Mylan Park to Host PAC Track & Field Championships Starting Thursday

Grove City Men and Women Chosen as Favorites in Coaches Poll

5/1/2025 8:30:00 AM

TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - The 2025 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships are scheduled for this Thursday-Friday, May 1-2 at the Track & Field Complex at Mylan Park in Morgantown, W.Va. 

Note for Spectators coming to Mylan Park: There will be a $5 charge for parking this year.

The 2025 championships will begin Thursday at 2:30 p.m. with six field 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 women's 100 meters and 100-meter hurdles and the men's 100 meters and 110-meter hurdles will be the first events held on the track. Following those preliminaries will be the Women's and then Men's 3,000-meter Steeplechase before the final events on Thursday evening, the Women's and then Men's 10,000-meter run.

Twenty-eight event finals are scheduled to get underway at 2 p.m. Friday, starting with women's high jump and shot put and men's long jump and discus in the field. Events on the track begin at 2:30 with the Women's 400-meter relay, followed by the Men's 400-meter Relay The awards ceremony is tentatively planned for 7:05 p.m. Friday evening.

Westminster College is the defending PAC women's champion after scoring 193 points over the two-day championship meet to finish in front of runner-up Allegheny College, who totaled 122 points, while Grove City College finished third (101.57) and Washington & Jefferson College was fourth (95).

Grove City was selected as the favorite in the pre-championships coaches poll, collecting ten first-place votes and 100 points, while Westminster (87 points) and Allegheny (86 points, one first-place vote) came in second and third, respectively.  Next was Saint Vincent collecting 64 points, followed by Geneva with 62 and Chatham (60). Franciscan was selected seventh with 46 points, then W&J with 43, Waynesburg (27), Thiel (17) and Bethany (13).

A pair of award winners from a year ago return this season to help Westminster head coach Tim McNeil, last year's PAC Coach of the Year, and the Titans attempt to repeat. Graduate student Breannda Davis (Streetsboro, Ohio/Streetsboro) was honored as the PAC's Most Outstanding Overall Performer, as well as the league's Most Outstanding Performer on the track after accumulating 52 points during the 2024 championship meet. Among her many highlights last year was winning the high jump (1.67m), running on the first place 1600 relay and taking second in the triple jump, long jump and both the 100 and 400 hurdles.

Westminster also has the 2024 PAC Newcomer of the Year returning in sophomore Jenna Zendron (West Sunbury, Pa./Moniteau). She ran to a first-place finish in the 400 (59.17), anchored the 4x400 relay to a PAC title, finished sixth in the 200 and seventh in the 100. 

All four major award winners from the 2024 Championship will compete again this year, as Chatham senior Aurielle Brunner (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) is back after winning the PAC Most Outstanding Field Performer. She won the triple jump (12.22m) and the long jump (5.81m), added a second place in the high jump and in addition to her effort in the field, Brunner also won the 200 (24.74) and finished second in the 100.

The 2024 PAC men's championship was won by Grove City, the 21st league title in program history, as the Wolverines amassed 164 team points to outdistance second-place W&J, who scored 146 points, and Geneva, who was third with 103 points. Grove City head coach Jessica Smith was recognized as PAC Coach of the Year following the meet.

Grove City junior Alex Mitchell (Hummelstown, Pa./Harrisburg Christian) will be a big factor if the Wolverines are to win their third straight conference crown. He earned the 2024 Most Valuable Performer award, as well as the Track MVP honor, after accumulating 25.5 individual points. Mitchell took first in the 200 in a time of 21.61 seconds, won the 400 in a conference- and school-record time of 48.02, anchored the victorious 1600 relay and ran on the second place 400 relay.

Bethany sophomore Caliyph McClinton (Pittsburgh, Pa./Neighborhood Academy) returns this season as well after winning the PAC Newcomer of the Year last spring. McClinton finished third in the 100, fourth in the 200 and was the anchor for the men's 4x100, which earned a PAC Championship with a time of 42.24 seconds.

This year's Pre-Championships Coaches' Poll has Grove City as a strong favorite, with the Wolverines gathering ten first-place votes and 100 points, ahead of second place W&J with the final first-place vote and 89 points. Allegheny was selected in third with 82 points while Westminster collected 73 points for fourth place. Geneva was fifth with 64 points, followed by Bethany with 54 and Franciscan with 42. Waynesburg (37), Saint Vincent (35), Thiel (18) and Chatham (11) rounded out the poll results.

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

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)
 
2025 PAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Top Seeds
* = 2024 PAC Champion
Event Athlete - School Year Top Time/Distance/Height
100  Kiara White - Grove City FR 12.22
200 Kiara White - Grove City FR 25.62
400  Jenna Zendron*- Westminster SO 58.85
800 Lauren Dosch*- Franciscan SO 2:13.41
1,500  Lydia Bennett* - Grove City SR 4:30.64
5,000 Chloe Bonson - Allegheny JR 16:43.76
10,000 Grace Tanksley - Waynesburg JR 39:19.12
100 Hurdles Sarah Schneider - W&J SO 15.28
400 Hurdles Aurielle Brunner - Chatham SR 1:04.35
3000 Steeple  Grace Smith* - Grove City SR 10:48.95
4x100 Relay Grove City 49.02
4x400 Relay Grove City 4:09.83
High Jump Breannda Davis* - Westminster GR 1.63m
Pole Vault Madison Conley - Westminster SR 4.00m
Long Jump Aurielle Brunner* - Chatham SR 5.97m
Triple Jump Aurielle Brunner* - Chatham SR 12.21m
Shot Put  Shelby Rambo - Westminster JR 13.08
Discus Shelby Rambo* - Westminster JR 44.16m
Javelin Angie Bawek - Allegheny SO 39.31m
 
2025 PAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Top Seeds
* = 2024 PAC Champion
Event Athlete - School Year Top Time/Distance/Height
100  Caliyph McClinton - Bethany SO 10.49
200 Caliyph McClinton - Bethany SO 21.47
400  Alex Mitchell* - Grove City JR 47:90
800 Kevin Arseneaux* - Geneva SR 1:53.55
1,500  Kevin Arseneaux* - Geneva SR 3:50.61
5,000 Brock Pennington - W&J SR 14:43.24
10,000 Dom Flitcraft - W&J SO 30:49.62
110 Hurdles Jake Mull - Westminster SO 15.77
400 Hurdles Aaron Moon - Allegheny SR 56.25
3000 Steeple  Karter Reath* - Geneva JR 9:28.41
4x100 Relay Bethany* 41.46
4x400 Relay Grove City* 3:26.65
High Jump Rylan Dye - Westminster FR 1.95m
Pole Vault Reed Yost - Westminster FR 4.63m
Long Jump Aaron Moon - Allegheny SR 7.23m
Triple Jump Nick Petucci* - Grove City JR 13.38m
Shot Put  Kyle Crown - Westminster SO 15.14m
Discus Ryan Lenhart - Grove City SR 50.02m
Javelin Gabe Dunlap* - Grove City GR 57.34m