ANDERSON, Ind. – The Franklin men's track and field team faced off with all comers on Saturday (March 1) at the 2025 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The Grizzlies finished the afternoon in fifth place overall, putting up 61 points to finish between Bluffton and Mount St. Joseph in the final standings.
The day saw a handful of podium finishes for the men's team. Freshman Alex Shaevitz got it started with a second place finish, leaping 1.95m (6'4.75"), putting him second all-time indoor. In the 400m, sophomore Steven Scott claimed silver (51.43) followed senior Logan McIntosh snagging bronze (51.52). Finishing out the night, the men's 4x400m relay consisted of Scott, McIntosh, freshman Nathan Vujaklija, and senior Luke Paddock ran away with the race, taking first place (3:24.99), lowering their school record mark by 2.5 seconds.

Other notable finishes on the afternoon included:
Brayden Wilkins- eighth in the 200, 23.16
Elliot Gough - eighth in the 800, 2:02.14
William Hirsch- fifth in the 3000m, 8:53.77, PB, #2 All-Time Indoor; 5000m, seventh, 15:31.99, PB, #4 All-Time Indoor
4x200m Relay- Scott, Wilkins, Vujaklija, McIntosh: Fifth in the event, 1:32.34
DMR- Nathan Furnish, David Sieg, Andre Davis, Jonah Decker: Sixth in the event, 11:22.96
Shaevitz- Sixth in Long Jump, 6.24m (20'5.75")
Ethan Hochstetler- Fifth in Shot Put, 13.45m (44'1.5"), PB, #4 All-Time Indoor
Jacob Carroll- Eighth in Shot Put, 12.76m (41'10.5"), PB
Max Malone- Sixth in Weight Throw, 14.44m (47'4.5"), PB

Up Next
Franklin will get their outdoor campaign rolling, starting on Mar. 22 in Terre Haute at the Rose Hulman Early Bird Invite.