TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Vincennes University Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams closed out the 2025 Outdoor regular season this past weekend at the 2025 Sycamore Open hosted by Indiana State University in Terre Haute.
VU was looking to get one more good opportunity to add a few more NJCAA National qualifiers for this weekend’s NJCAA Outdoor National Championships.
The Vincennes Men’s sprint crew was led by sophomore Zion Pruitt (Avon, Ind.) who placed second in the 400 meter hurdles with a final time of 54.81 seconds.
The sprint results continued with freshman Karmiel Williams (Jasper, Ind.) taking fourth in the 100 meter dash at 10.98 seconds and 10th in the 200 meters with a time of 22.37 seconds.
Freshman Devin Wilson (Indianapolis, Ind.) joined Williams in the 100 and 200 meter dashes, with Wilson posting times of 11.13 seconds and 22.91 seconds respectively to place sixth and 12th overall.
Freshman Marshawn Bradley (Dyer, Ind.) rounded out the Trailblazers in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.51 seconds to place seventh and freshman Aaden Mapp (Indianapolis, Ind.) placed 14th in the 200 meters with a time of 24.34 seconds.
The Trailblazers then put on a show in the 400 meters, with freshmen Isaiah Ervin (French Lick, Ind.), ArTezz Butler-Sanders (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Kelvin Kipsang (Kapsabet, Kenya) placed one-two-three in their heat, with Ervin placing eighth overall with a time of 50.07 seconds, Butler-Sanders taking ninth at 50.94 seconds and Kipsang placing 10th at 51.15 seconds.
Kipsang also competed in the 800 meters and placed fifth with a time of 1:58.46, while freshman Dakoda Greci (Danville, Ind.) taking 10th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:05.63.
Sophomore Tanner Spence (Carmi, Ill.) led the Trailblazers in the 1500 meters, winning his heat and placing fifth overall with a time of 3:59.01.
Sophomores Caden Hostetler (LaGrange, Ind.) and Nathan Whitehead (Vincennes, Ind.) followed Spence with Hostetler taking 15th in the 1500 at 4:19.18 and Whitehead placing 16th with a final time of 4:20.80.
The VU Men’s Track results on the day were rounded out by the distance team in the 5000 meters led by freshman Lane Connaway (Carmi, Ill.) who placed 12th overall at 16:03.04 and freshman Jeremy Mendez (Velpen, Ind.) taking 15th overall at 16:33.15.
VU was led in the field events by freshman Tremayne Brown (Anderson, Ind.) who picked up the event win in the high jump after clearing a height of 2.05 meters.
Freshman Chase Guthrie (Indianapolis, Ind.) placed third in the triple jump with a distance of 13.23 meters, while freshman Bryce Peak (Brownstown, ind.) placed seventh in the javelin with a best throw of 42.93 meters.
Freshman Cayden Gasser (Delphi, Ind.) had another busy day for the Trailblazers, taking eighth in the javelin with a throw of 36.15 meters and 14th in the shot put and hammer throw with a best throw of 11.25 meters in the shot put and 30.91 meters in the hammer.
The VU Women’s team was led on the day by sophomore Jasmyn Self (Casey, Ill.) who placed seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 2:29.66, followed by freshman Allie Black (Lynn, Ind.) who placed 11th with a time of 2:43.79.
Sophomore Adi Fuller (Evansville, Ind.) and Alexis Hale (Evansville, Ind.) took home eighth and ninth respectively in the 1500 meters, with Fuller crossing the line with a time of 5:12.61 and Hale posting a time of 5:18.04.
Freshman Braylee McKinnon (Linton, Ind.) closed out the Trailblazer results on the weekend by taking 11th in the javelin with a throw of 22.30 meters and 13th in the discus with a best throw of 22.33 meters.
Members of the Trailblazer Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams will now look to carry this momentum into the 2025 NJCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships hosted by Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan.
The three day event will begin Thursday, May 15 and run through Saturday, May 17.
