Hanover Wins HCAC Indoor Track & Field Title by a Single Point
Indoor Results (click here)
TERRE HAUTE, IN – The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men’s and Hanover College women’s track and field team held off Defiance and Rose-Hulman at the second annual Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Terre Haute on February 18. The Engineers men scored 262 points in the 16 events to hold off Defiance’s 112.5 point effort to claim their second straight HCAC men’s indoor track title. The Hanover women’s track team earned their first indoor title, holding off host Rose-Hulman by a single point in a highly contested meet.
The Hanover women’s team won the meet despite winning only one individual event, tallying 129 points. Freshman Patricia Walsh (Amelia, Ohio/McNicholas) was the lone first place finisher for the Panthers, claiming the title in the 60-meter dash. The Panthers locked up the meet with a second place finish in the 1,600-meter relay.
Rose-Hulman narrowly missed the title, finishing one point behind the champion Panthers. Rose’s Liz Evans (Bicknell, Ind./North Knox) won three events at the championship meet, earning top finishes in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump.
Rose finished second in the women team standings with 128 points, while Franklin placed third with 93 points. Anderson finished fourth with 84 points and was followed by Manchester (53 points), Defiance (42), Bluffton (40), Transylvania (27), Earlham (16), and Mount St. Joseph (6).
Hanover Head Coach Brian Power
Women’s Event Winners
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60 meter dash |
Patricia Walsh, Hanover |
8.15 |
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200 meter dash |
Alex Friske, Anderson |
27:07 |
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400 meter dash |
Creasy Clauser, Rose-Hulman |
1:00.00* |
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800 meter run |
Creasy Clauser, Rose-Hulman |
2:23.01 |
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Mile run |
Candace DeLong, Anderson |
5:20.30 |
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5000 meter run |
Hillary Cain, Franklin |
18:25.78* |
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60 meter hurdles |
Alex Friske, Anderson |
9.15 |
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800 meter relay |
Rose-Hulman |
1:48.41* |
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1600 meter relay |
Rose-Hulman |
4:12.36 |
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4000 meter relay |
Bluffton |
12:54.78* |
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High Jump |
Liz Evans, Rose-Hulman |
1.75 m* |
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Pole Vault |
Tanya Colonna, Rose-Hulman |
2.95 m |
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Long Jump |
Liz Evans, Rose-Hulman |
5.30 m* |
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Triple Jump |
Liz Evans, Rose-Hulman |
10.76 m* |
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Shot Put |
Emily Radke, Anderson |
12.03 m |
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Weight Throw |
Megan Neal, Bluffton |
14.55 m* |
* New HCAC Record

