INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- Mount St. Joseph University will serve as host of the 2019 HCAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships this Friday and Saturday. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology won the school's 11th-straight HCAC men's outdoor title last spring and will look for their 12th consecutive crown this weekend. The Fightin' Engineer women claimed the title last spring, earning the school's first outdoor track and field championship on the women's side.
Six different Engineers currently boast a top mark in the HCAC as well as the 4-x-100 relay team holding the top time. RHIT holds the conference's top mark in four track events and six field events this spring. Rose-Hulman is currently ranked No. 6 in the latest USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Computer Rankings.
Hanover College has four top marks in the HCAC this outdoor season, while Bluffton University carries two top marks. Defiance, Earlham, Franklin and Transylvania each claim the top mark in one event on the HCAC Outdoor Bests list this season.
The Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers women's track team will try for the school's second consecutive outdoor title this weekend in Cincinnati. The Fightin' Engineers currently hold the top mark in five events this spring, two track and three field events.
The Earlham women's track team also holds the top mark in the HCAC this season in five different track events which includes one relay. Hanover College has four top marks, while Manchester University adds three top marks to the women's versatile performance list. Transylvania has also registered two top marks and Anderson claims the top mark in one event on the HCAC Outdoor Bests list this season.
Four men and three women are individually ranked in the national top 20 in their respective events entering this weekend's championship meet.
Rose-Hulman's Eric Fiacable ranks ninth in the hammer throw with a mark of 58.87 meters. Also from Rose-Hulman, Nathan Schrader ranks 12th in the javelin throw with a toss of 59.78 meters, while fellow Fightin' Engineer Trey Sykes lands in the 14th slot with a leap of 14.33 meters in the triple jump. Transylvania's Graham Smith also registers in 20th on the national rankings in the javelin throw with a mark of 57.94 meters.
On the women's side, Earlham's Aishat Sadiq is ranked eighth in the 100m dash with a time of 12.14 seconds. Hanover College's Erin Browning ranks 18th in the hammer throw with a toss of 50.84 meters, and teammate Erin Trimpe is on the leaderboard in a tie for 16th with a pole vault mark of 3.73 meters.
The meet will be held on the campus of Mount St. Joseph at Schueler Field beginning at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon and will continue Saturday morning at 11 a.m.
HCAC Ticket Admission Information:
Single Day Ticket:
$10: Adults
$5: Senior citizens and non-HCAC affiliated students
FREE: Children under 3, HCAC students, faculty and staff with valid campus ID
Two Day Ticket:
$15: Adults
$8: Senior citizens and non-HCAC affiliated students
FREE: Children under 3, HCAC students, faculty and staff with valid campus ID
Below are the complete men's and women's outdoor track and field pre-championship polls along with the Athletes to Watch list for this weekend's championship.
Pre-Championship Polls
Athletes to Watch
| Anderson | Ryan Ramsey | Sr. | Greenville, Ohio | |||
| Ian Leatherman | Jr. | Fishers, Ind. | ||||
| Alex Barnett | So. | Fortville, Ind. | ||||
| Mariah Murray | Jr. | Indianapolis, Ind. | ||||
| Victoria Baver | So. | Garrett, Ind. | ||||
| Emily Smatlak | So. | Lynnwood, Wash. | ||||
| Bluffton | Noah Judd | Fr. | Columbia City, Ind. | |||
| Brandon James | Fr. | Waynesfield, Ohio | ||||
| Connor Bulick | Jr. | Louisville, Ohio | ||||
| Alexis Cash | Jr. | Gaines, Mich. | ||||
| Bailie Barrington | So. | Waynesfield, Ohio | ||||
| Tori Bowen | Jr. | Wapakoneta, Ohio | ||||
| Defiance | Javier Castillo | Sr. | Nogales, Ariz. | |||
| Gabe Caris | So. | Lambertville, Mich. | ||||
| Cody Drumm-Turner | So. | Homer, Mich. | ||||
| Meagan Trimpey | So. | Bowling Green, Ohio | ||||
| Lisa Maria Markau | Fr. | Germany | ||||
| Madi Bowman | Jr. | Eaton, Ohio | ||||
| Earlham | Jake Patton | Fr. | Moniteau, Pa. | |||
| Austin Burt | Fr. | Warrensburg, Mo. | ||||
| Ian Shriner | So. | Portland, Ore. | ||||
| Ellie Haland | So. | Afton, Minn. | ||||
| Aishat Sadiq | Sr. | Houston, Texas | ||||
| Leilah Hicks | So. | Hammond, Ind. | ||||
| Franklin | Clayton Brumfield | Jr. | Greenfield, Ind. | |||
| Lamonte Richardson | Jr. | Beech Grove, Ind. | ||||
| Matt Stienke | Sr. | Mooresville, Ind. | ||||
| Kelsey Bowling | Sr. | Osgood, Ind. | ||||
| Laura Worthington | Sr. | Cloverdale, Ind. | ||||
| Sarah Miller | Jr. | Boggstown, Ind. | ||||
| Hanover | Reece Hunter | So. | Mooresvile, Ind. | |||
| Jacob Hedrick | Sr. | Memphis, Ind. | ||||
| Hayden Veach | Jr. | Shelbyville, Ind. | ||||
| Kenna Hunter | Jr. | Mooresville, Ind. | ||||
| Erin Browning | So. | Greensburg, Ind. | ||||
| Erin Trimpe | Sr. | New Palestine, Ind. | ||||
| Manchester | ||||||
| MSJ | Drew Stark | Sr. | Cincinnati, Ohio | |||
| Cameron Willis | Fr. | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||
| Maria Wates | Sr. | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||
| Kiersten Lux | Jr. | Waldron, Ind. | ||||
| Anna Schoster | Jr. | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||
| Rose-Hulman | Eric Fiacable | Sr. | Crown Point, Ind. | |||
| Nick Palmer | Sr. | Madison, Ind. | ||||
| Trey Sykes | Sr. | Houston, Texas | ||||
| Lauren London | Sr. | Hurricane, W. Va. | ||||
| Kally Morozin | Sr. | Libertyville, Ill. | ||||
| Anne Boxeth | Sr. | Saline, Mich. | ||||
| Transylvania | Graham Smith | Sr. | Nicholasville, Ky. | |||
| Hakeim Reedel | Fr. | Louisville, Ky. | ||||
| Jacob Burnam | Fr. | Louisville, Ky. | ||||
| Taylor Allen | Fr. | Louisville, Ky. | ||||
| Rian Boelter | Jr. | Hebron, Ky. | ||||
| Olivia Kee | Sr. | Greenup, Ky. |