By: Casey Kropka
ALLIANCE, Ohio – Last year the team title came down to the 4x400-Meter relay but this year there was no worries as Mount Union's men's track and field team won its 12
th straight and OAC record 39
th Outdoor title by winning the meet by 85 points.
The Purple Raiders scored 238 points which bested second place John Carroll who had 153 points.
Senior
Jared Storm (Barberton) won the OAC Most Outstanding Sprinter of the Year as he took home titles in the 100 and 200-Meter dashes as well as the 4x100-Meter relay all of which have marks in the top 20.
Sophomore
Drake Willenborg (South Lyon, Mich. / South Lyon East) won the OAC Mount Outstanding Field Athlete of the year with a title in the discus while placing second in the javelin and seventh in the shot put.
Storm won the 100-Meter dash with a time of 10.56 besting his senior teammate
Andrew McVicker (Dover) by .02 seconds as McVicker finished runner-up. Storm then won the 200-Meters by .002 seconds with a time of 21.31 which is 15
th in the nation currently.
Storm and McVicker teamed up with seniors
Tyler Gill (Greenville, Pa. / Reynolds) and
Tylir Shannon (Transfer, PA. / Reynolds) to win the 4x100-Meter relay with a time of 40.62 which is a OAC meet record and sits second in the nation currently.
Senior
Matt McBride (Conneaut) won the 400-Meters with an OAC meet and new nation leading time of 46.27. This race saw three of the top six times in the nation currently with McBride now leading by .58 seconds.
Senior
Brody Coleman (Knox, Pa. / Keystone) won the triple with a leap of 47-feet 11.75-inches good for a tie of 15
th in the nation currently.
Senior
Dominic Deshuk (Amherst / Steele) won the 400-Meter hurdles in a time of 53.48 which is currently 15
th in Division III while his senior teammate
Josh Momeyer (Livonia, Mich. / Churchill) ran a 55.13 picking up third place.
McBride and Gill teamed with seniors
Justin Knoch (Canton / GlenOak) and
Josh Fouche (Cuyahoga Falls / Walsh Jesuit) to win the 4x400-Meter relay with a time of 3:15.54.
Deshuk then finished third in the 100-Meter hurdles with a time of 15.11.
Picking up All-OAC honors was junior
Vincent Giumenti (Dover) in 1,500-Meter run with a time of 3:49.82, and the duo of freshman
Ryan McVicker (Dover) and sophomore
Jonah Bacho (Boardman) in the shot put finishing second and third with throws of 51-feet 7.75-inches and 49-feet .25-inches.
Head Coach
Kevin Lucas and his staff earned the OAC Coaching Staff of the Year for the men's side.