Delaware, Ohio- The DePauw men's track and field team finished in fifth place after totaling 105 points across the two-day North Coast Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Denison won with 162 points, followed by Wabash with 129. 
 
First-year Grant Hunt led the way for the Tigers earning NCAC Newcomer of the Year after two All-NCAC performances, taking first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.91 and finishing the 100-meter dash in 10.88 for third place. Senior Ford Baker earned the men's NCAC Middle Distance/Distance Runner of the Year in his final conference championship. Baker tacked on a second All-NCAC performance in the 5000-meter run with a time of 14:56.99, earning him a second-place finish.
 
Daniel Jansen finished day two of the conference championships with a second-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles (14.99) and, in high jump, cleared a height of 1.96m for second. DePauw's Rickey Alsum, Hunt, Colin O'Malley, and Ayo Laleye earned the Tigers' final All-NCAC performance after finishing third in the 4x100 with a time of 42.20.
 
DePauw tacked on four more top-five finishes, with Matt Rowley finishing fourth in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:58.54, and Matt Vennemann ran the 5000-meter run in 15:23.60 for fifth place. In the 4x400, DePauw Jansen, Alsum, Hunt, and O'Malley finished fifth (3:20.77), and in the field events, Garrett Elkins came in fifth in the high jump after clearing a height of 1.90m.
 
DePauw completed the NCAC Championships with nine All-NCAC performances and will travel to the University of St. Francis (Ill.) next Friday and Saturday, May 12-13, to compete in the Last Chance Meet.