2014-15 Emory Men’s Indoor Track & Field Season Recap

2014-15 Emory Men’s Indoor Track & Field Season Recap

With a strong balance of talented returning competitors and an infusion of freshman into the mix, the Emory University track and field team put together a solid campaign during the 2014-15 indoor season.

The Eagles ended the season ranked second in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) South/ Southeast Regional Rankings.  In addition, Emory athletes ranked in the top-50 nationally in five different events during the year.

Emory was represented at the 2015 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships by junior Maxwell Hoberman.  Making his first career appearance at the NCAA Championships, Hoberman placed ninth in the triple jump at the meet with a mark of 14.08 meters.

Earlier in the season, Hoberman helped lead the Eagles to a third place finish at the University Athletic Association Indoor Championships, winning conference titles in both the long jump and the triple jump and becoming just the fourth athlete in Emory history to sweep the horizontal jumps at the meet.  A pair of freshman added on individual UAA Championships, with Benjamin Rogin winning the 60-meter dash, and Daniel Pietsch finishing first in the 400-meter dash. 

Pietsch was later named the UAA Rookie of the Year, becoming the fourth Emory men's athlete overall to earn the honor during the indoor season, and the first since Ian Francis in 2009.

Also claiming individual all-UAA finishes at the meet were senior Scott Greathouse in the high jump and junior Adam Rabushka in the 400-meter dash, both with second-place finishes, and freshman Jordan Flowers with a third-place finish in the mile run.  Emory's distance medley relay team of Flowers, sophomore Ian McIsaac, freshman Max Brown and sophomore Grant Murphy finished second at the UAA Championships, setting a new school record of 10:09.62 in the process.

The Eagles scored 97 points during the meet, finishing behind Washington University (114 points) and the second-place University of Chicago (113 points).

Two other school records were set during the indoor season.  Murphy broke the previous program-best mark in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:35.99, while Brown set the new school record in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:29.73.  Both marks were set at the Samford Invitational in February.

In other scored meets during the season, Emory placed fifth out of 15 teams at the Birmingham Ice Breaker to open the season in December, second out of 21 teams at the Emory Crossplex Invitational in January, and second out of nine teams at the Tiger Indoor Invitational in February.

In addition to their accomplishments on the track, Murphy and junior Lukas Mees were named to the Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.  It marked the first such honor for both.

 

The Eagles earned the following honors during the 2014-15 season:


 

NCAA Division III Championship Participant

Maxwell Hoberman

Westport, CT (Staples)

Triple Jump (9th)

 

University Athletic Association Rookie of the Year

Daniel Pietsch

Kula, HI (Seabury Hall)

 

UAA Champion

Maxwell Hoberman

Westport, CT (Staples)

Long Jump, Triple Jump

Daniel Pietsch

Kula, HI (Seabury Hall)

400m Dash

Benjamin Rogin

Highland Park, IL (Highland Park)

60m Hurdles

 

All-UAA (Top-3 Finisher at UAA Championships)

Jordan Flowers

Dunwoody, GA (Westminster)

Mile Run (3rd), DMR (2nd)

Maxwell Hoberman

Westport, CT (Staples)

Long Jump (1st), Triple Jump (1st)

Max Brown

Warren, NJ (Watchung Hills)

DMR (2nd)

Scott Greathouse

Los Altos, CA (Los Altos)

High Jump (2nd)

Ian McIsaac

Princeton, NJ (Princeton)

DMR (2nd)

Grant Murphy

Hillsborough, CA (Mills)

DMR (2nd)

Daniel Pietsch

Kula, HI (Seabury Hall)

400m Dash (1st)

Adam Rabushka

Deerfield, IL (Deerfield)

400m Dash (2nd)

Benjamin Rogin

Highland Park, IL (Highland Park)

60m Hurdles (1st)

 

Captial One/ CoSIDA Academic All-District

Lukas Mees

Marion, IA (Marion)

Grant Murphy

Hillsborough, CA (Mills)

 

UAA Athlete of the Week

Daniel Pietsch

Kula, HI (Seabury Hall)

Jan. 19th

 

The following were the top marks by Emory athletes during the 2014-15 season:

 

55m Dash

Will Siuta

6.84

Tiger Indoor Invitational

60m Dash

Phillip Greenfield

7.14

UAA Championships

200m Dash

Maxwell Hoberman

22.92

UAA Championships

400m Dash

Daniel Pietsch

49.12

Emory Crossplex Invitational

800m Run

Max Brown

1:57.61

Emory Crossplex Invitational

1000m Run

Max Brown

2:29.73*

Samford Invitational

3000m Run

Shane Sullivan

8:35.99*

Samford Invitational

5000m Run

Shane Sullivan

15:12.08

UAA Championships

Mile Run

Grant Murphy

4:14.84

Samford Invitational

55m Hurdles

Benjamin Rogin

7.90

Tiger Indoor Invitational

60m Hurdles

Benjamin Rogin

8.33

UAA Championships

High Jump

Scott Greathouse

1.91m

UAA Championships

Pole Vault

Spencer Koh

4.40m

Emory Crossplex Invitational

Long Jump

Maxwell Hoberman

6.66m

UAA Championships

Triple Jump

Maxwell Hoberman

14.49m

UAA Championships

Shot Put

Jacob Seigel

13.06m

UAA Championships

Weight Throw

James Bassen

14.48m

Tiger Indoor Invitational

1600m Relay

Benjamin Rogin, Daniel Pietsch, Zachary Rosenberg, Adam Rabushka

3:21.15

Emory Crossplex Invitational

DMR

Jordan Flowers, Ian McIsaac, Max Brown, Grant Murphy

10:09.62*

UAA Championships

 

* - Indicates Emory record