Men’s Indoor - Track
The Men’s Distance Medley Relay Team of Eastern Oregon has been named the Red Lion Men’s Indoor Track Athletes of the Week.
The Men’s Distance Medley Relay Team, composed of Thomas Morrell III, Devin Lewis-Allen, Dustin Zimmerly and Michael Slagowski, won the national title with a program record of 10:00.46. This was the program’s first indoor national title in any relay. The quartet won a thrilling race by 0.01 of a second to defeat Olivet Nazarene. Morrell III, Zimmerly and Slagowski had also just previously run in individual races earlier that day. Slagowski finished 2nd in the mile in 4:10.01, Morrell III took 4th in the 800 meters in 1:52.51 and Zimmerly placed 6th in the 1,000 meters in 2:30.98 to all become All-Americans individually.
Honorable mention: Ricky Garcia, OIT