Results

The Malone University men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up competition at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference's Outdoor Championship Meet on Saturday at Cedarville University.

Both Pioneer squads secured runner-up finishes in their first appearance at the G-MAC Outdoor Meet.  Just like at the Indoor Championships in February, Malone's Ashton Dulin, Duke Taylor and Ja'Vonne Brashears swept the conference's Men's Athlete of the Year Awards. 

Dulin was named the G-MAC Track Athlete of the Year after another outstanding performance.  On Saturday, the sophomore smashed the conference's meet record in the 400-meter hurdles after clocking a winning time of 52.44 seconds.  Dulin also brought home runner-up finishes in the 110-meter hurdles (14.63 seconds), the 100-meter dash (10.73 seconds) and the 200-meter dash (22.28 seconds).  On Friday, he won the long jump competition with a new G-MAC record.  In total, he surpassed five G-MAC Championship Meet records over the two days of competition while accounting for a whopping 44 points.

As he has done throughout 2016-17, Taylor continued his domination of the G-MAC throwing events at the Outdoor Championships, earning the conference's Field Athlete of the Year Award.  He crushed the meet record in the discus on Saturday by over 13 meters with a winning toss of 175'5" (53.48 meters).  On Friday, Taylor broke the G-MAC meet record in the hammer throw by nearly 15 meters while also registering a second-place finish in the shot put.

Just like at the G-MAC Indoor Meet, Brashears was tabbed as the conference's Freshman of the Year.  On Saturday, Brashears won the triple jump with a new G-MAC record of 45' 7" (13.89 meters).  The performance moved the Springfield, Ohio native up to fourth on the Pioneers' all-time list.  Brashears also collected a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash (10.81 seconds) and teamed up with Desmond Sallee, Orlando Scott and Lawrence McCollum to place third in the 4 x 100-meter relay (42.80 seconds).  On top of his outstanding showing on Saturday, Brashears also collected a third-place finish in the long jump on Friday afternoon (21'6.76").

In the team scoring the Pioneer men piled up 218 points, finishing second to Cedarville which tallied 253.  Alderson Broaddus University was third on the men's side with 101 points.

In the women's team scoring, Malone posted 196 points as the host Yellow Jackets secured the team title with 219 points.  Ursuline College was third with 175 points.
 
Women's Highlights
Olga Branney, who captured the G-MAC Indoor high jump title in February, completed the season sweep in the event as she also claimed the outdoor high jump crown on Saturday with a new G-MAC meet record and all-time record of 5'5".  The strong mark moves the freshman into to a tie for sixth on Malone's all-time performance list.

Michelia Tanner captured the G-MAC discus title after surpassing the G-MAC meet record with a mark of 135'11" (41.44 meters).  She also moved up to eighth on the Pioneers' all-time performance list in the hammer throw after registering a fourth-place distance on Saturday of 137'4".

Four Pioneers scored in the 400 meters.  Rebekah Carr climbed to fifth on Malone's all-time performance list in the event after finishing second in an impressive 57.81 seconds.  Katie Grimes was right behind in third with a time of 58.91 seconds, Elisha Cooper was fifth in 59.74 and Amber Murphy placed eighth in 1:01.40.

Madelynn McDermott secured a runner-up finish in the 100-meter hurdles with a mark of 15.54 seconds.  Kelsey Veldhuizen and Mary Briceland also scored in the event for the Pioneers as Veldhuizen took fourth in 15.78 seconds and Briceland was fifth in 15.84.

In the 5000 meters, Hannah Thompson placed second in 18:01.39, Rachel Wentworth was fifth in 18:24.57, Laura Tweedie was sixth in 18:38.93, Hannah Campbell was seventh at 18:48.90 and Erin Moomaw was eighth with a time of 18:55.31.

The Pioneers' 4 x 100-meter relay team of Veldhuizen, Cooper, Paiten Strother and Jaylyn Vance took third with a mark of 49.08 seconds.  The impressive showing ranks as the sixth fastest 4 x 100 in Malone history.

Malone's 4 x 400-meter relay team was also third at 3:56.14.  Relay members included Grimes, Cooper, Carr and Erika Rector.

Paiten Strother was fourth in the long jump with a leap of 17'5.25" while Vance was right behind in fifth with a mark of 17'4.25".

Taryn Chapman took fourth in the discus with a toss of 111'1" and sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 129'0".

In the triple jump, Vance took fourth with a mark of 34' 5.75" while Emily Luli was sixth at 32' 3.75".

In the 1500 meters, Rector moved up to fifth on the Pioneers' all-time performance list after placing fourth in the race with an impressive time of 4:39.86.  Wentworth took seventh in 4:48.58 and Jade Smith was eighth in 4:51.58.

In the 800 meters, Rector grabbed a fourth-place finish with a time of 2:18.21.  Grimes was seventh in 2:21.60 and Luli placed eighth in 2:21.91.

In the javelin, Chapman placed fourth with a heave of 113'0" while Ashley Krieger took fifth with a toss of 108'5".

In the 400-meter hurdles, McDermott took fifth in 1:08.50, Paige Svendsen was sixth in 1:08.74 and Krieger finished eighth in 1:09.20.

In the 200 meters, Cooper earned a fifth-place showing at 25.92 seconds while Maggie Poorman was eighth in 26.19 seconds.

Cooper also grabbed an additional point for the Pioneers after placing eighth in the 100 meters with a mark of 13.49 seconds.

Vance and Briceland tied for eighth in the high jump, each earning half a point with marks of 4'7".
 
Additional Men's Highlights
Joshua Woika won the high jump competition with a leap of 6'0.75".  He also took sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 39'8".

In addition to Taylor's impressive display in the discus, Camden Baucke placed second with a throw of 141' 6", Chad Sanner was fourth at 131', Austin Cary was fifth with a toss of 127'2" and Colton Hale was eighth with a mark of 123' 11".

Logan Studer placed second in the pole vault with a height of 13'9.25".

Four Malone distance runners scored in the 5000 meters.  George McCartney took third in 15:37.10, Brett Cortelletti was fifth in 15:52.60, Aaron Schaller was sixth in 15:54.80 and Lorne Strausbaugh took eighth at 16:05.70.

Malone's 4 x 400-meter relay team of Tyler Harroun, Scott, Howard and Scott Whitaker placed fourth in 3:30.86.

Evan Main collected a fifth-place finish in the high jump with a height of 5' 10.75"

Daveon Howard was sixth in the 400 meters with a mark of 51.14 seconds.

In the javelin throw, two members of the Pioneer football team scored as defensive lineman Colton Hale finished seventh with a heave of 142' 2" while quarterback John Iacucci finished eighth at 135'.

Daniel Brown placed seventh in the 110-meter hurdles with a mark of 16.18 seconds.