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Four Quakers Earn Indoor All-Region Honors from USTFCCCA

Four Quakers Earn Indoor All-Region Honors from USTFCCCA

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The Wilmington College men's track & field team had four individuals place earned five All-Great Lakes Region honors handed out by the United States Track & Field and Cross Coaches Association for the indoor season.

In order to garner All-Region honors, individuals needed to be top five in their respective events in each region. Simon Hey earned All-Region honors in both the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter runs. The sophomore ran a time of 8:19 in the 3K at the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Indoor Championships and 14:23.19 at the Steemer Showcase.

Both Joe Shuga and JJ Durr made All-Region throws in the weight throw. Shuga, the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Champion in the event, threw 60' 11 ½" while Durr, in his first collegiate season, threw 60' 3 ¼" at the championships.

Blake Jamison rounded out the Fightin' Quakers' All-Region honorees with a mark of 50' 3 ¼" in the shot put at the MSJ Invitational in January.

Wilmington finished the 2022 indoor season fourth at the OAC Championships, the program's highest finish in nearly a decade. Both Shuga and Durr will represent the Fightin' Quaker contingent at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in Winston Salem, North Carolina, this weekend.