[Women's Indoor Track & Field] Indiana Tech Wins Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - (COMPLETE RESULTS) - Indiana Tech scored 244 point to win the 2023 Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship on their home track, Doug Edgar Indoor Track. The Warriors nearly doubled the score of the closest competitor. It's the fourth consecutive title and 12th overall for IT.
The Warriors had nine individual champions, including relays, and had as many as five score in two events. The only events the Warriors did not score i were the 5000m and the pole vault.
Five records were broken at the meet: Maggie Whitney of Aquinas in the 600m (1:35.11), Lisa Voyles of Indiana Tech in the 1000m (2:50.31), Soyinne Grenyion of Indiana Tech in the 200m (24.17), Molly Harding of Aquinas in the 5000m (17:49.92), and Indiana Tech's 4x800 relay team of Haven Evans, Krista Boese, Olaide Olapade, and Voyles.
Juanita Webster-Freeman of Indiana Tech accounted for 40 points and was named the meet's Most Valuable Performer and Newcomer of the Year. She won the shot put and triple jump, finished second in the 60m hurdles and long jump, and was fifth in the 200m. There were multiple Most Outstanding Performers, all from Indiana Tech. Voyles (1000m) , Grenyion (200m), the 4x800 relay team of Evans, Boese, Olapade, and Voyles earned the honor with the highest places on the NAIA performance lists. Cornerstone's Malarie Pinwar earned Newcomer of the Year.
IT head coach Doug Edgar was named Coach of the Year and Aquinas' Mike Wojciakowski was voted as the Champions of Character Coach.
The top three finishers in each event receive All-Conference honors.
