Frostburg, Md. – The Davis & Elkins Track teams finished up their MEC Championships with a strong showing highlighted by Jan Thewes winning the conference title in the 3000m steeple. In total the Senators had nine podium (Top 3 All-MEC) finishes for the team. The Senators also broke five school records in the championships.

Thewes time of 9:01.62 broke his own school record and was his third NCAA Provisional time of the season. Thewes is currently ranked 22^nd in all of NCAA D2 in the event. He will have a couple more opportunities to continue to improve his time. The NCAA can take anywhere from 18 to 24 in the event to the national championships.

All-MEC top 3 podium finishes: 

Women
2^nd Place - Savanna Hardman in the 10K running a school record (39:16)
2^nd Place Ella Hesson in the 3K Steeple running a school record (11:47.92)
2^nd Place - Lauren Twyman in the 1500m running a school record (4:41.41)

Men
1^st Place – Jan Thewes in the 3K Steeple running a school record (9:01.62)
2^nd Place - Charlie Stephenson in the 5K (14:46)
3^rd Place - Ryan Rasco in the 800 (1:53.44) *Rasco ran a school record 1:52.54 in the prelims
3^rd Place – Henry Schmidt in the 3K Steeple (9:21)
3^rd Place – Henry Schmidt in the 10K (31:29)
3^rd Place – Carter McKenna in the 1500 (3:56)

Also scoring at the championships (top 8).

Women:
800 – Cameryn Wheeler (5^th, 2:25) and Lauren Twyman (6^th, 2:27)
1500 – Ella Hesson (6^th, 4:57)
5K - Savanna Hardman (4^th, 19:14) and Ella Hesson (8^th, 19:29)
Women's 4x400 Relay - Cameryn Wheeler, Taytum Walls, Suze Gipmans, Hannah Scoggin (5^th, 4:13)

Men:
800 – Jackson Gibson (5^th, 1:55), Cooper Gibson (6^th, 1:56)
1500 – Jackson Gibson (4^th, 3:57), Cooper Gibson (5^th, 3:57)
5K – Carter McKenna (5^th, 15:09), Henry Schmidt (6^th, 15:19), Jan Thewes (7^th, 15:19)
10K – Thijs Terlouw (4^th, 31:37)
Steeple – Paul Langkopf (6^th, 9:50)
110 hurdles – Ian Wood (5^th, 15.22)
400 Hurdles – Ian Wood (5^th, 56.23)
High Jump – Walker Shirley (7^th, 1.80)

In the team scoring the men scored 84 points to finish 6^th out of 10 MEC programs and only 9 points from 3^rd Place in a tightly bunched 2^nd through 6^th competition. The women finished in 8^th with 44 points. In total the Senators combined to score 118 points in the five distance events per gender.

Full Results: https://tfrrs.org/results/86759/2024_Mountain_East_Outdoor_Track__Field_Championships