech, 14.84m*
2. Ja'Kelveon Jackson, Madonna, 14.51m
3. Jesunifemi Ojutalayo, Aquinas, 14.34m
*WHAC Record
Men's Shot Put
1. Zachary Gipple, Siena Heights, 16.12m
2. Gevon Foreman, Madonna, 15.38m
3. Jefferson Edwards, Siena Heights, 14.31m
Men's Steeplechase
1. Ben Hardy, Aquinas, 9:33.56
2. Connor Callahan, Aquinas, 9:55.81
3. Anthony White, Cleary, 10:03.87
Men's 4x100 relay
1. Madonna, 41.21 (Rodney Cannon, Jr., Cortez Cunningham, Cobey Hall, DyShone Hayes)
2. Siena Heights, 41.83 (Noah Cunningham, Davion Curry, Cherrard Cohen, Matthew Gipple)
3. Aquinas, 41.98 (Yussuf Abdullahi, Cyrus Prudhomme, Lawrence Young, Brian Stump)
Men's 1500m
1. Jacob Harberts, Siena Heights, 3:58.20
2. Clayton Jones, Aquinas, 3:58.95
3. Ben Hylen, Aquinas, 4:03.59
Men's 110h
1. Steven Anderson, Madonna, 14.28
2. Ahumad Williams, Indiana Tech, 14.61
3. Isaiah Jackson, Aquinas, 14.82
Men's 400m
1. Braden Crosby, Indiana Tech, 48.78
2. David Dwumfour-Poku, Cornerstone, 48.98
3. Elijah Wallace, Cornerstone, 49.32
Men's 100m
1. Zayquan Lincoln, Indiana Tech, 10.42
2. Cortez Cunningham, Madonna, 10.52
3. Michael Warner, Indiana Tech, 10-54
Men's 800m
1. Matthew Vaughn, Madonna, 1:57.66
2. Jacob Harberts, Siena Heights, 1:57.72
3. Alex Vandor, Indiana Tech, 1:58.37
Men's 400h
1. Steven Anderson, Madonna, 53.28
2. Diego Sekiyama-Nava, Indiana Tech, 54.21
3. Miles Gray, Indiana Tech, 54.31
Men's 200m
1. Cortez Cunningham, Madonna, 21.31
2. Dillan Elkins, Indiana Tech, 21.41
3. DyShone Hayes, Madonna, 22.01
Men's 5000m
1. Luke Pohl, Cornerstone, 14:33.34*
2. Conner Uppleger, Lawrence Tech, 15:14.58
3. Nate Vruggink, Cornerstone, 15:22.10
*WHAC Record
Men's 4x400 Relay
1. Indiana Tech, 3:18.37 (Branden Crosby, Miles Gray, Logan Bloir, Elisha Stroder)
2. Aquinas, 3:19.47 (Jacob Tenbusch, Adam Bailey, Cyrus Prudhomme, Caleb Hodgkinson)
3. Siena Heights, 3:21.33 (Abdullah Nassr, Joshua Cundy, Cedric Grant, Davion Curry)