GREENVILLE, Ill. - For the fifth consecutive year, the men's track and field program dominated the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference outdoor track and field championships with 345 points and the championship.
The Panthers kept their title streak alive thanks to 11 individual golds as well gold in both relay events. The Panthers collected 34 total medals on the weekend, tying the conference mark the program set back in 2017.
The Panthers swept four events - filling the podium with their efforts in the pole vault, hammer throw, shot put, and 10,000 meter run.
Dylan Webster collected five medals individually for the Panthers. He took home gold in both the high jump and long jump, silver in the 110 hurdles and pole vault, and bronze in the triple jump. The five medals tied a conference championship record set by former Panther Matt Hughes in 2018.
Nate Brown was also a multiple gold medalist for the Panthers, winning both the discus and shot put with new championship records. Brown shattered the conference championship mark in the shot put with a distance of 159 feet-3 inches, more than seven feet further than the previous record he set in 2019. His distance of 47-3.75 in the shot put bested the previous mark by nearly one foot.
Other gold medal winners for the Panthers were Wesley Kile in the pole vault, Ben Schuette in the hammer throw, Eli Atkins in the 10,000 meter run, Gianni Estrada in the 5000 meter run, Kaleb Carlson in the 1500 meter run, C.J. Anderson in the 100 meter dash, and Dylan Goodyear in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Kile's gold in the pole vault set a new championship record with his 14-11 mark.
The Panthers 4x100 relay team of Chase LaTouche, Carson Rantanen, Jared Beyers, and Anderson also joined the list of record-breakers with a time of 42.05 seconds.
Following the meet, the men's field athlete of the year went to Webster and the newcomer of the year was LaTouche. GU's coaching staff once again received the coaching staff of the year honor.
The conference championship winning Panthers will enter the Monmouth meet on Friday, May 6.
