2020 HCAC Indoor Track and Field Championship

Rose-Hulman wins 10th HCAC Indoor Title

Rose-Hulman wins 10th HCAC Indoor Title
Posted: Feb 22, 2020

COMPLETE RESULTS

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The 2020 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Indoor Track and Field Championship was held at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Saturday, with the Fightin' Engineers coming up big to take the title.

Rose-Hulman blew the competition out of the water with 204 points to win their 10th straight title. Earlham College finished in second with 108 points, Hanover College took third with 92 points, Manchester University claimed fourth with 54 points and Bluffton University finished in fifth with 51 points. Mount St. Joseph University (47) placed sixth, Franklin College (38) took seventh, Anderson University (30) placed eighth, Defiance College (23) finished in ninth and Transylvania University (15) came in 10th.

In the opening race of the meet, the men's 5K, Austin Burt from Earlham picked up the first individual title of the 2020 Championship with a time of 15:40.63. The Quakers rode the momentum, winning the following event, the men's distance medley relay, with the team of Henry Foultner, Daryn Strub, Michael Grady and Cade Orchard running a time of 10:49.15 for the win.

Keeping on the track, in the 4x200 men's relay Mount St. Joseph won the event, with Lee Bennett, Tre'on Taylor, Chase Samples, and Cameron Willis racing a time of 1:33.43 to claim the top spot. Rose-Hulman's Matthew Stevenot won a pair of races for the Fightin' Engineers, with a time of 4:24.43 in the one-mile and a 3K run of 8:53.54 to finish first. 

In the sprints, Brandon Green won the 60 meter hurdles for Mount St. Joseph, with a time of 8.45. Bryce Gatewood picked up a first-place finish for Hanover, with a run of 51.19 in the 400 meter dash securing the win. Lee Bennett put the Lions back on top of the podium in the 60 meter dash, with a run of 7.15 winning the event.

Jacob Burnam picked up Transylvania's first victory of the day, winning the 800 meter event with a time of 1:54.93. In the men's 200 meter dash, Kristian Zadlo of Rose-Hulman won the event, with a time of 23.18. Capping off the day, Hanover's 4x400 team won the event, with a team of Riley Cook, Paxton Caldwell, Aaron Rodgers and Bryce Gatewood teaming up for a time of 3:29.28.

In the field, Brandon James got things rolling for Bluffton, capturing the men's triple jump with a mark of 13.35m. In the men's shot put and weight throw, Nathan Schrader brought home top prize for Rose-Hulman, with a throw of 15.34m in the shot put and a mark of 17.59m in the weight throw. Rose-Hulman's Kyle Brownell picked up a win in the men's high jump, with a winning leap of 2.04m.

Justin Kauffman from Bluffton won the men's pole vault event, clearing a height of 4.35m to stand atop the podium. Erikmycal Powell of Hanover won the men's long jump event, clearing 6.51m for the top-spot.

The HCAC recognizes the top three finishers in events as HCAC All-Conference. The complete list of HCAC All-Conference honorees are listed below. In a vote of league coaches, the following student-athletes were honored with the marque awards of the meet:

Men's Indoor Most Valuable Runner of the Meet: Matthew Stevenot, Rose-Hulman

Men's Indoor Most Valuable Field Athlete of the Meet: Nathan Schrader, Rose-Hulman

Men's Indoor Freshman of the Year: Erikmycal Powell, Hanover

Men's Coach of the Year: Larry Cole, Rose-Hulman

For more information regarding the 2020 HCAC Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship, please visit the links below.

Championship Website

Championship Merchandise

Championship Program

Live Results

Live Video

For more information on HCAC men's and women's track and field, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page. 

