Sophomore All-Americans Tim McMiller and Ronan Cornelius made names for themselves Saturday afternoon at North Central College's Chicagoland Intercollegiate.
 
Each met qualifying standard for the NJCAA indoor track and field championships, held March 6-8 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
 
McMiller won the 60 meters in a personal-best time of 6.78 seconds after running 6.97 in the preliminaries.
 
Cornelius, who won the NJCAA D3 outdoor high jump in 2024, surpassed a personal-best 2.03 m (6-7 ¾). He also hit the D3 outdoor qualifying standard in the long jump, reaching 6.44 m (21-1 ½).
 
Pole vaulter William Kallas, who in the first indoor meet of the season hit the indoor standard, cleared an indoor qualifying mark of 4.28 m (14-0 ½).
 
Indoor athletes are allowed to earn outdoor qualifying standards. Those individuals (beside Cornelius' high jump effort) are: Weston White (200 m), Eli Phipps (200 m), William Kallas (200 m), Connor Vine (800 m), John Buchanan (5000 m), Tayo Taiwao (shot put), John Tarpeh (shot put), and Bryan Pochowicz (pole vault).
COD returns to North Central on Friday for its final indoor regular-season meet, taking part in the Slick Indoor.
 
Chicagoland Intercollegiate
North Central College, Naperville
Feb. 15, 2025
Men
60 — 1. Tim McMiller 6.78 (6.97) &, Ernest Blackshire 7.38, Jacob Gange 7.15
200 — 2. Weston White 22.57 #, Eli Phipps 23.18 #, William Kallas 23.34 #, Landon Zimmy 23.83, Aiden Rosa 24.13.
400 — Owen Fitzgerald 53.82, Chris Ruchaj 53.82, Joseph Jackson 54.47, Anthony Urban 55.12.
800 — Connor Vine 2:02.15 #, Roman Nevarez 2:10.12, Miguel Capulin 2:11.69.
1000 — Victor Cholico 3:11.87, Samuel Sanchez 3:15.91, Benjamin Cuatzo 3:18.54, Andree Hernandez 3:33.24, Matthew Heinberg 3:38.06.
Mile — Jack Schultz 4:33.94, Connor Vine 4:36.19, Roman Nevarez 4:44.59, Miguel Capulin 4:48.36
3000 — David Aviles 9:55.93, Zachary Kahsen 10:20.58, Thomas Payne 10:21.51, Shaymis Powell 11:31.74
5000 — John Buchanan 16:36.42 #
60 hurdles — Karam Tajeddin 9.19
4 x 400 relay — 3:41.97 (Moton, Rosa, Hamilton, Fitzgerald), 3:46.70 (Vine, Buchanan, Rosa, Wolski).
Distance Medley Relay — 12:34.26 (Cholico, Moton, Charnota, Aviles).
Weight throw — Sterling Sawicki 15.27 m (50-1 ¼), John Tarpeh 12.31 m (40-4 ¾), Tayo Taiwao 11.90 m (39-0 ½), Matthew Paulino 11.21 m (36-9 ¼), Matthew Edborg 10.85 m (35-7 ¼).
Shot put — Tayo Taiwao 13.35 m (43-9 ¾) #, John Tarpeh 13.07 m (42-10 ¾) #
Triple jump — Karam Tajeddin 12.65 m
High jump — 2. Ronan Cornelius 2.03 m (6-7 ¾) & #
Pole vault — 3. William Kallas 4.28 m (14-0 ½) &#, Bryan Pochowicz 3.68 m (12-0 ¾) #, Joshua Haug-Ramirez 3.08 m (10-1 ¼).
Long jump — Ronan Cornelius 6.44 m (21-1 ½) #, Zaki Mohammed 5.05 m (16-7), Keenan O'Keefe 4.39 m (14-5), Peter Callas 4.10 m (13-5 ½).
& NJCAA indoor qualifying standard
# NJCAA outdoor qualifying standard