CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri men's and women's teams both won the 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Team Championship. On the final day of competition the Redhawks posted 49 top ten finishes, with 17 being podium finishes and seven being first place finishes.

The Southeast Missouri men's team won their 11th outdoor title and first since 2023 after finishing with 216.50 points.

The Southeast Missouri women's team goes back-to-back-to-back winning their 13th title by finishing with 191 total points.

Specialty Awards
Anna Thomason won Female Field Athlete of the Year and Female Athlete of the Championship.

Paden Lewis claimed Male Field Athlete of the Year and Male Field Athlete of the Championship.

Head Coach Eric Crumpecker won his seventh women's and sixth Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year.

Champions
Luke Hatfield Jackson stood atop the podium to claim his third outdoor high jump title. Hatfield Jackson easily cleared the height of 6' 8.75" and was the only jumper left. He ended up jumping to the height of 6' 10". 

Anna Thomason barely edged out her teammate to take the crown in the 100m hurdle with a time of 13.71, defending her title from the indoor season.

Josiah Kilgore launched a major throw of 213' 5" in the javelin to stand alone atop the podium, almost 16' from second place.

Sydney Burdine Races to a new PR to claim the 400-meter OVC title, running the event in 53.78.

Laila Hardin wins the 400m Hurdle for the third time in her career after crossing the finish line at 1:00.04.

Noah Little rocked the 5000m crossing the line at 14:42.16 to claim the title, six seconds ahead of second.

Paden Lewis completed the hat trick after winning all the events he competed in after winning, the last being the shot put with a final mark of 60' 9.25".

Podium Marks
Makenzie Williams was the first Redhawk on the podium for day three of the Championships. Williams took home the silver medal in the discus throwing for a new personal best of 166' 3.00".

Anna Thomason finished with a new PR picking up the bronze medal in the women's long jump. Thomason jumped the distance of 19' 2.75".

Thomason, Sydney Burdine, Leanza Dwaah, and Alaina Lester finished in third place in the women's 4x100-meter relay race with a time of 46.11. 

After a mark of 43' 6.50, Baylee Beard was wearing the bronze in the women's shot put.

Brianna Dixon clocked in a finishing time of 13.79 in the 100m hurdles to wear the silver medal.

The silver medal and time of 1:54.74 belonged to the freshman Tyler Anderson in the men's 800-meter.

Kennedy Zgaynor chalked up a distance of 143' 8" in the javelin throw to take second place.

Kenyon Johnson cleared 49' 7.25" of sand in three jumps to finish in second in the triple jump.

The men's swept the podium after distances of 57' 1.75" (PR) and 53' 0.25" from Jehchys Brown and Clay Alewelt. 

Top Ten Finishes
Freshman Andreese Ortiz and Bailie Hux finished in fourth and ninth place in the women's discus throw. Ortiz nocthed a throw of 151' 11" while Hux threw for a distance of 121' 0". 

Mason Clough and John Hartman both cleared the height of 6' 5.50". Clough cleared the height in one less jump placing eighth and Hartman finished in tenth. 

In the women's long jump, Molly Grohmann placed fifth with a jump of 18' 6.75". 

The Redhawk men's 4x100 relay team of Cole Bruenderman, Connor Moore, Aarion Jackson, and Jake Casey crossed the finish line at 41.70 taking fifth place.

In the men's 1500m Cole Reinders took eighth (3:51.92), Evan Fuller placed 10th (3:57.09).

Madelyn Gray timed in at 4:36.67 to finish in fifth in the 1500m and she raced arguably the hardest race in track (800m) for a fifth place time of 2:17.48.

Marcus Gordon sprinted across the finish line in a time of 14.56 for fourth in the 110m Hurdles. Gordon also finished in sixth with a time of 54.19 in the 400m hurdles.

In the women's shot put, Ortiz, Williams, and Hux, achieved distances of 43' 4.75", 43' 3.00" (PR), and 42' 0" for fourth, fifth, and eighth.

A time of 13.99 and fourth place finish belonged to Clara Billing in the 100m hurdles.

With places of fourth, fifth, and eighth, Luis Schädlich, Casey, and Greg Dennis posted marks of 165' 0" (PR), 161' 3", and 145' 11".

Moore raced around the track for a finishing time of 48.84 for sixth.

Lester scored for the Redhawks by placing eighth in the women's 100m final (16.00).

Reinders and Fuller ran for times of 1:55.11 (5th) and 1:57.25 (8th) in the 800m dash.

Burdine achieved a time of 24.77 in the 200m for sixth.

Garrett Dumke finished the long 5000-meter in 14:51.60 for fourth place.

With marks of 128' 0", 126' 8", and 110' 2", Ava Dumke, Tayler Gudde, and Kendall Holweg placed fifth (PR), sixth (PR), and ninth.

Three more Redhawks placed in the men's triple jump; Luke Busateri with a mark of 49' 1.25" (5th), Aarion Jackson jumped  48' 3.50" (7th, PR), and Cole Bruenderman placed 10th (47' 3.75").

The men's 4x400m squad of Moore, Anderson, Fuller, and Reinders finished in a time of 3:19.63 for fifth.

Quinton Maxwell threw the shot put for a mark of 52' 10.25" for fifth.

The 4x400m women's team of Burdine, Gray, Leanza Dwaah, and Hardin ran for an ending time of 3:47.08 for fifth.

Looking Ahead 
The athletes that qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary will travel to College Station, TX, May 28 (Wed) through May 25 (Sat).