Mankato, Minnesota -- The IHCC men's track and field squad won the team title in the Mark Schuck Multi & Open over the weekend, defeating 11 other schools, including seven NCAA Division II programs.

Leading the way for the Warriors was freshman Floyd Pond, who won the 60 meters in 6.90 and the 200 meters in 22.47.  Jasean White and Kendall Banks-Price both had second-place finishes -- White in the long jump (22'6.50") and Banks-Price in the high jump (6'5.5").

Elijah Berry, Kohner Butts and Aytonn Bar-Shimon went 2nd-4th-7th in the 800 meters with Bar-Shimon becoming the third Warrior 800 meter runner to hit the national qualifying mark with his time of 1:59.36.  Berry ran 1:55.40 and Butts 1:57.41.  Berry is currently ranked 7th in the nation and Butts 11th.

Chris Hudnall tied the school record in the 60 meter hurdles, taking 3rd overall in 8.26.

Indian Hills dominated in the 200 meter dash.  Pond won it in 6.90, followed by Herman Chongwain (3rd in 22.80), Jarvis Barber (4th in 22.81), Torian Kingston (5th in 22.82) and Brandon Snowden (7th in 23.08).

Carlon Steward (57.50) and Tahzmere Givens (59.89) finished 1-2 in the 400 meter hurdles.

Ethan McAreavey (37.32), Jadon Tirado (37.57) and Elijah Boesch (38.14) came in 3-4-5 in the 300 meters.

Nathan Simons placed 4th in the 400 meters in 51:01.  Nick Fitzpatrick had a season-best 46'4" throw for 9th place in the shot put, with Kase Hitt throwing 40'3.25".

And Zach Schocker ran a lifetime best 4:48.71 in the mile.

Other IHCC competitors included Snowden (7.13), Dichon Francis (8.21, 7.14 in the prelims), Jasean White (7.21), Marshaun Cook (7.21), Mechai White (7.30) and Tirado (7.40), all in the 60 meters; Mechai White (23.32) and Terrence Thomas (23.61) in the 200; Cook (38.24) in the 300; Barber (53.88) in the 400; Kaleb Schneider (1:12.99 for 5th) in the 500; Boesch (1:27.36) and McAreavey (1:28.38) in the 600; Schocker (2:16.63) in the 800; Spencer Magill (6'1.5") and Jaxson Sharp (5'11.5") in the high jump; and the 4x400 relay team of Hudnall, Steward, Kingston and Givens, which ran 3:29.06 to come in 3rd in that event.

"This was our best overall meet of the year," said IHCC coach Brent Ewing.  "Almost every single athlete set a personal best or season best.  With it being a 200 meter flat track, several of our athletes were able to improve their position in the individual national rankins due to the time conversion they got.  February is typically when we start to see the pieces of the puzzle come together.  Floyd Pond had a banner day, winning those two events.  Aytonn Bar-Shimon got the job done and qualified for nationals in the 800 meters.  Berry and Butts ran very aggressively in the 800 as well.  Our jumps crew got us some big points with Jasean White in the long jump and Kendall Banks-Price in the high jump.  Most meets aren't scored so being able to take advantage of the opportunity to win a scored meet was really big for our program.  We're inherently greedy as coaches.  Rarely do we walk away from a meet feeling this satisfied.  We have one more chance to compete next weekend before regionals.  Our meet at Northwest Missour State, in Maryville, Missouri, will be one of the biggest in the nation."