Elsah, Ill.- The AMC Indoor Track and Field Championships came and went this weekend, Feb. 18. The Spartans were only ten points shy of beating out the first place winner. With five individual titles, the team was not quite able to overcome rival school, Columbia College who earned six.

Of those individual titles two came from Donovan Denslow, two from Camden Woolbright, and one from Jordan Crawford.

Denslow competed in both the 3000-meter and 5000-meter run. With a time of 8:36.14, the junior was a full 35 seconds ahead of his competition in the 3000m. The 5000m went in a similar fashion. The Eolia, Mo. native beating out his competition by 38 seconds with a time of 14:46.43. Denslow will be competing in both events at NAIA Nationals as he long ago earned an A standard for both.

Camden Woolbright was the other Spartan to double up on gold medals this weekend. In the 60 meter hurdles the junior earned a new personal record in the preliminaries with a time of 8.42. In the finals, Woolbright was able to outrun his opponents and earn gold with a time of 8.61, just ahead fellow Spartan Keon Graham who took second. In the pole vault, the Centralia, Ill. native posted a height of 3.65m to place first. Woolbright was also ablet to earn second place finishes in multiple events, including the high jump (1.88m), long jump (6.38m), and triple jump (13.26m). He set new personal records in both the high jump and triple jump. With his outstanding performance in all events, Woolbright was named the Athlete of the Meet.

Jordan Crawford took gold in the 3000m racewalk with a time of 15:30.47. This comes as no surprise as the Douglasville, Ga. native holds the fastest time in the NAIA with his performance at the ONU Invite. He will be taking on the racewalk at the NAIA Nationals next.

Missouri Baptist had plenty of second place finishes to contribute to their silver medal. Brayden Bauman took on the 200m dash and took second with a time of 23.45. The junior also set a new personal record in the finals of the 60m dash, taking fourth with a time of 7.32. Josiah Heras had a silver place finish of his own in the 400m, just ahead Elias Neely. Heras clocked in a time of 52.05, a new PR. David Fletcher earned second in the 800m with a time of 2:02.23. Ethan Bliss took second in the 1000m, clocking in a time of 2:39.70. The 4x400 relay team of Keon Graham, Josiah Heras, Elias Neely, and Camden Woolbright earned silver with a time of 3:35.08. Lastly, of the throwers Jordan Walker-Wright was the only one to place in the top three, earning second in the shot put with a distance of 13.86m.

The NAIA Indoor Nationals is next on March 2, in Brookings, S.D.