Posted: Mar 02, 2023

MAC Men Wrap Up Regular Season, Ahrens Headed To National Meet

The Mineral Area Track & Field teams completed the regular season for Indoor meets with competition on February 10^th at the Titan Open in Bloomington, Illinois which was hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University, followed by the EIU Friday Night Special on February 17^th at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. Several of the MAC athletes posted impressive times and distances, with 15 Cardinals already recording results that have earned them qualification into the NJCAA Division III National Outdoor meet in New York this May. Two of the athletes, Freshmen Bradley Ahrens and Emma Gerstner have one more Indoor meet to compete in as both have earned entry into the NJCAA National Indoor Championships on March 3^rd and 4^th on the campus of Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. Ahrens will compete in the 1 mile run and 800-meter run, while Gerstner will contest both the Long and Triple Jumps.

Complete results for the MAC teams at the Titan Open and EIU Friday night special can be found at:

https://www.tfrrs.org/results/76245/m/Titan_Open_2023?team_hnd=98373

https://www.tfrrs.org/results/75461/m/2023_EIU_Friday_Night_Special

Mineral Area National Outdoor Qualifiers (So far)

Men

Brad Ahrens- 800 1,500 5,000

Jacob Arnold- 5,000

Cody Bishop- Pole Vault

Trenton Braswell- Shot Put

Gavin Cartwright- High Jump

Hunter Cary- High Jump

Austin Dunn- Triple Jump