TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Wesleyan Men's Indoor Track and Field team opened the 2026 portion of the schedule on Friday at the aptly named Washburn Rust Buster hosted by Washburn University.
Plenty of KWU student-athletes got their first action of the new year on the banked oval of the Washburn facility.
There were 14 Coyotes in the mile run led by
Wyatt Johnson in fifth place with a time of 4:16.47.
Austin Schaeffer was 18th in 4:23.10,
Evan Pearce was 21st in 4:24.25,
Braulio Torres was 29th in 4:28.20,
Ethan Ochana was 40th in 4:34.05,
Mauricio Mendez was 46th in 4:36.83,
Tytus Reed was 47th in 4:36.92, Barka Bepeng, Jr., was 59th in 4:41.71,
Luke Adams was 62nd in 4:42.64,
Cohen Greve was 63rd in 4:43.29, Efrain Santibenez was 79th in 4:54.48,
Logan Topp was 83rd in 4:57.62,
Will Childers was 87th in 5:00.27 and
Roman Mai was 98th in 5:19.01.
In the shot put
Keegan Lott finished eighth with a mark of 14.52m. Dylan Marks was 24th with a mark of 11.73m,
Austin Baird was 30th with a mark of 10.79m,
Justin Barker was 35th with a mark of 10.44m and
Brandon Weimer was 41st with a mark of 8.34m.
KWU had three 4x400m relay teams. Leading the way was the group of
Kean Dinkel,
Austin Hash,
Kristian Paronto and
Wyatt Johnson finishing with ninth a time of 3:24.83. The group of
Riley Garcia,
Jude Nelson,
Connor Olsen and
Justin Barker was 20th with a time of 3:34.09, and the group of
Trace Sump,
Nicolas Martinez,
Andrew Smith and
Brady Oliver was 21st with a time of 3:34.54.
In the 3000m,
Damion Jackson was 12th with a time of 8:42.25 and
Jake Cruz was 19th with a time of 8:55.58.
In the weight throw, Dylan Marks was 12th with a mark of 14.97m,
Keegan Lott was 18th with a mark of 14.31m,
Austin Baird was 24th with a mark of 13.34m,
Justin Barker was 28th with a mark of 12.62m and
Brandon Weimer was 37th with a mark of 11.92m.
KWU had 17 runners in the 800m led by
Nicolas Martinez in 19th with a time of 1:59.39.
Braulio Torres was 21st in 1:59.66,
Triston Cottone was 27th in 2:00.53,
Evan Pearce was 38th in 2:03.06, Barka Bepeng, Jr., was 40th in 2:03.40,
Tytus Reed was 42nd in 2:03.58,
Austin Schaeffer was 44th in 2:03.75,
Jude Nelson was 45th in 2:03.85,
Cohen Greve was 57th in 2:07.66,
Ethan Ochana was 60th in 2:08.58,
Connor Olsen was 63rd in 2:08.87,
Logan Topp was 64th in 2:09.06,
Mauricio Mendez was 72nd in 2:11.55, Efrain Santibenez was 75th in 2:13.52,
Luke Adams was 76th in 2:13.57,
Roman Mai was 81st in 2:17.26 and
Will Childers was 82nd in 2:17.30.
In the 60m,
Kristian Paronto finished 20th with a time of 6.97 seconds,
Kean Dinkel was 25th with a time of 7.00 seconds, DeJaylon Beal was 77th with a time of 7.33 seconds and
Riley Garcia was 85th with a time of 7.44 seconds.
In the 200m,
Kristian Paronto was 25th with a time of 22.44 seconds,
Kean Dinkel was 30th in 22.87,
Austin Hash was 52nd in 23.29, DeJaylon Beal was 69th in 23.87,
Andrew Smith was 70th in 23.99,
Riley Garcia was 71st in 24.04,
Brady Oliver was 81st in 24.59 and
Trace Sump was 89th in 25.14.
In the 400m,
Austin Hash was 25th in 51.21 seconds,
Andrew Smith was 40th in 53.65,
Trace Sump was 42nd in 53.92 and
Brady Oliver was 47th in 55.20.
The Coyotes are back in action next weekend heading to Seward, Neb. for the Concordia Polar Dog.
