This Week in PAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field

April 14-20

4/22/2025 4:00:00 PM

Week 6 PAC Honors (for events between April 14-20)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 6 of the 2025 season.

PAC Track Athlete of the Week
Aaron Hankerson • Westminster • Freshman • Reidsville, Ga./Robert Toombs Christian Academy
At last Thursday's John Papa Invitational, hosted by Slippery Rock, Hankerson finished as the runner-up and first among DIII runners in the 100 meters with a personal-best time of 10.58 seconds... He was also fourth in the 200 with a personal-best time of 21.88 ... Hankerson's 100 times ranks second in the PAC and fifth in the Mid-Atlantic Region, while his time in the 200 ranks third in the conference and 11th in the Region. 

PAC Track Honor Roll
Allegheny senior Aaron Moon (Springfield, Va./Lake Braddock); Geneva senior Kevin Arseneaux (Yarmouth Port, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth Regional); Grove City junior Alex Mitchell (Hummelstown, Pa./Harrisburg Christian); Thiel sophomore Logan Smith (Girard, Pa./Girard); W&J junior Anthony Cestaro III (Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers)

PAC Field Athlete of the Week
Jacob Harker • Waynesburg • Sophomore • Lilly, Pa./Bishop Carroll
Harker swept the shot put, discus and hammer throw titles at the Mountaineer Twilight with season-bests in all three events ... He set Waynesburg records in the outdoor shot put (14.73 meters/48-4) and hammer throw (42.30 meters/138-9) ... In the PAC, Harker ranks No. 1 in the hammer throw, No. 3 in shot put and No. 6 in discus (40.70 meters/133-6), while his throw from Saturday ranks seventh in the region in the shot put.

PAC Field Honor Roll
Allegheny senior Hamilton Kraemer (North East, Pa./North East); Franciscan junior Luke Saarinen (Laurel, Md./Conowingo Rising Sun Christian); Geneva junior Seth Tyson (Lusby, Md./St. Mary's Ryken); Grove City senior Nick Petucci (Altoona, Pa./Altoona); Thiel sophomore Zack Loeser (Long Island, N.Y./Rocky Point); Westminster sophomore Jack Crider (Apollo, Pa./Kiski)

PAC Newcomer of the Week
Reed Yost • Westminster • Freshman • Wattsburg, Pa./Seneca
At Slippery Rock's John Papa Invitational last Thursday, Yost finished in fourth place overall and first among DIII competitors in the pole vault, clearing a personal-best 4.63 meters (15-02.25) ... In addition to topping the PAC with that height, Yost ranks fourth in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Cherrieke Bufis (Rochester, N.Y./Vertus Charter); Franciscan freshman Thomas Baillargeon (Bloomingdale, Ohio/Steubenville Catholic Central); Geneva freshman Ethan Haring (Wexford, Pa./Eden Christian Academy); Grove City freshman Brandon Kendrew (Harmony, Pa./Seneca Valley); Thiel freshman Adam Spaulding (Sharpsville, Pa./Sharpsville); W&J freshman Riley McCaw (Claridge, Pa./Penn-Trafford)

PAC Records & Milestones

In only his second attempt at the 400 hurdles and his first since transferring to Allegheny, Aaron Moon set a new PR with the second-best time in program history, placing third at 56.25 seconds, the top time in the PAC this spring ... Franciscan's Thomas Baillaregeon won the 100 at the Grove City Mini-Invitational while breaking the program record with a time of 11.10 seconds ... Competing in the 5,000 for the first time in nearly two years, Geneva's Kevin Arseneaux won the event at the Grove City Mini-Invitational, finishing in a personal-record time of 15:30.21 ... At their home mini-invitational, Grove City's Alex Mitchell (200/400) and Nick Petucci (long jump/triple jump) were both double winners ... Thiel's Adam Spaulding had a first place finish in the high jump at the Grove City meet after he cleared 1.89 meters (6-2.25) ... W&J's Anthony Cestaro III broke a long-standing school record at Baldwin Wallace's Sparky Adams Invitational with a time of 10.71 in the 100 prelims, which bested Dewayne Jeter's time of 10.72 from the 1986 season, a record Jeter held for 39 years ... Cestaro III finished second with a time of 10.75 in the 100 finals and also raced to a season-best time of 21.90 in the 200 to finish in first.