MONMOUTH, Ill. – The Monmouth College men’s and women’s track teams continued their dominance of the Midwest Conference Indoor Track Championships, claiming their ninth and seventh league titles, respectively.

No other team has dominated the MWC like the Fighting Scots, who claimed 11 men’s titles and five women’s titles at last weekend’s meet held in Jacksonville. The Monmouth men’s 237 points bested runnerup Illinois College by 100 points. The Scots’ women posted 202 points, nearly 50 points ahead of second place Carroll. Roger Haynes picked up the Men’s Coach of the Year award. Luke Reschke and Clay Staley were named the men’s Most Outstanding Track Performers and Zach Wilson received the honor among men’s field performers. Jessica White and Jenny Babos were named the women’s Most Outstanding Field Performers.

Reschke and Staley each picked up three championships. Reschke turned in a provisional qualifying time while winning the 400-meters (49.25), just in front of teammate Logan Hohl (49.61). Reschke teamed with Brad Gross, Jacob Stott and Adam Rodriguez to win the sprint medley relay (3:35.28). Aaron Daverin joined Reschke, Stott and Gross on the winning 4x400 relay (3:22.42). The foursome also took second in the 4x200 relay (1:28.73). Staley broke the tape in the mile (4:21.90) and the 3,000 (8:48.70). He teamed with Seth Leitner, Saidu Sesay and Tim Bentz to win the distance medley relay (10:29.29).

Wilson took two firsts in the throws. The senior won the shot put and moved to ninth nationally while throwing a provisional qualifying mark (52’6-3/4). Sam Cokinos finished second (47’10). Wilson’s winning distance in the weight throw (60’2-1/4) was also a provisional mark. Peyton Lumzy was third in the weight (48’8-1/4). Babos threw a provisional qualifying distance to win the weight throw (51’3-1/2). Gloria Lehr won the shot put (42’11) and Babos was second (42’4-1/4). The pair posted provisional marks in the shot. White defended her women’s pole vault crown (11’11-3/4). Men’s senior pole vaulter Peter Sprecher began the competition with a bang, winning the event with a school record height (17’0-1/2). The mark also ranks him second in the nation. Jonny Henkins was second in the vault (15’11-3/4).

Monmouth hurdlers brought home firsts. Shannon Turczyn, who ran a provisional qualifying time in the 55-meter hurdle prelims (8.53) defended her conference championship in the event to become a three-time winner of that event (8.57). Freshman Logan Hohl captured the men’s crown (7.74). Classmates Morgan Leffel captured the women’s triple jump crown (35’2-1/2) and Jae Moore was third (34’1-1/2). Damon Bautista rounded out the Scots’ champions with a win in the men’s 800 (1:59.24). Rodriguez was second (1:59.33).

The women’s 4x200 relay team of Leffel, Moore, Turczyn and Katey Vaccarello captured second (1:47.74). Turczyn, Moore, Vaccarello and Leffel teamed to place second in the 4x400 relay (4:09.61). Freshman Mary Kate Beyer set a pair of school records in the distance events. She finished third in the 5,000-meters (18:27.55). She then broke her own school record to finish fourth in the 3,000 (10:43.75). Megan Clennon cleared a personal-best to take second in the high jump (5’3-1/4).

Gross took second in the men’s long jump (22’4-1/2). Leitner was third in the mile (4:31.04). Daverin sprinted to a third in the 55-meters (6.61). Leffel took third in the 400 (1:01.10). Lehr was third in the weight throw (47’1). Freshman Whitney Didier claimed third in the pole vault (9’11-1/4). White, Leffel and Didier finished 3-4-5 in the women’s long jump. Moore ran to a third place finish in the 55-meters (7.63).

The rest of the Scots’ women’s points came from – Amy Aghababian, seventh (800); Beyer, fourth (mile); Didier, seventh (triple jump); Tanehsa Hughes, fourth (shot put), fourth (weight throw); Heather Hull, fifth (high jump); Leffel, fifth, (200), sixth (pole vault); Moore, fourth (200); Katie Staab, fourth (800), sixth (mile); Sarah Stinson, sixth (high jump); Turczyn, fifth (55m), sixth (200); Vaccarello, sixth (400); Lauren Firchau, Moore, Vaccarello and Staab, fourth (sprint medley relay); Aghababian, Kanisha Lampkin, Sara Ditzler and Jamie Ayers, sixth (distance medley relay).

The remainder of the points for the men came from – Brad Begyn, fourth (5,000); Michael Blodgett, fourth (long jump), sixth (triple jump); Daverin, seventh (200); Gross, eighth (200); Leitner, sixth (800); Chuck Lief, seventh (triple jump); Lumzy, fourth (shot put); Brock McAnally, fourth (pole vault); Sheridan Ray, fourth (triple jump), fifth (long jump); Reschke, sixth (55m), sixth (200); Rodriguez, fourth (mile); Scott Sheller, seventh (5,000), eighth (3,000); Stott, fourth (400); Sean Wells, seventh (high jump).

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