TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be this Thursday-Friday, April 27-28 at the Track & Field Complex at Mylan Park in Morgantown, W.Va. 

The 2023 championships will get underway Thursday at 4 p.m. with eight event finals, including men's and women's javelin, men's and women's triple jump and men's and women's pole vault. Preliminaries in the men’s 100 meters and 110-meter hurdles and the women’s 100 meters and 100-meter hurdles will be the first events held on the track. The final events on Thursday evening will be the Women's and then Men's 10,000-meter run.

Thirty event finals are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Friday, starting with men's high jump and shot put and women's long jump and discus in the field. Events on the track begin at 2:15 with the 3,000-meter Steeplechase. The awards ceremony is tentatively planned for 7:45 p.m. Friday evening.

Grove City College will be trying to win its second consecutive PAC women's championship after posting 133 points during last year's two-day, 19-event championship event to narrowly beat Westminster College with 131 points. Wolverines head coach Jessica Smith earned the conference's Coach of the Year after guiding Grove City to its 12th team title in program history.

Among the many all-conference performers back for this year's Championships is Chatham University sophomore Aurielle Brunner (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle). After winning the long jump and triple jump and scoring in the high jump (second), 100 (fifth) and 4x100 relay (fourth), Brunner not only collected the PAC Newcomer of the Year and the league's Most Outstanding Performer in the Field awards, she was also voted the PAC's Overall Most Outstanding Peformer.

The Westminster men, led by five-time PAC Coach of the Year Tim McNeil, will be looking to repeat after winning the 2022 title, their fifth in program history, after scoring 151 points to edge out runner-up Grove City by just two points. Returning to lead the Titans is senior Jacob Patton (Harrisville, Pa./Moniteau), who was last year's PAC Overall Most Outstanding Performer. He won the 110 and 400 hurdles, ran legs on the winniner 4x100 and 4x400 relays and placed in the pole vault (second), javelin (fourth) and triple jump (fifth).

Also back to highlight this year's field is Washington & Jefferson College junior Nate Sciarro (Beaver Falls, Pa./Riverside), the 2022 PAC Most Outstanding Performer in the Field after he won the high jump and long jump, and Geneva College sophomore Kevin Arseneaux (Yarmouth Port, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth Regional), the 2022 PAC Newcomer of the Year after he posted runner-up finishes in the 800 and 1500 and was third in the 5000.

This year's top seeds are listed below and can also be viewed on the PAC Women's Performance List and PAC Men's Performance List.

K&J Timing (Wheeling, W.Va.) will be providing the meet management, timing and officiating services. 

Built in 2018 and officially opened in 2019, the Track & Field Complex at Mylan Park features an eight-lane competition track with a Mondo running surface. The complex also features areas for long jump, triple jump, high jump and a fully enclosed grass infield for hammer, discus and javelin throw. It is the home of the West Virginia University (WVU) track and field and cross country teams.

Division III National Qualifiers
For each woman’s individual event contested (including the pentathlon), the top 20 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition. For each men’s individual event contested (including the heptathlon), the top 20 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 12 declared teams will be accepted into the competition.
(Current Division III Qualifying Lists: Women | Men)
 

2023 PAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Top Seeds
Event	Athlete - School	Year	Top Time/Distance/Height
100	Jessica Fatigati - Westminster	JR	12.17
200	Mihaela Toader - Allegheny	SR	25.14
400	Mihaela Toader - Allegheny	SR	56.85
800	Audrey Karwowski - Grove City	FR	2:17.02
1,500	Claire Anderson - W&J	FR	4:36.87
5,000	Carmen Medvit - Geneva	FR	17:36.90
10,000	Megan Aaron - Allegheny	SR	36:41.69
100 Hurdles	Carlee Domke - Chatham	GR	14.91
400 Hurdles	Carlee Domke - Chatham	GR	1:02.27
3000 Steeple	Cassie Carr - W&J	SO	11:36.85
4x100 Relay	Westminster		49.44
4x400 Relay	Westminster		4:08.65
High Jump	Aurielle Brunner - Chatham	SO	1.66m / 5-5.25
Pole Vault	Emma Rudolph - Westminster	SR	3.90m / 12-9.5
Long Jump	Aurielle Brunner - Chatham	SO	5.80m / 19-0.5
Triple Jump	Aurielle Brunner - Chatham	SO	12.31m / 40-4.75
Shot Put	Lexi Shiderly - Westminster	SO	13.13m / 43-1
Discus	Brigid Mack - Franciscan	SO	40.68m / 133-5
Javelin	Grace Tice - Bethany	SO	40.99m / 134-6

 

2023 PAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Top Seeds
Event	Athlete - School	Year	Top Time/Distance/Height
100	Ryan Beard - Westminster	GR	10.75
200	Ryan Beard - Westminster	GR	21.88
400	Alexander Mitchell - Grove City	FR	48.70
800	Kevin Arseneaux - Geneva	SO	1:53.49
1,500	Kevin Arseneaux - Geneva	SO	3:49.44
5,000	Tim Patterson - Saint Vincent	SO	15:01.70
10,000	Brady Sundin - Saint Vincent	FR	33:16.30
110 Hurdles	Jacob Patton - Westminster	SR	14.79
400 Hurdles	Jacob Patton - Westminster	SR	52.98
3000 Steeple	Peter Lantz - Allegheny	JR	9:45.33
4x100 Relay	Westminster		42.55
4x400 Relay	Westminster		3:21.77
High Jump	Jack Garvin - Geneva	SR	1.95m / 6-4.75
Pole Vault	Michael Chambers - Grove City	FR	4.15m / 13-7.25
Long Jump	Nate Sciarro - W&J	SO	6.94m / 22-9.25
Triple Jump	Andre Williams - Thiel	GR	14.11m / 46-3.5
Shot Put	Nick Gustafson - Grove City	JR	15.99m / 52-5.5
Discus	Ryan Lenhart - Grove City	SO	45.95m / 150-9
Javelin	Jacob Boord - Allegheny	JR	64.76m / 212-6