Bradley University Athletics

Two Earn All-MVC Honors on Final Day of Track Championship

Missouri Valley Conference

Men's Track and Field 5/13/2018 5:08:00 PM

Terre Haute, Ind. – The Bradley track teams completed the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship on Sunday with senior Taylor Floyd Mews and redshirt freshman Alec Hartman both collecting all-conference honors.

Hartman earned his second career individual all-conference honors, finishing as the runner up in the 800m for the second-straight MVC Championship. The redshirt freshman clocked a time of 1:50.97 to finish less than a second behind Kevin White of Loyola (1:50.09). Sophomore Scott Seymour wasn't far behind as he placed fourth in the conference championship in 1:51.95.

Floyd Mews joined Hartman as podium finishers on Sunday as the senior placed third in the 1,500m run. He ran a time of 3:50.96 for his first career all-conference accolades at the outdoor meet. Bradley had four of the 10 runners that qualified for Sunday's final as junior Haran Dunderdale placed fifth in 3:53.64 after winning the 3,000m steeplechase on Saturday with Cole Barkocy and Mike Bianchina finishing ninth and 10th, respectively.

Returning to run the 5,000m to finish the championship, Floyd Mews earned his second top-five showing of the day with a time of 15:07.78 in the event. The senior was followed directly by sophomore Jake Hoffert, who crossed the finish line in sixth in 15:08.08, while sophomore Will Anderson also scored with a time of 15:14.30 to place eighth.

Junior Niamh Markham led the Bradley women on Sunday as she placed fifth in the 800m run, clocking a time of 2:11.22. Junior Kathryn Adelman also scored for BU in the event, placing eighth with a mark of 2:21.68.

Junior Brooke Nusser finished 10th in the 1,500m run in 4:54.66, while the Braves placed 10th through 14th in the 5,000m run. Senior Hannah Witczak followed her fourth-place running in the 10,000m with a team-best time of 18:00.36. She was followed by freshman McKenzie Altmayer (18:02.89), sophomore Sam Lechowicz (18:05.59) and sophomore Gabby Juarez (18:10.64).

The Braves also scored in three relays on the final day of competition. The men's 4x400 relay of David Shadid, Seymour, Nick Porter and Hartman just missed the school record by 27 hundredths of a second with a time of 3:16.79. The women's 4x100 relay also placed seventh with the 4x400 team finishing eighth.

The Bradley men finished sixth as a team with 57 total points – the most for the program in its history as it topped the previous standard of 55.5 points, set in 1950. The Bradley women's team improved its standing by two spots and finished eight of 10 schools with 17 points.

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