Malone Men’s Track and Field Clinch First NCCAA Championship in a Decade
Malone carried back some eagerly awaited trophies from the National Christian College Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
The Pioneers men’s team won its first national championship since 2010 this week in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the program’s sixth title overall.
Yahya Jawadi and Xander Heil secured individual NCCAE titles for Malone University. Jawadi claimed first place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:21.97. Meanwhile, Heil triumphed in the 1,500 meters with a finish time of 3:54.63.
Malone head coach
Zach Fresenko
and his staff were named the NCCAA Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Coaching Staff of the Year.
Malone’s Allea Graves and Rylee Yocum won the Pioneers’ national titles in the women’s meet. Graves won the 200 in 24.79 seconds and the 400 in 55.63. Yocum finished first in the 5,000 in 18:06.12.
Graves was named women’s track and athlete of the meet. She helped the Pioneers finish third overall.
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College track and field I Malone men win first NCCAA national championship since 2010
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