The College of DuPage Chaparrals dominated the 2024 NJCAA Division III Track and Field Championships.
 
The Chaparrals totaled 206 points to easily out-distance Mineral Area (Mo.), which scored 130 points, and won their record-setting fourth consecutive team title.

The 206 points are the most by a team champion since 2015 and encapsulates the power the Chaps showed during the three-day championship in Utica, N.Y.

"Our strength was all about depth and talent,'' interim co-head coach Mallory Dominguez said. "Our guys were able to compete in their specialty events. They proved it. That's about as dominant an effort as your going to see at national championship.''
 
The proof is in the numbers. Sprinter Noah Mack repeated his titles from a year ago in the 100 and 200, and also added first-place efforts in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relays.
 
Mack and his 4 x 100 teammates Tim McMiller, Weston White, and Elijah Phipps set a meet record time of 41.21 seconds, eclipsing a 26-year record of 41.29 set by Erie Community College.
 
Distance ace Kevin Diederich doubled in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, while Graham McAninch won the 400 hurdles, and ran on the winning 4 x 400 relay team with Mack, Chris Ruchaj and Gabriel Parker.
 
Parker won the pole vault and Ronan Cornelius captured the high jump.
 
Depth was a strength all season long and particularly impressive was COD earning substantial points in multiple points.
 
COD earned 24 points in the 100 (champion Mack with runner-up Weston White and third-placer Tim McMiller), 18 in the 200 (Mack and White going 1-2), 12 in the 400 (McAninch, who was second and Parker fifth, 11 in the 5000 (champion Diederich and eighth-place Patrick Hohe), 16 in the 10,000 (champion Diederich and third-place Tim O'Leary), and 24 in the pole vault (Parker, runner-up Dominic Cokinis and third-place Brayden Farmer).

"We go 1-2-3 in the 100, and 1-2-3 in the pole vault,'' Dominguez said. "When you can score double-digits in events, you will be at the top. The guys bought it and worked extremely hard. We overpowered our competition.''
 
All told, COD claimed nine first-team All-Americans (champions), four second-team All-Americans (runner-up finish) and 10 honorable mention All-Americans.

COD has now won eight national championship in men's track and field, more than any other program since the NJCAA recognized Division III (non-scholarship) track in 1998.
 
NJCAA Division III Track and Field Championship
Mohawk Valley Community College | Utica, N.Y.
May 9-11, 2024
Men
Team scores (Top 5, 22 events): Chaparrals 206, Mineral Area 130, Joliet 113.5, Harper 88, Thaddeus Stevens 55.
Chaparral All-Americans
First Team
Noah Mack (100, 200, 4 x 100 relay, 4 x 400 relay)
Kevin Diederich (5,000, 10,000)
Graham McAninch (400 hurdles, 4 x 400 relay)
Ronan Cornelius (High jump)
Gabriel Parker (Pole vault, 4 x 400 relay)
Tim McMiller (4 x 100 relay)
Weston White (4 x 100 relay)
Elijah Phipps (4 x 100 relay)
Chris Ruchaj (4 x 400 relay)
Second Team
Weston White (100, 200)
Graham McAninch (400)
Dominic Cokinis (Pole vault)
Isaias Lopez (Hammer throw)
Honorable Mention
Tim McMiller (100)
Tim O'Leary (10,000)
Addisu Wolski (4 x 800 relay)
Patrick Hohe (4 x 800 relay)
Connor Vine (4 x 800 relay)
Alexander Mendez (4 x 800 relay)
Ronan Cornelius (Long jump)
Dayrion Beard (Triple jump)
Brayden Farmer (Pole vault)
Isaias Lopez (Discus)
 
Chaparral results (Finals only)
100: 1. Noah Mack 10.59, 2. Weston White 10.64, 3. Tim McMiller 10.81
200: 1. Noah Mack 21.60, 2. Weston White 21.78,
400: 2. Graham McAninch 49.97, 5. Gabriel Parker 50.68.
800: Addisu Wolski 2:03.73
1500: 5. Patrick Hohe 4:09.86, 8. Connor Vine 4:13.48.
3000 steeplechase: 5. John Buchanan 10:40.36, 6. Connor Sisco 10:46.15.
5000: 1. Kevin Diederich 15:36.97, 8. Patrick Hohe 16:19.41, Connor Sisco 16:52.31
10,000: 1. Kevin Diederich 32:47.41, 3. Tim O'Leary 33.34.04.
400 hurdles: 1. Graham McAninch 54.22
4 x 100 relay: 1. 41.21 (Tim McMiller, Weston White, Elijah Phipps, Noah Mack). Meet Record. Old record, 41.29 Erie Community College, 1998.
4 x 400 relay: 1. 3:18.17 (Chris Ruchaj, Graham McAninch, Gabriel Parker, Noah Mack).
4 x 800 relay: 3. 8:14.15 (Addisu Wolski, 2:02.30; Patrick Hohe, 2:03.01; Connor Vine 2:02.42; Alex Mendez 2:06.43).
High jump — 1. Ronan Cornelius 1.94 m (6-4 ¼).
Long jump: 3. Ronan Cornelius 6.84 (22-5 ¼), Anthony Urban 6.22 (20-5), Dayrion Beard 5.74 (18-10).
Triple jump — 3. Dayrion Beard 13.39 m (43-11 ¼).
Pole vault — 1. Gabriel Parker 4.23 m (13-10 ½), 2. Dominic Cokinis 4.13 (13-6 ½), 3. Brayden Farmer 4.13 m (13-6 ½).
Discus: 3. Isaias Lopez 38.18 m (125-3), 6. Jonathan Sears 36.37 (119-4)
Hammer — 2. Isaias Lopez 47.27 m (155-1), 8. Jonathan Sears 34.91 (114-6), 10. Luke Gavin 33.69 (110-6).
Shot put — 5. Sterling Sawicki 12.56 (41-2 ½), Jonathan Sears 11.53 (37-10), Isaias Lopez 11.43 (37-6).
Javelin — Keenan O'Keefe 37.84 (124-2).
Decathlon — 4. Mohammed Ali 4,349 points: 100 m — 11.58 seconds (736 points), Long jump — 18-0 ¼ (481), Shot put — 26-4 ¼ (368), High jump — 5-1 ¾ (441), 400 — 54.54 (617), 110 hurdles 21.02 (273), Discus 21.84 (307), Pole vault 2.80 (309), Javelin 38.15 (415), 1500 5:29.47 (402).
5. Jake Gagne 4,349 points: 100 m — 11.08 seconds (843 points), Long jump — 19-4 ¼ (565), Shot put — 25-0 ½ (344), High jump — 5-11 ¾ (636 points), 400 — 55.21 (590), 110 hurdles — 21.59 (234), Discus 17.83 (232), Pole vault 2.80 (309), Javelin 23.04 (203), 1500 5:31.24 (393).