This Week in PAC Men's Indoor Track & Field

January 22-28

1/30/2024 3:00:00 PM

Week 4 PAC Honors (for events between January 22-28)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 4 of the 2023-24 season.
 
PAC Track Athlete of the Week
Ryan Ozymy • Franciscan • Graduate Student • Ennis, Texas/Avalon
Ozymy posted a personal-best time in the 800 of 1:54.11 at Kent State's Doug Raymond National Qualifier Saturday ... That time, the fastest in the PAC this winter, is also the second fastest in program history and placed him fifth out of 24 runners behind only two from D2 Ashland and two from D1 Kent State ... In the final event of the day, Ozymy helped the Barons set a program record in the 4x400 relay, as the relay finished with a time of 3:24.63 to place sixth in the meet and record the fastest time in the PAC this season.
PAC Track Honor Roll
Allegheny senior Colm Mulligan (Chestnut Hill, Mass./Brookline); Geneva junior Kevin Arseneaux (Yarmouth Port, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth Regional); Grove City sophomore Alex Mitchell (Hummelstown, Pa./Harrisburg Christian); Saint Vincent senior Tim Patterson (Butler, Pa./Butler); Thiel graduate student Matt Beuermann (Devonport, Tasmania, Australia/Don College); W&J junior Julian Paul (Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour); Waynesburg graduate student Quintin Weaver (Rimersburg, Pa./Union); Westminster graduate student Ryan Beard (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional)
 
PAC Field Athlete of the Week
Jack Garvin • Geneva • Graduate Student • Northumberland, Pa./Northumberland Christian
Garvin broke the Geneva indoor record in the high jump on Saturday at the Baldwin Wallace Dr. Taraschke Team Challenge, clearing 2.06 meters/6-9 ... That mark is tied for the the third-best jump in NCAA Division III this season with Baldwin Wallace's Christian Pfeiffer, who finished second to Garvin Saturday.
PAC Field Honor Roll
Allegheny junior Aaron Moon (Springfield, Va./Lake Braddock); Chatham senior Malik George (Tortola, British Virgin Islands/St. George's Secondary); Franciscan sophomore Alexander Blose (Waterford, Pa./Fort LeBoeuf); Grove City senior Nick Gustafson (Newburg, Pa./Shippensburg)
    
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Dominic Flitcraft • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman • Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell
Flitcraft finished third in the 5K with a time of 15:24.42 Friday at Kent State's Doug Raymond Invitational, a time which ranks third best in the conference this season ... Running for a second straight day, he finished in third place in the 3000 with a time of 8:49.90 at Mount Union's Jim Wuske Invitational Saturday ... That time currently ranks Flitcraft second among PAC competitors.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Jacob Williams (Greenville, Pa./Reynolds); Chatham freshman Connor Domke (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum); Thiel freshman Zack Loeser (Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point); Waynesburg freshman Jacob Harker (Lilly, Pa./Bishop Carroll); Westminster freshman Kory White (Youngstown, Ohio/Austintown Fitch)
    
PAC Records & Milestones
While competing in the heptathlon at Kent State's Doug Raymond National Qualifier, Franciscan sophomore Alexander Blose broke the school record in the pole vault by clearing 4.20m (13-9.25), which is the top mark in the PAC this season ... The record-setting Franciscan 4x400 relay team (3:24.63) consisted of sophomore Dwayne Gethard (Toms River, N.J./Donovan Catholic), Ryan Ozymy, sophomore John Sicree (Boalsburg, Pa./Homeschooled) and junior Joseph Rohde (Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville Catholic Central) ... Saint Vincent senior Tim Patterson won the mile at the Muskingum Meet #3 with a converted time of 4:13.56, the fastest in the PAC and Mid-Atlantic Region this season, and also set a school record in the 1,000 (2:36.69) ... Waynesburg graduate student Quintin Weaver broke a 15-year-old program record when he finished second in the 1,000 at the Muskingum Meet #3 with a time of 2:35.14.