FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) concluded the 2023 Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the campus of Franklin College, at Grizzly Park’s H. Dean Evans Track and Field Complex.
The Hanover College Panthers are the Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Champions, scoring a total of 165 points. The Spartans of Manchester University finished in second place with a total of 163.5 points. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology finished in third with 161 total points.
The women’s javelin throw opened up day two on the women’s side, which resulted in
Jill Wilhelm of Mount St. Joseph University became the first HCAC champion on the women’s side on day two.
Wilhelm posted a conference-best 38.95 meter throw for the title.
Carley Camp of Manchester earned the title of champion of the women’s hammer throw. Camp’s winning throw went a distance of 45.54 meters.
Madison Huelskamp of Earlham College was crowned champion in the women’s long jump.
Huelskamp jumped 5.16 meters to win the competition. Huelskamp’s performance in the women’s long jump resulted in being named the HCAC’s women’s Most Outstanding Jumps Athlete of the Year.
Alison Muck of Franklin College, who broke a school record on day one of the competition, found herself atop the women’s high jump podium clearing 1.51 meters (Muck set Franklin’s school record in the 100 Meter Hurdles Prelim). Not only was Muck’s 1.51 mark good enough for the women’s high jump championship, she was also named the HCAC’s Women’s Newcomer of the Year.
The women’s 4x100 meter relay led to Rose-Hulman becoming champions in the 4x100 Meter Relay. The Fightin’ Engineers team that posted a time of 49.13 was made up of
Narindwa Semakula,
Rofiat Adeyemi,
Alex Adams, and
Katrina Agustin.
The women’s 1500 meter winner has been a familiar name atop of the distance podiums throughout her time at Manchester.
Elizabeth Lohman, not only won the 1500 meter run (4:54.38) and the 5000 meter run (19:08.99) on day two.
Lohman also won the women’s 3000 meter steeplechase on day one.
Lohman’s dominant performances this weekend resulted in being named the HCAC’s Women’s Most Outstanding Distance Athlete of the Year in back-to-back campaigns.
The women’s 100 meter hurdles champion was decided by .33 seconds which led to
Narindwa Semakula of Rose-Hulman being crowned champion of the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles.
Semakula edged out
Muck of Franklin for the HCAC title.
The Women’s 400 meter dash champion is
Jada Stansberry of Anderson University.
Stansberry posted a 57-second 400 meter dash for this year's HCAC title.
Stansberry’s dominating performance resulted in being named the HCAC’s Women’s Most Outstanding Sprints/Hurdles Athlete of the Year.
The women’s 100 meter dash champion was decided by just .02 seconds with third place finishing .03 seconds behind this year's conference champion.
Sarah O’Day of Franklin was crowned as this year's women’s 100 meter dash champion in a race that was as close as it can get.
The women’s 800 meter run champion is Hanover’s
Amberleigh Sorensen who posted a 2:24.55 which paced the field resulting in being crowned champion.
The women’s 400 meter hurdles champion was determined by nearly half a second.
Jada Hunter-Hays of Rose-Hulman turned in a time of 1:07.28 which was just enough to be crowned champion of this year’s women’s 400 meter hurdles.
Sarah O’Day of Franklin who was this year’s Women’s 100 Meter Dash champion was also the Women’s 200 Meter Dash champion.
O’Day was crowned champion of the Women’s 200 Meter Dash by just .02 seconds (25.52 seconds) over
Jada Stansberry who finished in second place in this event, with a time of 25.54 seconds.
The final race of the Outdoor Track and Field Championships was the women’s 4x400 meter relay. The Fightin’ Engineers of Rose-Hulman found themselves atop the podium in this one posting a blazing time of 4:13.94. The Fightin’ Engineers 4x400 Meter Relay team was made up of
Jada Hunter-Hays,
Madison Lindfelt,
Jenae Mona, and
Emily Peterson.
