Vinokur Named COY, Drake Takes Third ACOY Honor as All-Heart Awards Announced
Oskaloosa--Head Track and Field Coach Victoria Vinokur and Assistant Coach Caleb Drake guided the William Penn men's track and field team to a tremendous weekend and they were both recognized for their leadership as the Heart of America Athletic Conference announced its top awards from its indoor championships.
Vinokur was named Heart Men's Coach of the Year, while Drake, who is also WPU's cross country coach, claimed the Assistant COY award. The Statesmen placed second in the team standings with 127 points, 51 of those coming in the middle distance and distance events.
It marks the fifth-consecutive time (third straight for Drake) that WPU has won the Men's ACOY award after the Heart Championship.
William Penn took home five total event crowns, including the triple jump, weight throw, 3,000-meter run, 4x800-meter relay, and distance medley relay.
Pacing the way was D'Artagnon Beaver (Sr., Rockford, Ill., Human Services), who won the 3,000 competition as well as being a member of the 4x8 and DMR crews.
Keegan Thompson of Mount Mercy was chosen as Heart Track Athlete of the Meet, while Ethan Smith of Central Methodist won the Field Athlete of the Meet laurel.
The following are the all-Heart awards won by WPU:
First-team all-Heart (Heart champion)
Beaver--8:43.36 in the 3,000-meter run
Anthony Weaver (So., Demopolis, Ala., Mechanical Engineering)--48-7.25 in the triple jump
Xzavion West (Jr., Guthrie, Ky., Undecided)--56-9.25 in the weight throw
4x800-meter relay--7:52.17
Distance medley relay--10:26.68
Second-team all-Heart (Second place)
Showalter Johnson (Sr., Nassau, Bahamas, New Media)--6.81 in the 60-meter dash; 21.87 in the 200-meter dash
Brandon Williams (Sr., Fountain, Colo., Engineering Technology)--2:29.53 in the 1,000-meter run
Andrew Miller (So., Le Claire, Iowa, Exercise Science)--4:24.98 in the one-mile run
Micah Mills (So., Houston, Texas, Psychology)--47-5 in the triple jump
Third-team all-Heart (Third place)
Weaver--22-4.25 in the long jump
John Webb (So., Dothan, Ala., Mechanical Engineering)--45-1.75 in the triple jump
Honorable-mention all-Heart (Fourth through sixth place)
Primes Brock (Fr., Shreveport, La., Civil Engineering)--51-11.25 in the shot put (fourth); 51-9 in the weight throw (sixth)
Nick Marshall (Jr., Glenpool, Okla., Human Services)--53-9.25 in the weight throw (fourth)
Williams--1:54.64 in the 800-meter run (fourth)
West--48-8.25 in the shot put (fifth)
