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Posted: Feb 25, 2023

Oilers Win Back-to-Back Indoor G-MAC Championships

Results

Ashland, Ohio - The University of Findlay men and women's indoor track and field teams were both crowned Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) champions on Feb. 25 after taking first place at the league championship. The men dominated the competition as they racked up 182 points, 70 more than second place Tiffin University, while the women scored 161.5 points, 33.5 points better than Hillsdale College who finished as the runner-up. The win today marks the third consecutive indoor championship on the men's side and their fourth in six years. Meanwhile, this is the second consecutive championship for the women. 

Quote from Coach Jared Krout

I'm very proud of how our team competed this weekend. We brought a lot of energy from the very beginning of meet, and I think that really propelled us to some great performances. It's a lot of fun to watch athletes that have been putting in so much work all year, come out and make the most of the opportunity when it counts most. I am looking forward to seeing how many athletes we get into the national meet and hope to take a good group to represent Findlay.

Men 

  • Xavier Marable (Sr.)- Won the 400-meter dash with a school record-breaking and NCAA provisional time of 46.88. The time is the best in all of NCAA Division II this season. With the win today, Marable has now won this event for the past four consecutive seasons.

  • Dylan Reason (So.) / Isaac Webb (Jr.) / Nick Rice (Sr.) / Xavier Marable (Sr.)- Earned all-conference honors with a second place finish in the 4x400-meter relay with a NCAA provisional time of 3:14.20. 

  • Josh Verhoff (Sr.)- Was crowned a champion in the 200-meter dash with a NCAA provisional time of 21.05, the third-best time in the nation this season. He also took fourth in the 60-meter dash with a NCAA provisional time of 6.80. Verhoff won the same event in 2021.

  • Eliot Cummings (Jr.)- Finished as the champ in the triple jump with a mark of 14.37 meters while sophomore Omari Welch-Guyton earned all-conference honors in the same event with a runner-up finish of 14.20 meters. 

  • Keandre Marlow (Sr.)- Finished second in the heptathlon with 4,966 points,  an NCAA provisional mark. 

  • Gabe Clement (So.)- (4,819) Came in third in the heptathlon to earn all-conference honors. His 4,819 points meet the NCAA provisional mark.

  • Nick DeHaven (Sr.)- Finished as the runner-up in the 3,000-meter run to earn all-conference honors with a NCAA provisional time of 8:17.75 

  • Noah Fisher (Jr.)- Earned all-conference honors by taking third with a NCAA provisional time of 8:18.48. 

  • Jordan Foster (Jr.)- Secured second team all-conference honors with a runner-up finish in the mile, crossing the finish line in 4:04.69. The time was good enough to establish a new school record. 

Women 

  • Trista Fintel (So.)- Won the shot put with a NCAA provisional mark of 51.80 meters, the second-best throw in the nation this season. 

  • Paige Emnett (So.) also earned all-conference honors in the event with a runner-up finish, reaching the NCAA provisional at 14.52 meters. Paige Emnett also won the Elite 26 award which recognizes the top grade point average at the event.

  • Simone Green (Sr.)- Won the triple jump with a NCAA provisional mark of 12.02 meters. Green also won this event in 2020. Green also earned the Field Athlete of the Meet with her wins in both the triple jump and long jump.

  • Lindsey Kluesener (Sr.)- Won the pole vault with a NCAA provisional leap of 4.00 meters. She also won this event in 2020.

  • Meadow Cromer (Sr.)- Earned all-conference honors by taking third in the event with a NCAA provisional mark of 3.90 meters. 

  • Jordan Taylor (Jr.)- Finished as the runner-up in the 200-meter dash to earn all-conference honors with a NCAA provisional time of 24.58. She also took fourth in the 60-meter dash with a NCAA provisional time of 7.59. 

  • Bethany Smith (Sr.) / Taylor Ivory (So.) / Hayley Robinett (Sr.) / Kylie Ray (Jr.)- Earn all-conference honors with their second place finish in the 4x400-meter relay with a NCAA provisional time of 3:51.00. 

  • Bethany Smith (Sr.)- Took fourth in the 400-meter dash with a NCAA provisional time of 56.11.

  • Hayley Robinett (Sr.)- Was fourth in the 800-meter run with a NCAA provisional time of 2:13.46. 

  • Kylie Ray (So.)- Earned all-conference honors in the 60-meter hurdles after taking third with a time of 8.83, a NCAA provisional mark. 

  • Ava Beam (So.)- Took fifth in the mile and set a new school record in the process, finishing with a time of 5:00.04.

The Oilers will now await the announcement of the qualifiers for the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championships. That event takes place March 10th and 11th in Virginia Beach, Va.