Rose-Hulman Men Claim Tenth-Straight HCAC Track & Field Championship
Posted: May 03, 2017
RESULTS
ANDERSON, Ind. – The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's track and field team won the 2017 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship held at Anderson University on April 28-29 and May 3rd at Franklin College. The Engineers scored 250.5 points in the 20 events to hold off Anderson's 116 point effort to claim the school's tenth straight HCAC men's outdoor track title. The Manchester and Hanover women's track teams earned their fourth outdoor track and field title, respectively. Both teams claimed the co-championship crown after tallying 174 total points.
The Rose-Hulman men had six event winners including the 1600-meter relay team during the three day championship. Junior Josh Himes (McCordsville, Ind. / Heritage Christian) won a pair of events, claiming the title in the shot put and discus.
Two conference records fell on the men's side. Transylvania's Cole Green (Oak Ridge, Tenn. / Oak Ridge) won the 100-meter dash in a record time of 10.63 and Rose-Hulman's Aaron Lannoy (Muncie, Ind. / Burris) earned the 800-meter run crown with a record time of 1:55.19.
Anderson finished second in the men's team standings with 116 points with Bluffton placing third with 103 points. Hanover finished fourth with 90 points and was followed by Manchester (74 points), Franklin (60.5), Transylvania (45.5), Earlham (17.5), Defiance (13), and Mount St. Joseph (9).
The Hanover women's team won six events and Manchester's women's team won five events on their way to the conference championship. Senior Savannah Hubbard (Madison, Ind. / Southwestern) scored a total of 36 points to lead the Panthers to a share of the conference championship. Manchester's Mariah Jordan (Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead) scored a total of 29.50 points and two event wins to lead the Spartans to the school's third-straight conference title.
Rose-Hulman finished third in the women team standings with 135 points. Transylvania finished fourth with 77 points and was followed by Bluffton (67.5 points), Earlham (42.5), Anderson (42), Defiance (32), Franklin (26), and Mount St. Joseph (10).
Men's Event Winners
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100 meter dash
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Cole Green, Transylvania
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10.63*
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200 meter dash
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Cole Green, Transylvania
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21.49
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400 meter dash
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Quincy Salcido, Bluffton
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48.88
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800 meter run
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Aaron Lannoy, Rose-Hulman
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1:55.19*
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1500 meter run
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Jack Fisher, Bluffton
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4:09.27
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5000 meter run
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Alex Gudeman, Manchester
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15:15.47
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10,000 meter run
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Blake Harris, Manchester
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32:19.33
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110 meter hurdles
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Derek Mallory, Anderson
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15.46
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400 meter hurdles
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Isaiah Smith, Rose-Hulman
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55.22
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3000 steeplechase
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Alex Gudeman, Manchester
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9:29.11
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4x100 meter relay
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Bluffton
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42.89
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4x400 meter relay
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Rose-Hulman
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3:21.88
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High jump
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Garrett Cooley, Anderson
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1.95 m
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Pole vault
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Kyle Knezovich, Bluffton
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4.65 m
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Long jump
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Garrett Cooley, Anderson
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7.13 m
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Triple Jump
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Trey Sykes, Rose-Hulman
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13.99 m
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Shot put
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Josh Himes, Rose-Hulman
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15.89 m
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Discus throw
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Josh Himes, Rose-Hulman
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49.58 m
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Hammer throw
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Eric Fiacable, Rose-Hulman
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50.02 m
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Javelin throw
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Ben Wewe, Rose-Hulman
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51.85 m
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