GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Madonna University Men's and Women's Track and Field team crowned two individuals and two relay teams Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference champions on Sunday afternoon at the Alksnis Athletic & Recreation Building on the campus of Aquinas College (Mich.). 

Straight out the gate, junior Steven Anderson crossed the line first in the 60m hurdle finals in 8.11 seconds to win the indoor event for the first time ever securing 10 points for Madonna right off the bat. Following that performance up was junior Cortez Cunningham in the 200m dash where he edged all others in the field, and his heat, in a blazing time of 21.99 seconds. 

During the waning final hour of the meet, the women's 4x400m relay team of freshman Nia Wood, senior Mikaela Hille, junior Jayla Brown, and junior Alysa Coleman armored up for a neck-and-neck battle with Indiana Tech heading into the final leg. With Coleman in control of the baton, she passed on the straight away in the final steps to secure the victory in 3:59.76 for Madonna's first 4x400m relay title ever. 

Next up were the men's 4x400m relay team with the quartet of Cunningham, junior Chris Hankins, junior Rodney Cannon, and Anderson where a three-way, all-out effort saw Madonna practically lead from start to finish with Anderson rounding holding on in the final stretch for a time of 3:25.20. The Madonna men's 4x400m relay team has been undefeated all indoor season.

Indiana Tech swept the team awards with 215 points on the men's side and 267.33 points on the women's side, respectively. Madonna finished with 90 points for fourth place on the men's standings and fifth with 69 points on the women's. 

WHAC CHAMPIONS

• Anderson in the men's 60m hurdles in 8.11 seconds
• Murphy in the women's mile in 5:16.76
• Cunningham in the men's 200m dash in 21.99 seconds
• Women's 4x400m relay team of Wood, Hille, Brown, and Coleman in 3:59.76
• Men's 4x400m relay team of Cunningham, Hankins, Cannon, and Anderson in 3:25.20

WHAC SCORERS

• Wood and Brown took seventh and eighth overall in the women's 60m dash, respectively
• Cunningham and sophomore Cobey Hall in third and fourth in the men's 60m dash, respectively
• Coleman notched fifth in the women's 200m dash
• Wood also claimed seventh in the women's 400m dash
• Anderson and Hankins combined for third and sixth in the men's 400m dash
• Freshman Isabella Bloomberg hit eighth in the 600m dash finals
• Freshman Lauren Marshall in eighth during the women's 1000m run
• Senior Kateri Mills grabbed second in the women's 3000m run
• Sophomore Logan Evanchuk finished eighth in the men's 5000m run on Saturday
• Sophomore Itajia Thomas finished sixth in the women's 60m hurdles
• Hille secured second in the women's triple jump
• Junior Ja'Kelveon Jackson second overall in the men's triple jump
• Junior Emilee Kessler took fourth in the women's weight throw on Saturday

UP NEXT

The top 16 times in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics standings will head to Yankton, South Dakota at the Ruth Donahoe First Dakota Fieldhouse for the 2021 NAIA Indoor National Championships March 4-6. 

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