Men's Track and Field

HCAC 2023 Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Notebook, Week 7

CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Indoor track and field teams competed in week seven of the 2023 season.  

Around the League:  

HCAC Track and Field Schedule 

Athletes of the Week:  

Men’s Track Athlete of the Week:  

Jailen Hobbs (Spring Lake, N.C.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Junior – Hobbs set Rose-Hulman and HCAC records in the 60-meter dash (6.81) and broke the Rose-Hulman 200-meter dash record set more than a decade ago (22.12) to win both events at the Indiana State Open. The 60-meter time ranks No. 1 in the Great Lakes Region and No. 11 nationally, while the 200-meter time broke a record set by 2012 hurdles All-American Sutton Coleman 

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: 

Justin Dreyling (Cincinnati, Ohio) Mount St. Joseph University | Senior – Dreyling won both the Long Jump and the Triple Jump at the Wittenberg Invitational. Dreyling jumped 7.21M in the Long Jump and currently ranks 9th in the NCAA. In the Triple Jump Dreyling jumped 14.42M and ranks 8th in the NCAA.  
Women’s Track Athlete of the Week: 

Sarah O’Day (Avon, Ind.) Franklin College | Junior – O’Day Claimed two program records at Friday night's Friday Night Spikes, helping Franklin to a runner-up finish. She won the 200m dash with a time of 26.58, breaking a six-year old program record and becoming the first FC woman to record a time under 27 seconds in the event. O'Day earned a runner-up finish in the 60m dash with a time of 7.93, breaking a program record that stood for eight years.  

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week: 

Carley Camp (Logansport, Ind.) Manchester University | Sophomore – Camp placed first in the shot put out of 35 athletes with a throw of 12.87 meters and placed second in the weight throw with a distance of 14.82 meters. 

Notable Performances:  

Men’s  

  • Desomnd Gist (Detroit, Mich.) Bluffton University | Junior - Gist ran 8.16 in the 60-meter hurdle which won the Flag City Open, hosted by NCAA Division II University of Findlay, broke the school record, and placed him in a three-way tie for 10th in the nation. 

  • Connor Kimball (West Valley City, Utah) Earlham College | Senior – Kimball won the men's 800 at the Friday Night Spikes Invitational in a time of 1:59.75. He now sits in third place in the conference standings. 

  • Noah Sigler (Avon, Ind.) Franklin College | Junior- Sigler Earned two runner-up finishes for Franklin in the field as part of a second-place team finish at RHIT's Friday Night Spikes Tune-Up. He recorded a throw of 13.12m in the shot put and 14.88m in the weight throw. 

  • Anthony Llyod (Columbus, Ind.) Hanover College | Freshman- Lloyd led the Panthers as part of the Friday Night Spikes meet, winning the high jump with a leap of 1.80 meters. He took fifth as part of the long jump with a distance of 5.78 meters. 

  • Ben Villafuerte (Angola, Ind.) Manchester University | Senior - Villafuerte finished in second place in shot put out of 58 athletes at the Wittenberg Invitational on Saturday. Villafuerte threw a new PR of 15.17m, placing him third all-time in Manchester history. 

  • Corbin Till (Fort. Wayne, Ind.) Manchester University | Freshman- Manchester's indoor track and field teams competed at the Wittenberg Invitational on Saturday. Corbin Till ran a new personal best and Manchester top-10 time in the 200m in a time of 22.86 seconds. Till's time is now second fastest in school history. 

  • Tim Youndt (Pottstown, Pa.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Senior- Tim won the long jump at the Rose-Hulman Friday Night Spikes Meet (21' 8 1/4") and placed 2nd in the triple jump at the Indiana State Open Meet on Saturday (46' 2 1/2"). Rose-Hulman won the team scoring in Friday night's meet.  

Women’s 

  • Madison Huelskamp (Sidney, Ohio.) Earlham College | Junior- Madison Huelskamp finished in second place in both the long jump and the triple jump at the Friday Night Spikes Invitational. She recorded a leap of 4.81 meters in the long jump, and reached 10.47 meters in the triple, good enough for third in the conference.
  • ?Amberleigh Sorensen (Yorktown, Ind.) Hanover College | Junior - Sorensen competed as part of the Wittenberg Collegiate Invite taking 13th in the one mile with a new school record time of 5:16.24. The time ranks as the fastest time among HCAC competitors and breaks the previous school record time of 5:17.29.  
  • Ally McGuire (Guilford, Ind.) Hanover College | Junior - McGuire won the pole vault as part of the Friday Night Spikes meet claiming the top spot with a height of 2.60 meters. She currently ranks as the favorite to win the HCAC in the event. 
  • ?Brooke Bouwens (Lake Odessa, Mich.) Manchester University | Senior- At the Wittenberg Invitational on Saturday, Brooke Bouwens ran a new personal best in the 200-meter sprint with a time of 27.57. Her time puts Brooke third all-time in Manchester history. 
  • Kylie Rathbun (Tulsa, Okla.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Junior- Kylie won the weight throw with a mark of 43' 11 1/4" at Friday Night Spikes Meet, helping Rose-Hulman win the team scoring.
  • ?Madison Lindfelt (Carmel, Ind.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Senior- Madison won the 800-meter run with a career-best time of 2:27.61 at Friday Night Spikes Meet, helping Rose-Hulman win the team scoring in the meet.