IU East claims RSC Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship title

2/8/2020 12:00:00 AM

TIFFIN, Ohio -- Indiana University East claimed the River States Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship on Friday, Feb. 7 from Tiffin University's Heminger Center. The Red Wolves totaled 184 points to pace the field of eight teams by 73 points. It is the first time IU East has won a conference title in track and field.

The Red Wolves won seven events on the day with the sprinters leading the way. The Red Wolves claimed first place in everything from the 60 meters to the 600 meters (60, 200, 400, 600) and had those individual runners team up for the 4x400 relay and the 60-meter hurdle titles as well.

IU East's sprinters included Will Mundy winning the 200 and 400, Seth Reynolds claiming the 60-meter hurdles, Justin Lowe taking the 600 meters and Joseph Brown winning the 60 meters. Mundy, Reynolds, Lowe and Brown made up the 4x400 relay, which set an NAIA 'B' national standard. Reynolds set an NAIA 'A' standard in the hurdles. Tamare Haygood won the long jump for the seventh team win.

IU East head coach Gus Schmader was named RSC Men's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year. In his third season, Schamader led the Red Wolves to 19 all-conference men's performances on Friday in addition to the seven event victories.

Point Park (Pa.) University placed second in the team standings with 111 points, which edged out Midway (Ky.) University with 110 points. The Pioneers claimed runner-up honors with a victory in the distance-medley relay, the last event of the day.

Xavier Stephens led Point Park to second place and was named RSC Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. He was a part of all four of the Pioneers' event wins as he placed first in both of his individual events -- the 800 meters and mile -- and he also anchored Point Park's winning relays in the 4x800 and distance-medley (mile leg). That totaled 40 points for the Pioneers and 25 points individually.

Montez Moore highlighted Midway's third-place finish, and he was named RSC Men's Indoor Track & Field Newcomer of the Year. A freshman, Moore totaled 20 points in the jumps as he was first in the triple jump and fourth in both the long jump and high jump. He was also a part of the third-place finish in the 4x400 relay to post a total of 21.5 points to his credit.

Zach Collins led University of Rio Grande (Ohio) to fourth place as a team. He claimed RSC Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year by placing first in the weight throw. He posted an NAIA 'B' national qualifying mark in the win. That pushed Rio Grande to fourth place with 84 team points.

WVU Tech scored 80 points for fifth place followed by Ohio Christian University in sixth with 72, Brescia (Ky.) University in seventh with 71 and Carlow (Pa.) University eighth with 26.

Also named was the River States Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Champions of Character Team. One individual from each team was nominated by their head coach for best displaying the NAIA Champions of Character values of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship.

2020 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD AWARDS
Team Champion: IU East 184
Team Runner-up: Point Park (Pa.) 111
Men's Track Athlete of the Year: Xavier Stephens, Point Park (Pa.)
Men's Field Athlete of the Year: Zach Collins, Rio Grande (Ohio)
Men's Newcomer of the Year: Montez Moore, Midway (Ky.)
Men's Coach of the Year: Gus Schmader, IU East

2020 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER TEAM

School	Name
Brescia University	Brandon Stacker
Carlow University	Evan Antes
IU East	Seth Reynolds
Midway University	Robert Wahoff
Ohio Christian University	Derek Donner
Point Park University	Jared Ross
University of Rio Grande	Daulton Duvall
WVU Tech	Raquez Lockhart