KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Missouri S&T captured its fourth-straight and eighth overall league title at the 2024 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Stokes Stadium/Gardner Track on the campus of Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, to conclude the three-day meet.
The Miners totaled 226 points to best runner-up Lewis University (183) by 43 points.
University of Indianapolis (84) finished third, while Southwest Baptist University (64) and McKendree University (47) placed fourth and fifth, respectively. Sixth place went to Truman State University (45), while the respective seventh- and eighth-place teams were Maryville University (40) and William Jewell College (34). Drury University (32) was ninth and University of Illinois Springfield (27) finished in 10th. Rockhurst University (24) placed 11th, Quincy University (7) was 12th, and University of Missouri-St. Louis (6) rounded out the field in 13th.
Listed below are the individual champions from today's competition.
Javelin Champion: Rhet Liley, S&T
- Repeat champion
- 60.63 meters (198-11)
- NCAA provisional qualifying mark
High Jump Champion: Jacob Hanna, UIS
- 2.05 meters (6-08.75)
- NCAA provisional qualifying mark
Discus Champion: Jacob Morris, TSU
- Repeat champion
- GLVC record – 56.34 meters (184.10)
- Bested previous standard of 56.24m from 2017
- NCAA Provisional qualifying mark
Triple Jump Champion: Paulvin Horton, S&T
- 14.99 meters (49-02.25)
- NCAA Provisional qualifying mark
4x100-Meter Relay Champion: Missouri S&T
- Repeat Champion
- 41.07
- Kyle Burke, Sam Wright, Reece Johnson, and Samuel Schmidt
1,500-Meter Run Champion: Lucas Rackers, S&T
- 3:48.73
- NCAA Provisional qualifying time
110-Meter Hurdles Champion: Kyle Burke, S&T
- 14.26 (+2.0)
- NCAA provisional qualifying mark
100-Meter Dash Champion: Parker Love, SBU
400-Meter Dash Champion: Adrien Manning, LEWIS
800-Meter Run Champion: John Bush, MCK
- 1:50.82
- NCAA Provisional qualifying mark
400-Meter Hurdles: Will DeBolt, LEWIS
200-Meter Dash: Parker Love, SBU
- 21.06 (+1.4)
- NCAA Provisional qualifying mark
5,000-Meter Run: Evan Horgan, LEWIS
4x400-Meter Relays: McKendree
- 3:16.30
- Austin Tatum, John Bush, Roemello Byndloss, Matthew Chandler
The top-three finishers in all events were named All-Conference honorees.
At the conclusion of the Championship, Love earned Track Athlete of the Year, Morris was chosen as Field Athlete of the Year, and UIndy’s Alex Meyer was named Freshman of the Year. The league coaches also recognized Shaun Meinecke as Coach of the Year.
Additionally, Missouri S&T was honored as the GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award winner, while 13 student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior were also named as their sport’s honoree for the award. These individuals must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. The honorees are now eligible to become one of their school’s two Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners, which will be announced later this month.
GLVC TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Parker Love, SBU
GLVC FIELD ATHELTE OF THE YEAR: Jacob Morris, TSU
GLVC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Alex Meyer, UINDY
GLVC COACH OF THE YEAR: Shaun Meinecke, S&T
GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP INDIVIDUAL HONOREES
Cole Sutton, DU
Daniel GiaComini, UIS
Tom Saint-Juvin, UINDY
Abraham Christian, LEWIS
Taylor Mason, MU
David Richard, MCK
Levi Frisbie, S&T
Jacob Warner, UMSL
Evan Sweeney, QU
Marco Mathon, RU
Kaleb Nail, SBU
Kelly Hoskins, TSU
Justen O’Brien, WJC
GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD
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