Men's All Conference

Event

Team

Name

School

Triple Jump

First-Team

Brandon James

Bluffton

Triple Jump

Second-Team

Timothy Youndt

Rose-Hulman

Triple Jump

Honorable Mention

Jake Patton

Earlham

Shot Put

First-Team

Nathan Schrader

Rose-Hulman

Shot Put

Second-Team

Jacob Sparks

Rose-Hulman

Shot Put

Honorable Mention

Brian Hochstetler

Manchester

Weight Throw

First-Team

Nathan Schrader

Rose-Hulman

Weight Throw

Second-Team

John Jones

Bluffton

Weight Throw

Honorable Mention

Kyler Perez

Hanover

High Jump

First-Team

Kyle Brownell

Rose-Hulman

High Jump

Second-Team

Cameron Willis

Mount St. Joseph

High Jump

Honorable Mention

Blessed Shumba

Earlham

Pole Vault

First-Team

Justin Kauffman

Bluffton

Pole Vault

Second-Team

Cameron Prisby

Rose-Hulman

Pole Vault

Honorable Mention

Kristian Zadlo

Rose-Hulman

Long Jump

First-Team

Erikmycal Powell

Hanover

Long Jump

Second-Team

Brandon James

Bluffton

Long Jump

Honorable Mention

Blessed Shumba

Earlham

5K

First-Team

Austin Burt

Earlham

5K

Second-Team

Lucas Fontanez

Manchester

5K

Honorable Mention

Ian Leatherman

Anderson

Dist. Medley Relay

First-Team

Henry Foultner, Daryn Strub, Michael Grady, Cade Orchard

Earlham

Dist. Medley Relay

Second-Team

Michael Headin, Henry Davidson, Jaycee Wilburn, Chris Graham

Franklin

Dist. Medley Relay

Honorable Mention

Dakota Frost, Morgan Adams, Connor Gulick, Britton Boyle

Bluffton

4x200 Relay

First-Team

Lee Bennett, Chase Samples, Tre'on Taylor, Cameron Willis

Mount St. Joseph

4x200 Relay

Second-Team

Dahaven Rayner, Jair Adams, Isaiah Lockhart, Clay Meadows

Anderson

4x200 Relay

Honorable Mention

Christian Parker, Dalton Taynor, Brandon James, Omar Warlick

Bluffton

1-Mile

First-Team

Matthew Stevenot

Rose-Hulman

1-Mile

Second-Team

Evan Ammidown

Rose-Hulman

1-Mile

Honorable Mention

Nolan Gross

Rose-Hulman

60 Meter Hurdles

First-Team

Brandon Green

Mount St. Joseph

60 Meter Hurdles

Second-Team

Jake Patton

Earlham

60 Meter Hurdles

Honorable Mention

Nick Patton

Franklin

400 Meter Dash

First-Team

Bryce Gatewood

Hanover

400 Meter Dash

Second-Team

Kristian Zadlo

Rose-Hulman

400 Meter Dash

Honorable Mention

Drew FitzGibbon

Earlahm

60 Meter Dash

First-Team

Lee Bennett

Mount St. Joseph

60 Meter Dash

Second-Team

Dawson Allen

Rose-Hulman

60 Meter Dash

Honorable Mention

Ja'Qway Janvier

Defiance

800 Meter Run

First-Team

Jacob Burnam

Transylvania

800 Meter Run

Second-Team

Ian Shriner

Earlham

800 Meter Run

Honorable Mention

Ben Hall

Rose-Hulman

200 Meter Dash

First-Team

Kristian Zadlo

Rose-Hulman

200 Meter Dash

Second-Team

Jake Patton

Earlham

200 Meter Dash

Honorable Mention

Dawson Allen

Rose-Hulman

3K

First-Team

Matthew Stevenot

Rose-Hulman

3K

Second-Team

Austin Burt

Earlham

3K

Honorable Mention

Lucas Fontanez

Manchester

4x400 Relay

First-Team

Riley Cook, Paxton Caldwell, Aaron Rodgers, Bryce Gatewood

Hanover

4x400 Relay

Second-Team

Michael Grady, Drew FitzGibbon, Daryn Strub, Ian Shriner

Earlham

4x400 Relay

Honorable Mention

Cameron Willis, Mason Worthen, Ben Gray, Chase Samples

Mount St. Joseph