1998 Men's Outdoor Track and Field
Season Summary

Monmouth College men's track team continued its dominance in the Midwest Conference, claiming the title held at St. Norbert College and run at DePere High School in DePere, Wisconsin.  The championship marked the fourth consecutie outdoor title for the men's team.  The Fighting Scots have taken home 9 of the last 13 MWC outdoor trophies.  Senior Dennis Staggs won two races on the track and got his name in the league record book by erasing the MWC mark of former Fighting Scot great Charles Burton in the 110-meter high hurdles with a new conference record time of 14.60 seconds.  It was also an NCAA Nationals automatic-qualifying time for Staggs, who later claimed the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 55.36 seconds and ran a leg on the Scots' second-place 4x100 relay.  The Scots 4x400 relay team also claimed victory, which consisted Seniors Toby Vallas, and David Kimber, and sophomore Rich Johnson, and Freshman Justin Bryant.  Bryant's performance in the sprint corps also qualified him for the Nationals in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes.  Bryant also claimed two second place finishes, earning NCAA provisional times the the 100 finals and the 200 prelims.  
The Scots also received outstanding performances in the throwing events.  Senior Jim Hardesty claimed the men's discus (155'6") and fellow senior Chris Sondgeroth won the shot (53'2").  High jumper Jeromy Hogan cleared a season-best height of 6'8" to win his second outdoor conference championship with freshman Cort Mills finishing third.  Another Monmouth victory came in the men's pole vault with sophomore Aaron Walker clearing 13'6" to win the Scots' first individual vault title since 1957.

Men's Outdoor Track