Behind four individual conference championship titles, the Lindenwood men's team won the GLVC indoor track and field championship on Sunday. The Lions scored 121.50 points to outpace Lewis who finished second with 112 team points.

Graduate student Samuel Yaro continued his dominance on the track this year by winning the 200 meter, the 400 meter and running the anchor leg on the winning 4x400 meter relay team.  Yaro, a returning All-American, was named GLVC Male co-Track Athlete of the Year following the meet. Logan Kulinski won the weight throw on Saturday for the Lions other individual champion.

The women's team had two individual champions as Olivia Alexandre won the 400 meters and the Lions won the 4x400 meter relay to vault them to a fifth place team finish.

Following the meet, Lindenwood head coach David Nicholson was named GLVC Men's Coach of the Year and Maxime Touron was named GLVC Male Freshman of the Year and honored as the Lindenwood recipient of the James R Spalding Sportsmanship Award.  Carina Chalmers won the Spalding Award for the Lindenwood women.

"Amazing end to the season!" said Nicholson. "The team really took the meet into their own hands and put themselves in a position to compete for a championship. It was great to see them clicking on all cylinders and to see every one of them put the weekend together."

 Top performers for the weekend include:

Men's Top Performances:

• Weight Throw – Logan Kulinski (19.12m) – 1st Place
• Long Jump – Jarom Alexander (6.86m) – 3rd Place; Gage Rowland (6.63m) – 6th place
• Distance Medley Relay (10:07.32) – 3rd Place
• Heptahalon - Gage Rowland (4755 points) - 2nd Place, new school record
• 60 Meters – Jameel Walkes-Miller (6.93) – 3^rd Place, Dorian Leda (6.95) – 4^th Place
• Mile – Louis Moreau (4:13.72) – 2^nd Place
• 400 Meters – Samuel Yaro (48.00) – 1^st Place; Damaine Dixon (49.77) – 2^nd Place; Boris Charles (50.50) – 7^th Place
• 800 Meters – Maxime Touron (1:52.88) – 2^nd Place
• 200 Meters – Samuel Yaro (21.79) – 1^st Place; Jameel Walkes-Miller (22.07) – 2^nd Place; Dorian Leda (22.28) – 4^th Place; Damaine Dixon (22.39) – 5^th Place
• 3000 Meters – Louis Moreau (8:35.65) – 8^th Place
• 4x400 Meter Relay – Charles, Dixon, Leda, Yaro (3:18.44) – 1^st Place

Women's Top Performances:

• Weight Throw – Ashley Shoemake (16.22m) – 4th Place, personal best and moves to 4th in school history
• Long Jump – Carina Chalmers (5.40m) – 8th Place
• 60 Meter Hurdles – Martina Martinez (9.35) – 7^th Place
• 60 Meters – Tea Siehou (7.67) – 6^th Place
• Mile – Rachael Morrison (4:55.57) – 3^rd Place, personal best and top time in school history
• 400 Meters – Olivia Alexandre (57.55) – 1^st Place
• 3000 Meters – Rachael Morrison (10:10.56) – 6^th Place
• 4x400 Meter Relay – Martinez, Rosette Hoyte, Alexandre, Gabby Russina – (3:55.62) – 1^st Place

Up next for the Lions is to see how their times stand up against national competition and they find out who has qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships held in Pittsburg, Kansas on March 11-12.