TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - With the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships returning to the Youngstown State University’s Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) this Thursday, Feb. 27th, the PAC announced its men's indoor track and field pre-championships coaches' polls and Athletes to Watch. 

Field events will begin at 10:30 a.m., while track events will get underway at approximately 3 p.m.

Admission to Thursday's PAC Championship is $10 for adults and $5 for students with ID/children ages 5-12 (current college, high school, grade school IDs must be valid and shown upon request). Children under 5 are free. There will also be a $5 parking fee for spectators. Youngstown State Campus Map/Parking Areas

Spectators must remain outside of the track and the infield to observe the meet. At no time are spectators allowed on the track lanes or infield. Please use the bleachers. All non-competing student-athletes are asked to remain in the designated roped off area.

There was a tie for the top spot in the poll between the defending champion Grove City College and Washington & Jefferson College. W&J picked up six first-place votes, while Grove City had five and each team totaled 95 points. Coming in third place was Allegheny College with 80 points, while Westminster College placed fourth with 74. The rest of the pre-championships poll can be seen below.

Grove City, led by 2024 PAC Coach of the Year Jessica Smith, captured its first PAC men's championship a year ago after winning five event titles and scoring 140.5 team points. The Wolverines earned a 15-point margin of victory over runner-up W&J (125.5 points), while Geneva placed third with 84.5 points. 

Three major award winners from last year's Championships will be back in action for their teams this year. Headlining the Athletes to Watch list is Geneva senior Kevin Arseneaux, who was the PAC Track Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row. Arseneaux opened his day by winning the mile (4:22.30), then won the 800 in a school record and PAC Championship meet record time of 1:53.06 and wrapped up his day by running the mile leg on the Distance Medley Relay team that placed first (10:39.86).

The 2024 Overall Track & Field MVP returns as well in Allegheny senior Aaron Moon after he scored points in all seven events he competed. His top finishes came in the 60, where his time of 7.00 seconds was just .02 seconds off of the first place time and he also earned second place in the long jump with a personal best leap of 23-0 (7.01m).

A third major award winner will be competing again this season in W&J sophomore Dominic Flitcraft. He was last year's Newcomer of the Year after he finished third in the 3K and fourth in the 5K.

In addition to the award winners, three others who won multiple events this year will be competing. In addition to Arseneaux, Geneva graduate student Jack Garvin also won twice for the Golden Tornadoes in the 60 and the high jump. Grove City junior Alex Mitchell took first in a pair of sprints, winning the 200 and 400, while Saint Vincent College graduate student Tim Patterson claimed titles in the 3000 and 5000.

Other returning PAC champions from a season ago include two from Grove City in senior Nick Petucci, who won the triple jump, and sophomore Michael Chambers, who took the crown in the pole vault. W&J will also have last year's champion in the weight throw in Matt Kordich back in the mix trying to repeat.

Entering the 2025 PAC Championships, returning champions are seeded first on the current PAC Performance List in five events, including Mitchell (200/400), Arseneaux (Mile), Garvin (high jump) and Petucci (triple jump).

At the conclusion of Thursday’s championships, the PAC will recognize its team champions, as well the event's Most Outstanding Performers (overall, track, field), Newcomers of the Year, Coaches of the Year and Sportsmanship Team honorees.

The NCAA Division III Championships are slated for Friday-Saturday, March 14-15 and will be held at the Golisano Training Center in Rochester, N.Y.

Division III National Qualifiers
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)
 

2024-25 PAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Pre-Championships Coaches' Poll
School (first-place votes)	Points
T1. Grove City (5)	95
T1. W&J (6)	95
3. Allegheny	80
4. Westminster Geneva	74
5. Geneva	62
6. Waynesburg	49
7. Saint Vincent	45
8. Bethany	42
9. Franciscan	33
10. Chatham	19
11. Thiel	11

2025 PAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes to Watch

Allegheny
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Cole Jooste	Jr.	Mid-Distance	Upper St. Clair, Pa./Upper St. Clair
Grant Miller	So.	Pole Vault	Punxsutawney, Pa./Punxsutawney Area
Aaron Moon	Sr.	Sprints/Jumps	Springfield, Va./Lake Braddock
Cam Sadler	Fr.	Throws	Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus

 

Bethany
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Caliyph McClinton	So.	Sprints	Pittsburgh, Pa./Neighborhood Academy
Dave Rene	So.	Jumps	Boynton, Fla./Boynton Beach

 

Chatham
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Demetrius Broadnax	So.	Sprints	Monroeville, Pa./Redeemer Lutheran School

 

Franciscan
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Mark Biagi	Fr.	Sprints/Jumps	Powell, Ohio/Bishop Watterson
Nicholas Brass	Jr.	Throws	Byron, Ill./Byron
Dwayne Gethard	Jr.	Sprints	Toms River, N.J./Donovan Catholic
Andrew Madigan	Jr.	Distance	Lawrenceville, N.J./The Wilberforce School

   

Geneva
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Kevin Arseneaux	Sr.	Distance	Yarmouth Port, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth Regional
Jack Garvin	Grad.	Jumps	Northumberland, Pa./Northumberland Christian
Desmond Lewis	Sr.	Sprints	Fort Worth, Texas/Saginaw

 

Grove City
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Caleb Haley	Fr.	Jumps	Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee
Ryan Lenhart	Sr.	Throws	New Castle, Pa./Shenango
Alex Mitchell	Jr.	Sprints	Hummelstown, Pa./Harrisburg Christian
Nick Petucci	Sr.	Jumps	Altoona, Pa./Altoona

 

Saint Vincent
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Aiden Jackson	Sr.	Mid-Distance	Carroll, Ohio/William V. Fisher
P.J. McNeal	So.	Sprints	Plum Borough, Pa./Plum
Tim Patterson	Grad.	Distance	Butler, Pa./Butler

 

Thiel
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Nicholas Kobielus	Sr.	Throws	West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex
Zack Loeser	So.	Jumps	Long Island, N.Y./Rocky Point
Chance Loomis	Fr	Sprints/Jumps	Cleveland, Ohio/Conneaut
Josh Williams	Fr.	Jumps	Jacksonville, Fla./Atlantic Coast

 

W&J
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Anthony Cestaro III	Jr.	Sprints	Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers
Dominic Flitcraft	So.	Distance	Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell
Julian Paul	Sr.	Distance	Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour
Brock Pennington	Sr.	Distance	North East, Pa./North East

 

Waynesburg
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Jacob Harker	So.	Throws	Lilly, Pa./Bishop Carroll
Adam Helbling	Sr.	Jumps	McDonald, Pa,/South Fayette
Garrett Hillard	Sr.	Throws	Greenville, Pa./Greenville
Quintin Weaver	Grad.	Distance	Rimersburg, Pa./Union

 

Westminster
Name	Yr.	Events	Hometown/High School
Rylan Dye	Fr.	Jumps	Hermitage, Pa./Hickory
Aaron Hankerson	Fr.	Sprints	Reidsville, Ga./Robert Toombs Christian Acad.
Anthony Kamenski	Grad.	Sprints/Hurdles	Chicora, Pa./Karns City
Reed Yost	Fr	Pole Vault	Wattsburg, Pa./Seneca