ASHLAND, Ohio - At the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Malone University men's and women's track & field teams each finished eighth overall with two representatives that earned All-Conference honors. Ashland University swept the men's and women's team championships.
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Allea Graves is the G-MAC champion in the 400-meter dash after she ran a school record time of 54.60 seconds in the event finals. Along with a First Team All-Conference nod, Graves is currently in position to go to the NCAA Division II National Championship meet. She is ranked 16th nationally, with the top-18 individuals moving on to the Virginia Beach Sports Center on March 13-14.
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Phil Stupka also collected Second Team All-Conference honors. Stupka ran a time of 21.41 seconds in the 200-meter dash event finals to score a second-place finish. He broke his own school record mark as well. Stupka also competed in the 60-meter dash event finals and placed fourth overall at 6.82 seconds. Stupka led the 4x400-meter relay team with
Otani Ekpe,
Eric Dehmer and
Bryant Thompson that was sixth overall (3:18.71).
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Other point-scoring finishes were credited to
Gavin Tribelo in the shot put (16.57 meters / 54' 4.50"),
Hayden Schmidt in the mile run (4:12.43) and
Tyler Twining in the 800-meter run (1:54.83). Those student-athletes were fifth, sixth and eighth, respectively.
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Selections for the qualifiers of the 2026 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships will be made public on Tuesday, March 3.
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