GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. –  The Golden Eagles got off to a great start at the first day of the WHAC Championships, earning three WHAC Individual Championships as Cammie McConnell and Colten Covington won the 5000m and Jenna Breuker won the shot put. Cornerstone will conclude the WHAC Championships back at Aquinas tomorrow starting at 1 p.m. with the remaining running events and a few field events. After day one, Cornerstone sits in second behind Indiana Tech on both the men's and women's side. 
 
Men's Results:
The day opened with the 60m hurdle prelims and Carter Sabin ran a PR of 8.44 to advance to tomorrow's finals. Sabin's new PR does not move him up on CU's indoor list. 
 
The men's 4x8 crew performed incredibly in an exciting race taking second place with an NAIA auto qualifying mark of 7:56.22. The quartet of Nate Vruggink, Jalen Banfill, Grayson VerBerkmoes, and Luke Pohl are now 10^th in program history. VerBerkmoes held strong after the great start from Vruggink and Banfill, while Pohl held the lead with a strong performance in the last leg. A late lean by Siena Heights at the finish line gave them the WHAC Title but CU still earned the auto qualified. 
 
In the men's 60m, David Dwumfour-Poku ran a mark of 7.04 to advance to tomorrow's finals. Seth Stoltz ran a PR of 7.08 in the next heat to move to sixth all-time on CU's indoor list but miss finals. 
 
The men's distance crew dominated going 1-4 in the 5000m as Colten Covington came away with the WHAC Championship with a mark of 15:06.69. Luke Pohl finished second, Grant Gayan third, Luke Koopman fourth, and Jamin Thompson was sixth. 
 
In the lone non-scoring event of the day, Ben Hofstra returned to the 3000m race walk with an NAIA auto standard of 13:55.10 to win the event and head to nationals in South Dakota. 
 
Women's Results: 
Asia Bullard ran a strong PR in the 60m prelims of 8.14 to highlight the start of the women's action. Bullard is now ninth all-time on CU's indoor list but will not advance to the finals. 
 
The Golden Eagles distance crew dominated as Cammie McConnell won the WHAC Championship with a PR of 18:07.03 to move to sixth all-time on CU's indoor list. She also earns an NAIA auto qualifier in the event, while teammate Haley Nieuwkoop earned a provisional standard as the second-place finisher in the event. 
 
Ashley Verplank finished third in the pole vault with a mark of 3.62m which is another auto standard even though it does not better her previous auto standard set last week. 
 
In the women's shot put, Jenna Breuker earned her first WHAC Individual Title with a mark of 12.69m. This mark is a PR and moves her to third all-time on Cornerstone's indoor list. 
 
In the women's long jump, Morgan Vargo took fourth place with a mark of 5.63m. This mark does not better her NAIA auto standard that she posted last week but is another automatic qualifier. 
 
What's Next? 
Day two of the WHAC Championships begin tomorrow at 1 p.m. back at Aquinas College.
 
Track & Field Contact: Jesse Campbell 
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