Final Results

Center Valley, PA - Messiah men's track and field battled to the finish and came close to the win before finishing as Runner-Up at the MAC Outdoor Championships. The Falcons collected five gold medals along the way and finished with 163 total points.

Widener scored 173 points to edge Messiah, with Stevenson (119) and Lebanon Valley (115) being the only other teams to score in triple-digits. This was Messiah's sixth-straight season finishing as Runner-Up.

Messiah's forceful challenge for the team win started with Aaron Gray winning Decathlon gold on the second day. His Decathlon win came by just four points over runner-up Jeremiah Clinchoc of Alvernia. Gray's 5,502 points were a personal record by more than 150 points, and he went from third to first on the second day. Teammate Dane Cornelius took sixth with 4,720 points, and would have undoubtedly finished in third if he hadn't had an unfortunate no-height in the pole vault. Despite the obstacle, Cornelius also took sixth in the javelin throw with a personal record mark of 158'5.75."

Gray also took first in the 110 meter hurdles prelims with a time of 16.12. 

Benjamin Schott (Steeplechase) and Christian Pavlovich (javelin) also finished first in their respective events as Messiah collected five total gold medals. Donnell McNair (400 meter hurdles) and Christian Pavlovich (javelin) collected gold on Saturday.

"This was a great performance for the men," Messiah head coach Dale Fogelsanger said. "We came so close, and that was only possible because of the full-heart effort our men gave in every event. We had some huge ups, and we had some big downs, too, and I think these young men learned a lot and will take a lot with them from this weekend."

Messiah finished with 26 total All-MAC honors, with silver medals also coming from the 4x800 meter relay, Nathaniel Pardoe (800 meter run), Max Whitehead (400 meter hurdles), and Benjamin Schott (1500 meter run).


See below the All-MAC Honors at the 2016 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships!
Note: 1st - 3rd place is First Team All-MAC; 4th - 6th place is Second Team All-MAC; 7th - 8th is Honorable Mention All-MAC

Shaded times show MAC Champions.
Season Best (SB), Personal Record (PR), School Record (SR), MAC (MAC Record), # is National Ranking
 

Event No.	Event Name	Competitor(s)	Mark (Place)	First TM	Second TM	NOTE
2	4x800 Meter Relay	Matthew Royer, Tyler McFeaters, Alex Scheib, Nathaniel Pardoe	7:54.76 (2)	X	-	SB
6	3000 Meter Steeple	Benjamin Schott Joshua Pardoe	9:38.01 (1) 10:13.50 (5)	X -	- X	- PR
8	4x100 Meter Relay	Olufemi Obadina, Brett Garbrick, Braden Miller, Matthew Kline	44.80 (3)	X	-	-
10	110 Meter Hurdles	Aaron Gray Dane Cornelius Brett Koch	15.70 (2) 16.60 (7) 16.80 (8)	X - -	- X X	PR PR -
12	400 Meter Dash	Jeremy White Braden Miller	50.31 (4) 51.63 (7)	- -	X X	- -
16	800 Meter Run	Nathaniel Pardoe Matthew Royer Brandon Straley Tyler McFeaters	1:57.31 (2) 1:57.85 (3) 1:58.92 (5) 2:03.39 (8)	X X - -	- - X -	- - PR -
18	400 Meter Hurdles	Donnell McNair Max Whitehead	56.01 (1) 56.94 (2)	X X	- -	- -
20	200 Meter Dash	Jeremy White	35.18 (8)	-	-	-
23	High Jump	Brett Koch	5'7" (8)	-	-	-
28	Javelin	Christian Pavlovich Dane Cornelius	188'0.50" (1) 158'5.75" (6)	X -	- X	- PR
30	1500 Meter Run	Benjamin Schott Nathaniel Pardoe Alex Scheib Brandin Dyche	4.00.06 (2) 4:02.81 (4) 4:05.04 (7) 4:07.78 (8)	X - - -	- X X -	PR - - PR
32	5000 Meter Run	Benjamin Schott	15:29.15 (8)	-	-	-
34	4x400 Meter Relay
37	Pole Vault	Tim Moses Dane Cornelius Brett Garbrick Aaron Gray	16'3.25" (1) 14'5.25" (2) 14'1.25" (3) 13'1.50" (6)	X X X -	- - - X	- - - -
40	Discus	Erik Dyrli	127'6.50" (6)	-	X	PR
43	Decathlon	Aaron Gray Dane Cornelius	5502 (1) 4720 (6)	X -	- X	PR -

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