Moment 21: Grove City women roll, men edge Westminster for first sweep of conference titles since 2005

Heading into the 2014 Presidents' Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships, Grove City College head coach Todd Gibson knew that both of his squads would be in contention to win conference titles.

By the end of the day on April 26, both Wolverine teams had done just that, as the Grove City women cruised to their first conference title since 2005 while the men earned their first crown since 2009.

Powered by seven individual event crowns and 26 total top-five finishes, the Grove City women had the meet wrapped up with several events to go on Saturday afternoon, amassing 222 points for an impressive 59-point margin of victory.

Sophomore Emily Rabenold was named conference MVP after cruising to victories in all three of her events- the 10000, the 5000, and the 3000 steeplechase - while freshman Katelyn Hess was named Field MVP after winning the triple jump and posting top-four finishes in both the long jump and high jump.

The Wolverine men, on the other hand, needed every point they could muster on this day. Heading into the final event- the 4x400 relay- Grove City held a narrow 6.4-point lead on rival Westminster. As long as the Wolverines finished in the top six, they would clinch a title.

Three clean handoffs later, the Wolverines finished the event in fourth place to secure the crown. Grove City performers accounted for three individual conference titles over the weekend and 19 total top-five finishes.


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