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Men's Track & Field Collects Seven Gold Medals At Central Michigan

Men's Track and Field

Men's Track & Field Collects Seven Gold Medals At Central Michigan

Freshman Andrew Drakos tallied one of UDM's seven wins at Central Michigan

DETROIT (4/12/2025) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's track and field team posted seven wins and a few career bests as the Titans finished up a weekend that saw them compete in three meets.

At Central Michigan, UDM recorded the seven first-place finishes, led by freshman James Wallace, who won 100 (10.91) and 200-meters (21.86) and ran a leg on the third place 4x100. His time in the 200m was also the eighth best in school history.

Freshman Luke Bracket won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.60, while freshman Andrew Drakos was the victor in the 400-meter hurdles in 57.07.

Graduate senior Luke Adamczyk won the javelin with a throw of 48.48 meters, the fourth-best mark in the school record book, and freshman Jack Gonzalez leaped 11.95m to take the triple jump.

The 4x400-meter relay squad of junior Jaden McKenzie, sophomores Mike Ferguson and Nicholas Johnson and freshman John Almeda crossed the line first in 3:22.84.

At Davenport, the Titans saw graduate senior Simon Jones post 5,641 points for fifth, ahead of sophomore Joshua Neary's sixth-place effort with 5,539 points, as both are top five in school history.

Meanwhile, at the Bison Outdoor Classic, sophomore Christopher Russelburg clocked 15:09.57 for 79th place.

Detroit Mercy will be back in town next week as the red, white and blue head back to Oakland for the Elaine Leigh Track Invite.

DECATHLON (at Davenport)

  • Simon Jones - 5th - 5,641 (100m - 3rd - 11.19/110mh - 12th - 17.76/400m - 9th - 54.82 /1500m - 8th - 5:33.95/Discus - 2nd - 34.18/HJ - 11th - 1.58m/Javelin - 4th - 44.52m/LJ - 3rd - 6.31/Pole Vault - 3rd - 3.85m/Shot Put - 4th - 11.13m)
  • Joshua Neary - 6th - 5,539 (100m - 9th - 11.60/110mh - 8th - 16.74/400m - 3rd - 52.34 /1500m - 2nd - 4:51.17/Discus - 9th - 26.32/HJ - 7th - 1.67m/Javelin - 10th - 35.84m/LJ - 4th - 6.27/Pole Vault - 8th - 3.15m/Shot Put - 7th - 10.23m)


110-METER HURDLES


400-METER HURDLES


100-METERS


200-METERS


400-METERS


800-METERS


1500-METERS


5000-METERS (at Bucknell)


HIGH JUMP


LONG JUMP 


TRIPLE JUMP


JAVELIN


DISCUS


HAMMER


4x100 METER RELAY

  • Wallace, McKenzie, Ferguson, Johnson - 3rd - 42.51


4x400 METER RELAY

  • Almeda, Johnson, Ferguson, McKenzie - 1st - 3:22.84
  • Drakos, Bracket, Philip, Yaquinto - 6th - 3:32.25


 
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Players Mentioned

Luke Adamczyk

Luke Adamczyk

Sprints
Senior
Cody Bartlett

Cody Bartlett

Jumps
Senior
Mike Ferguson

Mike Ferguson

Sprints
Sophomore
Nicholas Johnson

Nicholas Johnson

Sprints
Sophomore
Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Multi
Graduate Student
Jaden McKenzie

Jaden McKenzie

Sprints
Junior
Raeed Monnan

Raeed Monnan

Jumps
Junior
Joshua Neary

Joshua Neary

Hurdles/Multi
Sophomore
Ashwin Philip

Ashwin Philip

Mid-Distance
Senior
Kenyon Popiel

Kenyon Popiel

Distance
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Luke Adamczyk

Luke Adamczyk

Senior
Sprints
Cody Bartlett

Cody Bartlett

Senior
Jumps
Mike Ferguson

Mike Ferguson

Sophomore
Sprints
Nicholas Johnson

Nicholas Johnson

Sophomore
Sprints
Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Graduate Student
Multi
Jaden McKenzie

Jaden McKenzie

Junior
Sprints
Raeed Monnan

Raeed Monnan

Junior
Jumps
Joshua Neary

Joshua Neary

Sophomore
Hurdles/Multi
Ashwin Philip

Ashwin Philip

Senior
Mid-Distance
Kenyon Popiel

Kenyon Popiel

Sophomore
Distance