Editor’s Note: This story appears in the June 2023 edition of Westminster Magazine, Westminster College’s alumni magazine, and was written prior to the completion of the spring track and field season. On May 27, Patton registered a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles final at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Westminster men's indoor track & field team claimed its first official Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship on Thursday. The Titan women placed fifth. The PAC Indoor Track and Field Championships took place at Youngstown State University.
The Titan men placed first out of 10 teams with 124 points. The women finished fifth out of 10 schools with 74.5 points.
"We always frame a theme for our meets," said head coach Tim McNeil who was named the PAC Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year. "We talked about this meet being a Street Fight. A fight where you have to never give up or let your guard down. We knew we were going to take "punches" but we emphasized that we had to keep swinging until the end. The men landed more punches than the other.and we won. I am proud of our team. We have an amazing coaching staff where we work together to share athletes in other event groups