In a vote of league coaches, the following student-athletes were honored with the marque awards of the meet:
Women’s Newcomer of the Year:
Alison Muck, Franklin
Women’s Most Outstanding Throws Athlete of the Year:
Jessica Beckman, Hanover Women’s Most Outstanding Jumps Athlete of the Year:
Madison Huelskamp, Earlham Women’s Most Outstanding Sprints/Hurdles Athlete of the Year:
Jada Stansberry, Anderson
Women’s Most Outstanding Distance Athlete of the Year:
Elizabeth Lohman, Manchester
Women’s Coach of the Year: Rachel Sharpe, Hanover
Men’s Team Rankings - 20 Events Scored
- Hanover 165
- Manchester 163.5
- Rose-Hulman 161
- Franklin 87
- Mount St. Joseph 52.5
- Earlham 37
- Bluffton 34
- Transylvania 30
- Anderson 26
- Defiance 24
Women’s HCAC All-Conference
| Event |
Team |
Name |
School |
| Pole Vault |
First Team |
Nina Jazdzewksi |
Hanover |
| Pole Vault |
Second Team |
Aliza Boles |
Hanover |
| Pole Vault |
Honorable Mention |
Ally McGuire |
Hanover |
| Triple Jump |
First Team |
Rofiat Adeyemi |
Rose-Hulman |
| Triple Jump |
Second Team |
Kyra Hicks |
Rose-Hulman |
| Triple Jump |
Honorable Mention |
Madison Huelskamp |
Earlham |
| Discus Throw |
First Team |
Jessie Stenger |
Hanover |
| Discus Throw |
Second Team |
Jessica Beckman |
Hanover |
| Discus Throw |
Honorable Mention |
Taylor Tatlock |
Franklin |
| Hammer Throw |
First Team |
Carley Camp |
Manchester |
| Hammer Throw |
Second Team |
Jessica Beckman |
Hanover |
| Hammer Throw |
Honorable Mention |
Kylie Rathbun |
Rose-Hulman |
| Shot Put |
First Team |
Carley Camp |
Manchester |
| Shot Put |
Second Team |
Jessie Stenger |
Hanover |
| Shot Put |
Honorable Mention |
Jessica Beckman |
Hanover |
| Javelin Throw |
First Team |
Jill Wilhelm |
Mount St. Joseph |
| Javelin Throw |
Second Team |
Madalyn Hudnall |
Mount St. Joseph |
| Javelin Throw |
Honorable Mention |
Jessica Beckman |
Hanover |
| Long Jump |
First Team |
Madison Huelskamp |
Earlham |
| Long Jump |
Second Team |
Rofiat Adeyemi |
Rose-Hulman |
| Long Jump |
Honorable Mention |
Brooke Bouwens |
Manchester |
| High Jump |
First Team |
Alison Muck |
Franklin |
| High Jump |
Second Team |
Taylor Roark |
Transylvania |
| High Jump |
Honorable Mention |
Kennadi Lakins |
Hanover |
| 3K Steeplechase |
First Team |
Elizabeth Lohman |
Manchester |
| 3K Steeplechase |
Second Team |
Madison Lindfelt |
Rose-Hulman |
| 3K Steeplechase |
Honorable Mention |
Hanna Whitney |
Hanover |
| 10K Meter Run |
First Team |
Hannah Brubaker |
Manchester |
| 10K Meter Run |
Second Team |
Noelle Loller |
Anderson |
| 10K Meter Run |
Honorable Mention |
Elsa King |
Rose-Hulman |
| 4x100 Relay |
First Team |
Narindwa Semakula, Rofiat Adeyemi, Alex Adams, Katrina Agustin |
Rose-Hulman |
| 4x100 Relay |
Second Team |
Lisa-Maria Markau, Ashanti Elkins, Shyla Pemberton, Hailei Haynes |
Defiance |
| 4x100 Relay |
Honorable Mention |
Adelle Stanko, Brooke Bouwens, Penelope Eash, Jay’ana Blakely |
Manchester |
| 1500 Meter |
First Team |
Elizabeth Lohman |
Manchester |
| 1500 Meter |
Second Team |
Amberleigh Sorensen |
Hanover |
| 1500 Meter |
Honorable Mention |
Madison Lindfelt |
Rose-Hulman |
| 100 Hurdles |
First Team |
Narindwa Semakula |
Rose-Hulman |
| 100 Hurdles |
Second Team |
Alison Muck |
Franklin |
| 100 Hurdles |
Honorable Mention |
Katrina Agustin |
Rose-Hulman |
| 400 Meter Dash |
First Team |
Jada Stansberry |
Anderson |
| 400 Meter Dash |
Second Team |
Brooke Bouwens |
Manchester |
| 400 Meter Dash |
Honorable Mention |
Kailea Kerr |
Bluffton |
| 100 Meter Dash |
First Team |
Sarah O’Day |
Franklin |
| 100 Meter Dash |
Second Team |
Lisa-Maria Markau |
Defiance |
| 100 Meter Dash |
Honorable Mention |
Zaleeya Martin |
Hanover |
| 800 Meter |
First Team |
Amberleigh Sorensen |
Hanover |
| 800 Meter |
Second Team |
Kaycee Moore |
Transylvania |
| 800 Meter |
Honorable Mention |
Haley Makowski |
Franklin |
| 400 Hurdles |
First Team |
Jada Hunter-Hays |
Rose-Hulman |
| 400 Hurdles |
Second Team |
Brooke Bouwens |
Manchester |
| 400 Hurdles |
Honorable Mention |
Ashley Klosterman |
Mount St. Joseph |
| 200 Meter Dash |
First Team |
Sarah O’Day |
Franklin |
| 200 Meter Dash |
Second Team |
Jada Stansberry |
Anderson |
| 200 Meter Dash |
Honorable Mention |
Lisa-Maria Markau |
Defiance |
| 5000 Meter |
First Team |
Elizabeth Lohman |
Manchester |
| 5000 Meter |
Second Team |
Hannah Brubaker |
Manchester |
| 5000 Meter |
Honorable Mention |
Elsa King |
Rose-Hulman |
| 4x400 Relay |
First Team |
Jada Hunter-Hays, Madison Lindfelt, Jenae Mona, Emily Peterson |
Rose-Hulman |
| 4x400 Relay |
Second Team |
Olivia Kyrk, Elena Stirn, Lily Schamel, Madison Huelskamp |
Earlham |
| 4x400 Relay |
Honorable Mention |
Penelope Eash, Brook Bouwens, Elizabeth Lohman, Adelle Stanko |
Manchester |