PITTSBURG, Kan. – Pittsburg State men won the 2023 MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championship with 208.5 team points and eight individual champions.

The 2023 MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships took place Friday, Feb. 24 through Sunday, Feb. 26 at Pittsburg State’s Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, Kan.

The victory is the Gorillas’ third consecutive indoor title and seventh in the last 10 years. This is Pittsburg State’s ninth overall title.

The Gorillas had individual first-place finishes in the high jump (Cordell Tinch), long jump (Henry Kiner), 60m hurdles (Cordell Tinch), 400m dash (Braylen Brewer), 200m dash (AJ Evans), 5000m run (Braden Zaner), shot put (Konner Swenson) and triple jump (Treyvon Ferguson). 
 
The 2023 indoor runner-up Missouri Southern totaled 100.5 points with two individual winners. Peyton Barton (22.05m) took gold in the weight throw, while Ryan Riddle (7:57.96) placed first in the 3000m run. The Lions wrapped up their weekend with a victory in the 4000m distance medley relay.
 
Nebraska Kearney took third place with 79 points, including an individual title from Luke Stuckey (4:06.64) in the one mile run and Wes Ferguson (1:50.85) in the 800m run.
 
With 76 points, Fort Hays State notched a fourth-place finish with the help of Nolan Churchman’s 5304 points for his individual heptathlon title. FHSU captured gold in the 4x
400m relay (3:11.32) to conclude their weekend.
 
Northwest Missouri logged 61.5 points to round out the top-five, highlighted by Raheem Williams’ victory in the 600y run (1:09.82).
 
Pittsburg State’s Cordell Tinch and AJ Evans were crowned the high point scorers of the 2023 MIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Below is a list of the final men’s standings and All-MIAA performers from the 2023 MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. To receive All-MIAA recognition, competitors had to finish in the top-three of their respective event(s).

To see the complete results from the 2023 MIAA Indoor Championships, click here.
 
Final 2023 Men’s Standings
1.Pittsburg State – 208.5
2. Missouri Southern – 100.5
3. Nebraska Kearney – 79
4. Fort Hays State – 76
5. Northwest Missouri – 61.5
6. Central Missouri – 60
7. Washburn – 40.5
8. Lincoln – 37
9. Missouri Western – 19
10. Emporia State – 18
11. Central Oklahoma – 0
11. Rogers State – 0

2023 All-MIAA Indoor Performers

Heptathlon
1st – Nolan Churchman (FHSU) – 5,304 points
2^nd – Doug Brown (PSU) – 5,220 points
3^rd – Clay Carbajal (UCM) – 4,990 points
 
Long Jump
1^st – Henry Kiner (PSU) – 25’ 4.25”
2^nd – Connor Last (WU) – 24’ 8.50”
3^rd – Josh Hopkins (WU) – 24’ 2.50”
 
Pole Vault
1^st – Jack Hodge (UCM) – 17’ 3.50”
2^nd – Jacob Clark (FHSU) – 16’ 11.50”
3^rd – Ryan Stanley (FHSU) – 16’ 7.50”
 
Weight Throw
1^st – Peyton Barton (MSSU) – 72’ 4”
2^nd – Connor Boyd (MSSU) – 66’ 4”
3^rd – Addison Snowball (UCM) – 62’ 10”
 
High Jump
1^st – Cordell Tinch (PSU) – 7’ 3.50”
2^nd – Cadman Evans (UCM) – 7’ 2.25”
3^rd – Brendan Jewell (MSSU) – 6’ 11.75”
 
Triple Jump
1^st – Treyvon Ferguson (PSU) – 51’ 3”
2^nd – Taris Jackson (MSSU) – 49’ 9.75”
3^rd – Henry Kiner (PSU) – 49’ 6”
 
Shot Put
1^st – Konner Swenson (PSU) – 58’ 3.50”
2^nd – Cedric Pearson (MSSU) – 57’ 5.75”
3^rd – Jordan Garr (MSSU) – 57’ 4.50”
 
60m Hurdles
1^st – Cordell Tinch (PSU) – 7.58
2^nd – TJ Caldwell (PSU) – 7.64
3^rd – Daylin Williams (PSU) – 7.80
  1^st – AJ Evans (PSU) – 6.70
2^nd – Xavier Carmichael (PSU) – 6.72
3^rd – Tevin Wright-Rose (PSU) – 6.73
 
200m Dash
1^st – AJ Evans (PSU) – 21.04
2^nd – Joel Dos Santos (NW) – 21.34
3^rd – Philip Landrum (FHSU) – 21.49
 
400m Dash
1^st – Corey Lyons (PSU) – 46.62
2^nd – Sam Tudor (PSU) – 46.91
3^rd – Braylen Brewer (PSU) – 46.92
 
600y Run
1^st – Raheem Williams (NW) – 1:09.82
2^nd – Micah Swedberg (UNK) – 1:10.90
3^rd – Conner Wells (UNK) – 1:11.06
 
800m Run
1^st – Wes Ferguson (UNK) – 1:50.85
2^nd – Ethan Lang (FHSU) – 1:51.22
3^rd – Kewani Campbell (LU) – 1:51.25
 
Mile Run
1^st – Luke Stuckey (UNK) – 4:06.64
2^nd – Riley Gorham (MWSU) – 4:06.70
3^rd – Diego Contreras (PSU) – 4:06.74
 
3000m Run
1^st – Ryan Riddle (MSSU) – 7:57.96
2^nd – Reece Smith (NW) – 8:00.96
3^rd – Luke Stuckey (UNK) – 8:22.31
 
5000m Run
1^st – Braden Zaner (PSU) – 14:24.81
2^nd – Matthew Oglesby (PSU) – 14:25.51
3^rd – Ben Arens (UNK) – 14:28.07
 
4x400m Relay
1^st – Fort Hays State – 3:11.32
(Hayden Albright, Philip Landrum, Ethan Lang, Nolan Churchman)
2^nd – Lincoln – 3:12.12
(Kewani Campbell, Troy Whyte, Shanthamoi Brown, Reuben Nichols)
3^rd – Emporia State – 3:14.28
(Guy Ramos, Jack Watson, Brock Merz, Jake Johnson)
 
Distance Medley Relay
1^st – Missouri Southern – 9:42.84
(Riley Simpson, Kelton Sorrell, Gabe McClain, Ryan Riddle)
2^nd – Northwest Missouri – 9:52.65
(Jake Norris, Danny Jantzen, Yemane Kifle, Reece Smith)
3^rd – Fort Hays State – 9:54.61
(Trever Medina, Nolan Churchman, Ethan Lang, Grant Bradley)