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HCAC 2023 Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Notebook, Week 3

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Indoor track and field teams competed in week three of the 2023 season.

 

Around the League:

HCAC Track and Field Schedule

 

Athletes of the Week:

Men’s Track Athlete of the Week:

Enrique Salazar (Plymouth, Ind.) Manchester University | Senior - Salazar won the men's one mile event at the Larry Cole Invitational hosted by Ohio Northern University with a time of 4:19.75. Salazar's time also led the conference this week.

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week:

Gabe Hendricks (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Manchester University | Senior - Hendricks broke his own school record in the weight throw by 0.13 meters after placing second at the Larry Cole Invitational with a distance of 16.45 meters on Friday night. Hendricks also placed third in shot put with a distance of 15.26 meters, placing him third best in Manchester's all-time top-10 marks.

Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:

Alison Muck (Edinburgh, Ind.) Franklin College | First Year – Muck recorded a new program record in the 60m hurdles on Saturday at the MSJ Invite, hitting the finish line in 9.47 seconds to win the event and break a school record that stood for 10 years by .11 seconds. She also placed seventh in the 200m dash with a time of 29.38 seconds.

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:

Rofiat Adeyemi (Austin, Texas) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Junior – Adeyemi swept first place honors in both the long jump (17' 9 3/4") and triple jump (36' 11 1/2") to help Rose-Hulman place third in a competitive Friday Night Spikes Series meet at the Sports and Recreation Center.

 

 

Notable Performances:

Men’s

•    David Stansbury (Elkhart, Ind.) Anderson University | First Year - Stansbury took second in the college division of the 5K with a time of 16:11.88 during the MSJ Invite. His 5K time currently ranks second in the HCAC.

•    Michael Sweigart (Alexandria, Ind.) Anderson University | Sophomore - Sweigart captured second in the weight throw with a distance of 16.26 meters (53 feet, 4.25 inches) during the Warrior Indoor Invitational. His weight throw distance currently ranks second in the HCAC.

•    Luke Paddock (Connersville, Ind.) Franklin College | Sophomore – Paddock placed third in the 400m dash at Saturday's MSJ Invite, recording a time of 52.99 second that moved him into 10th place all-time in program history in the event. He ran the opening leg of Franklin's winning 4x400m relay team that finished in 3:37.17.

•    Ethan Weston (Mount Washington, Ky.) Hanover College | Junior - Weston led the Panthers to a first place finish in the 3,000-meter run as part of the MSJ Invite. The junior completed the event in a time of 8:59.85.

•    Anthony Lloyd (Columbus, Ind.) Hanover College | First Year - Lloyd kicked off the afternoon winning the high jump with a height of 1.92 meters. The jump ranks sixth among Hanover all-time top 10. He also turned in a fourth place finish in the long jump with a leap of 6.05 meters.

•    Raymond Bates (Cloverdale, Ind.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Junior – Bates won the 400-meter dash (51.13) and was part of the runner-up 4-x-400 meter relay team (3:30.18) to help Rose-Hulman win the six-team Friday Night Spikes Series Meet at the Sports and Recreation Center.

•    Kyle Brownell (Encinitas, Calid.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Junior – Brownell won over a field of 13 competitors with a high jump mark of 6' 6" to help Rose-Hulman win the six-team Friday Night Spikes Series Meet at the Sports and Recreation Center.

Women’s

•    Paige McKain (Brownstown, Ind.) Anderson University | First Year - McKain won the 5K with a time of 20:54.91 during the MSJ Invite. Her 5K time currently leads the HCAC.

•    Madison Huelskamp (Sidney, Ohio) Earlham College | Senior - Huelskamp scored in both the long jump and the triple jump at the Larry Cole Invitational on Friday evening. Huelskamp scored third place in the triple jump with a mark of 9.56 meters and fifth in the long jump after leaping 4.89 meters. She also finished sixth in the 200.

•    Taylor Tatlock (Edinburgh, Ind.) Franklin College | Senior – Tatlock took fifth place in the weight throw with a toss of 12.51m at Saturday's MSJ Invite, setting a new PR and moving into seventh place in program history in the event.

•    Zaleeya Martin (Shelbyville, Ind.) Hanover College | Senior - Martin ran a fantastic 60-meter dash as she claimed second in the event with a time of 7.89 seconds as part of the MSJ Invite.

•    Aliza Boles (Lexington, Ind.) Hanover College | Junior - Boles picked up a first place mark for the Blue and Red as she won the pole vault over the weekend at the MSJ Invite with a vault of 2.55 meters, ranking her sixth all-time among Hanover athletes.

•    Hannah Brubaker (Goshen, Ind.) Manchester University | Senior - Brubaker finished the women's 3,000 meter event in second place, crossing the finish line in a time of 10:51.60. Brubaker's time led the conference by 40 seconds.

•    Carley Camp (Logansport, ind.) Manchester University | Sophomore - Camp won the women's shot put event with a distance of 12.61 meters at the Larry Cole Invitational hosted by Ohio Northern on Friday. Camp also placed third in the weight throw with a distance of 14.91 meters, placing her fourth in the Manchester's all-time top-10 record book.

•    Katrina Agustin (Edwardsville, Ill.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Senior – Agustin won the 60-meter dash (8.10) and was part of the second place 4-x-200 meter relay to help Rose-Hulman place third in a competitive Friday Night Spikes Series meet at the Sports and Recreation Center.

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