With the G-MAC Indoor Championships right around the corner, the Hillsdale College men's track and field team hosted a successful Tune-Up meet on Friday afternoon.

The Chargers won 10 events and put up solid times in the final meet before the indoor championship season begins next weekend.

The Chargers dominated in the field events, led by Ben Haas, who won both the weight throw (21.52 meters) and the shot put (17.38 meters) with NCAA DII provisional qualifying marks, though neither were an improvement on his season best in either event. Freshman John Heyden took third in the shot put with a throw of 13.74m as well.

Cass Dobrowolski aslo won the high jump for the Chargers with a provisional mark that didn't exceed his best mark on the year, clearing 2.05 meters, and Zealand Tarrant took runner-up in the event with a personal best clearance of 1.70 meters.

Christian Hinrichs won the long jump for the Chargers with a mark of 6.09 meters, and took second in the triple jump with a personal best mark of 13.11 meters behind teammate Alfonso Garcia, who won the triple jump with a distance of 13.45 meters. Connor McCormick also won the pole vault for the Chargers with a clearance of 4.56 meters.

On the track, Hillsdale got a strong 5,000m run, led by Emil Schlueter, who won the race in 15:50.51, with freshman Will Winsor close behind in a personal best time of 15:55.32. 

The Chargers also went 1-2 in the 800m run, with Rhys Woodard winning in 2:06.36 and Charlie Hipkins taking second in 2:07.83. Sam Jones also won the 200m dash for the Chargers in a time of 22.80.

Hillsdale now looks to the Conference Championship meet at Ashland, beginning next Friday, Feb. 28 and stretching over two days. The Chargers will look to improve on a seventh place team finish in 2024 with multiple athletes who should contend for G-MAC titles individually as well.

Photo by Emma Purdy