The College of DuPage men's track & field team opened its indoor season on Jan. 24 at the Track & Field Center at Gately Park in Chicago, turning in an impressive showing that featured nine individual performances qualifying for the NJCAA Outdoor National Championships in Utica, New York this May. 

Leading the way was William Kallas, who captured first place in the men's pole vault with a clearance of 4.75 meters (15 feet, 7 inches). The mark also earned Kallas a qualifying spot for the NJCAA Indoor National Championships in Topeka, Kansas, and currently ranks him fourth in the nation among all NJCAA competitors, including Division I institutions. 

Tayo Taiwo also delivered a strong performance in the throws, placing third in both the shot put (15.12 meters, 49 feet, 7 1/4 inches) and the weight throw (15.26 meters, 50 feet, 3/4 inch). Taiwo recorded a personal-best improvement of seven feet in the weight throw. 

"As a meet overall, I think we had really great performances to open up," said head coach Mallory Dominguez. "We had 16 outdoor qualifying marks and two indoor qualifying marks. (Across both programs) It was a strong start in the field events, with Will already hitting indoor qualifications, and 13 out of our 16 outdoor qualifiers coming from the field." 

"In our track events, Ben, Kevin, and Adriano had a stellar start in the 400 meters and 5,000 meters," Dominguez said. "They put in the work this offseason and it shows. We still have a ways to go as the kids continue to get into shape, but we're looking forward to continuing at ONU this week." 

Gately AU Grand Prix | Chicago, IL | January 24^th 2026
Men's 60 meter:
52^nd Kevin Myreck: 7.36
55^th Zayd Truttling 7.37
67^th Eric Stephens Jr. 7.48
85^th Taiyveon Hanke
97^th Robert Lanier
 
Men's 200 meter:
55^th Eric Stephens Jr. 24.25
64^th Ishmael Geroge 24.94
71^st Taiyveon Hanke 25.36
72^nd Armel Jackson 25.37
 
Men's 400 meter:
23^rd Benjamin Butcher 51.91 (Outdoor Nationals Qualifier)
54^th Hassel Colula 56.88
56^th Owen Fitzgerald 57.74
64^th Victor Cholico 1:05.15
 
Men's 800 meter:
33^rd Matthew Wick 2:07.33
37^th Jacob Skibbie 2:08.10
48^th Justice Bailey 2:13.70
49^th Zach Bacci 2:14.11
 
Men's 1 mile:
40^th Jack Schultz 4:57.15
47^th Kevin Ching 5:12.93
49^th Ryan Leurck 5:17.29
55^th Corbin Gerace 5:38.22
 
Men's 5000 meter:
13^th Kevin Diederich 15:53.59 (Outdoor Nationals Qualifier)
18^th Adriano Quintero 16:15.66 (Outdoor Nationals Qualifier)
27^th Samuel Sanchez 19:07.96
 
Men's Long Jump:
14^th De'Angelo McCullough 6.26 meters (20 feet, 6.5 inches) (Outdoor Nationals Qualifier)
24^th Peter Ogunleye 6.02 meters (19 feet, 9 inches)
 
Men's Pole Vault
1^st William Kallas 4.75 meters (15 feet, 7 inches) (Indoor and Outdoor Nationals Qualifier)
 
Men's Shot Put:
3^rd Tayo Taiwo 15.12 meters (49 feet, 7 ¼ inches) (Outdoor Nationals Qualifier)
4^th Dionte Shaw 14.73 meters (48 feet, 4 inches) (Outdoor Nationals Qualifier)
6^th Jai'Shawn Morris 13.85 meters (45 feet, 5 ¼ inches) (Outdoor Nationals Qualifier)
17^th John Tarpeh 12.26 meters (40 feet, 2 ¾ inches) (Outdoor Nationals Qualifier)
28^th Jorge Magdeleno 11.40 meters (37 feet, 5 inches)
 
Men's Weight Throw:
3^rd Tayo Taiwo 15.26 meters (50 feet ¾ inches)
12^th John Tarpeh 13.22 meters (43 feet, 4 ½ inches)
37^th Jorge Magdeleno 10.36 meters (34 feet)
43^rd Jaishawn Morris 9.37 meters (30 feet, 9 inches)
47^th Matthew Edborg 8.93 meters (29 feet, 3 ¼ inches)
 
Relays:
Men's 4x200 meter: 15^th 1:43.11 (Rodriguez, Ware, French, Grant)
 Men's 4x400 meter: 9^th 3:40.28 (Butcher, Fitzgerald, Colula, George)