DETROIT (3/1/2020) – The University of Detroit Mercy men's track and field team wrapped up competition in the 2020 Horizon League Indoor Track and Field Championship Saturday on Sunday, March 1 from Youngstown State in Ohio.
 
The Titans finished in fifth place as a team with 50 points scored after 17 events, recording several top-five finishes. Senior James McCann placed second in both the 3000-meter and 5000-meter runs for the red, white and blue with times of 8:39.01 and 14:40.83 respectively. He was just one second off the pace in both races. Scott Smith also placed in the top-10 in the 5000-meters (15:05.89) for the Titans.
 
Sophomore Daniel Lanfear continued his standout 2020 campaign, earning a silver medal in the high jump, clearing a height of 2.04 meters.
 
Graduate senior Eric Leduc also placed fifth in the weight throw (17:03m). Charles Hilsenbeck was seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 50.21. Thomas Mueller placed ninth for the Titans in the mile run with a time of 4:21.86. Dante Bassham was ninth in the 60m dash (7.04).
 
60 Meters
9. Dante Bassham -- 7.04

400 Meters
7. Charles Hilsenbeck -- 50.21

800 Meters
10. Alan Nava -- 1:56.45

Mile Run
9. Thomas Mueller -- 4:21.86
10. Alexander Petchlikoff -- 4:23.35

3000 Meters
2. James McCann -- 8:39.01

5000 Meters
2. James McCann -- 14:40.83
8. Scott Smith -- 15:05.89
17. Oscar Hernandez -- 15:59.57
19. Ryan Schwab -- 16:02.18
21. Adam Fraeyman -- 16:07.16
22. Daniel Oliver -- 16:17.11

4x400 Relay
3. Detroit Mercy -- 3:20.94

Distance Medley
5. Detroit Mercy -- 12:29.54

High Jump
2. Daniel Lanfear -- 2.04m

Triple Jump
10. Derrick Ball Jr. -- 12.88m
11. Zachary Zaborney -- 12.61m

Long Jump
11. Zachary Zaborney -- 6.41m
15. Derrick Ball Jr. -- 6.07m

Weight Throw
5. Eric Leduc -- 17.03m