Rose-Hulman Wins Fifth Straight HCAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Title
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TERRE HAUTE, IN – The Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology men’s and Franklin College
women’s track and field team earned titles at the fifth
annual Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Track and
Field Championships held at Rose-Hulman on February 22. The
Engineers men scored 296 points in the 17 events to hold off
Anderson’s 106 point effort to claim their fifth straight
HCAC men’s indoor track title. The Franklin
women’s track team earned their first indoor title, holding
off Manchester by just two points.
The Rose-Hulman men had 10 event winners. Senior Stuart
West (LaPorte, Ind./H.S.) claimed the title in the mile
and the 3,000-meters. Senior Vashon Solomon
(Greensboro, NC/Southeast Guilford) set a new HCAC record
in the triple jump with a winning mark of 13.83 meters.
Anderson placed second in the men’s team standings with
106 points. Bluffton University tallied 68 points and was
followed by Defiance College (51.5 points), Hanover College (45),
Franklin College (40), Manchester University (37.5), Transylvania
University (14), Earlham College (3), and Mount St. Joseph
University (1).
Men’s Event
Winners
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60 meter dash
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Darius Spinks, Defiance
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6.90*
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200 meter dash
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Max Kittle, Anderson
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22.31*
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400 meter dash
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Josh Hennig, Rose-Hulman
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51.22
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800 meter run
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Brendon Mattiuz, Rose-Hulman
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1:58.38
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Mile run
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Stuart West, Rose-Hulman
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4:23.92
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3000 meter run
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Stuart West, Rose-Hulman
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8:58.06*
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5000 meter run
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Sam Sobczak, Rose-Hulman
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15:28.72
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60 meter hurdles
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Max Kittle, Anderson
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8.30
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800 meter relay
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Anderson
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1:30.61*
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1600 meter relay
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Rose-Hulman
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3:29.44
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4000 meter relay
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Rose-Hulman
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10:50.07
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High Jump
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Trey Everett, Bluffton
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2.07 m*
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Pole Vault
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Nathan Green, Rose-Hulman
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4.55 m
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Long Jump
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Trey Everett, Bluffton
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7.08 m*
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Triple Jump
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Vashon Solomon, Rose-Hulman
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13.83 m*
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Shot Put
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Charles Spaeth, Rose-Hulman
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14.90 m
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Weight Throw
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Edgar Gonzalez, Bluffton
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16.25 m
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* New HCAC Record