This Week in PAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field

March 9-15

PAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for March 17
PAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for March 17

Men's Outdoor Track and Field | 3/17/2026 4:00:00 PM

Week 1 PAC Honors (for events between March 9-15)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 1 of the 2026 season.

PAC Track Athlete of the Week
Eli Eisenberger • Geneva • Senior • York, Pa./Central York
Eisenberger placed second in the 10,000-meter race at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge on Friday, recording a personal-best time of 32:02.41 ... He came in ahead of multiple Division I and Division II runners in the event and his time is first in the Mid-Atlantic Region after the initial weekend of competition.

PAC Track Honor Roll
Westminster junior Dalton Koehler (Chardon, Ohio/Fairport Harding)

PAC Field Athlete of the Week
Isaac Nirella • Geneva • Junior • Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park
Nirella placed third in the pole vault at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge, clearing 4.10 meters/13-5.25 ... That was the top mark of any Division III competitor in the event, and he was one of just two DIII athletes to place in the top five.

PAC Field Honor Roll
Westminster senior Jalen Ritzert (Greenville, Pa./Greenville)

PAC Newcomer of the Week
Zach Kovell • Westminster • Freshman • Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell
Kovell finished 11th in the 200 with a personal-best time of 22.31 at last weekend's Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge ... He also turned in a time of 11.08 in the 100 and ran the second leg of Westminster's seventh-place 4x100-meter relay (43.59). 

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Geneva freshman Amiri Copeland (Torrington, Conn./Torrington)

PAC Records & Milestones

Geneva's Amiri Copeland's mark of 12.86 meters/42-2.5 in the triple jump was good for 12th place overall, fifth among Division III athletes at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Championship ... Westminster's Dalton Koehler ran to a first-place finish in the open 1500 meters at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge, winning the 31-competitor race with a personal-best time of 4:20.78.