Rose-Hulman Men Earn 11th-Straight HCAC Track & Field Championship
Posted: Apr 30, 2018
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's and women's track and field teams won the 2018 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship held at Rose-Hulman on April 27-28. The Engineers scored 269.5 points in the 20 events to hold off Anderson's 115 point effort to claim the school's 11th straight HCAC men's outdoor track title. The Rose-Hulman women's track team earned its first outdoor track and field title after tallying 195 total points to defeat Manchester's 123 second place points.
The Rose-Hulman men had seven event winners including the both relay teams during the two day championship. Two conference records fell on the men's side. Bluffton's Gabe Makin (Elida, Ohio / Elida) won the pole vault in a record height of 4.91 meters and Rose-Hulman's Trey Sykes (Houston, Texas / Bay Area Christian) earned the triple jump crown with a record leap of 14.73 meters.
Anderson finished second in the men's team standings with 115 points with Hanover placing third with 105 points. Manchester finished fourth with 74 points and was followed by Bluffton (55.5 points), Earlham (46), Defiance (38), Franklin (30), Mount St. Joseph (27), and Transylvania (18).
The Rose-Hulman women's team won six events and both relays on their way to the conference championship. Two conference records in the field events fell over the weekend for the women. Bluffton's Tori Bowen (Wapakoneta, Ohio / Elida) won the pole vault with a new height of 3.57 meters and Rose-Hulman's Gabi Razma (Durango, Colo. / Durango) earned the javelin title with a throw of 38.45 meters.
Manchester finished second in the women's team standings with 123 points with Hanover placing third with 97.5 points. Earlham finished fourth with 90 points and was followed by Bluffton (68 points), Anderson (54), Transylvania (41), Franklin (40), Defiance (36), and Mount St. Joseph (35.5).
Men's Event Winners
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100 meter dash
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Garrett Cooley, Anderson
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10.75
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200 meter dash
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Toluwani Adebakin, Anderson
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22.08
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400 meter dash
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Josh Hennig, Rose-Hulman
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49.03
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800 meter run
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Nate Papachristos, Earlham
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1:56.68
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1500 meter run
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Clayton Brumfield, Franklin
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4:03.74
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5000 meter run
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Matt Hill, Rose-Hulman
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15:12.11
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10,000 meter run
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Matt Hill, Rose-Hulman
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32:40.86
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110 meter hurdles
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Andrew Strong, Hanover
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16.22
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400 meter hurdles
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Andrew Strong, Hanover
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56.40
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3000 steeplechase
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Alton Anspaugh, Rose-Hulman
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9:48.30
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4x100 meter relay
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Rose-Hulman
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42.65
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4x400 meter relay
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Rose-Hulman
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3:20.89
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High jump
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Landon Balch, Manchester
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1.97 m
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Pole vault
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Gabe Makin, Bluffton
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4.91 m*
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Long jump
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Garrett Cooley, Anderson
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6.82 m
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Triple Jump
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Trey Sykes, Rose-Hulman
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14.73 m*
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Shot put
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Sebastian Baxter, Anderson
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15.15 m
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Discus throw
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Josh Himes, Rose-Hulman
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48.56 m
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Hammer throw
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Eric Fiacable, Rose-Hulman
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55.88 m
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Javelin throw
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Graham Smith, Transylvania
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57.48 m
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