Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Associate Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
 
RIPON, Wisconsin – On Saturday, Ripon College claimed the 2024 Midwest Conference (MWC) Indoor Track & Field Championships men's and women's titles on its home turf, marking its third consecutive sweep.
 
Through 18 scored events, the Red Hawks earned 137.5 points to finish first in the standings. On day two, Ripon won titles in the pole vault (Isaac San Diego), triple jump (Dameco Walker), and distance medley (Kuwaye, Seeber, Trzebiatowski, Romprey).
 
Monmouth College finished in second place with 108.5 points, picking up titles in the 400m (Adrian Outlaw), 800m (Eli Newton), weight throw (Caleb Toberman), and 4x400m relay (Curry, Newton, Camper, Outlaw).
 
Cornell College edged out Grinnell College by one point to round out the top-three with 102 points. The Rams collected a conference-record win in the 3000m (Isaac vanWestrienen), along with a victory in the high jump (LaQuanta Crawford).
 
On the women's side, Ripon College topped the standings with a tally of 135.5 points and added the distance medley (Ibarra, Flyte, Denamur, Hoffman) to their title wins on day two.
 
In second place, Monmouth College scored 114.5 points and a weight throw (Maddie Boley) championship, while Grinnell College finished third with 100 points and title wins in the 60m (Eva Carchidi) and 3000m (Keely Miyamoto).
 
After the conclusion of the two-day event, the MWC track & field head coaches voted on major awards for the 2024 Indoor Track & Field Championship.
 
Ripon College, led by head coach Bob Wood, swept Coaching Staff of the Year awards for the third year in a row.
 
Cornell's Isaac vanWestrienen was named MWC Men's Indoor Track & Field Newcomer of the Year and Outstanding Track Performer.
 
Illinois College's Deja Anderson was selected as MWC Women's Indoor Track & Field Newcomer of the Year, and Beloit's Candis Damste received MWC Women's Outstanding Track Performer.
 
Monmouth's Maddie Boley was awarded MWC Women's Outstanding Field Performer for the second straight season, while Ripon's Dameco Walker was named MWC Men's Outstanding Field Performer.
 
Each year, the Midwest Conference recognizes the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average competing in the respective men's and women's indoor track & field championship. The recipients of the 2024 MWC Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Elite 20 awards were James Snyder of Grinnell College and Carson Beyers of Illinois College.
 
The final men's and women's team standings can be found below, followed by champions for the events contested on Saturday.
 

Men's Team Standings	Women's Team Standings
1. Ripon College – 137.5	1. Ripon College – 135.5
2. Monmouth College – 108.5	2. Monmouth College – 114.5
3. Cornell College – 102	3. Grinnell College – 100
4. Grinnell College – 101	4. Illinois College – 96
5. Illinois College – 93	5. Cornell College – 85
6. Lawrence University – 66	6. Lawrence University – 64
7. Beloit College – 45	7. Beloit College – 61.5
8. Lake Forest College - 26	8. Knox College – 30.5
9. Knox College - 23	9. Lake Forest College – 14

 

Event	Men's	Women's
Weight Throw	Caleb Toberman, Monmouth – 18.67m	Maddie Boley, Monmouth – 16.81m
Triple Jump	Dameco Walker, Ripon – 13.80m	Abbie Layne, Knox – 10.76m
Pole Vault	Isaac San Diego, Ripon – 4.40m	--
High Jump	LaQuanta Crawford, Cornell – 1.91m	--
Distance Medley Relay	Ripon – 10:33.32	Ripon – 12:48.58
60m Hurdles	Adam Hernandez, Illinois College – 8.68	Hailey Carolan, Cornell – 9.39
60m	Lucas Fadden, Grinnell – 6.88	Eva Carchidi, Grinnell – 7.86
400m	Adrian Outlaw, Monmouth – 50.99	Candis Damste, Beloit – 59.01
800m	Eli Newton, Monmouth – 1:55.46	Ava Claussen-Tubbs, Cornell – 2:18.09
3000m	Isaac vanWestrienen, Cornell – 8:30.91	Keely Miyamoto, Grinnell – 10:19.98
200m	Dylan Doss, Illinois College – 22.13	Candis Damste, Beloit – 26.14
4x400m Relay	Monmouth – 3:24.34	Beloit – 4:04.19