Hermiston, Ore. – Last season the NCU men's track & field team brought home a record six All-Cascade Collegiate Conference medals from the CCC championships. This weekend they did it again.
 
Highlighting the weekend was senior Garrett Kraal who took second-place in the 1500m run on Friday and third-place in the 5000m championship on Saturday. He earned double-All-conference for the second year in a row. His pair of honors also brought his career total to eight, passing Sierra Brown for the NCU record for most career All-CCC plaudits.
 
Another repeat All-CCC performer was senior T.J. Wright (pictured). Wright, the 2016 Steeplechase Champion, went toe-to-toe with 2017 champion Kevin Poteracke from Southern Oregon. Poteracke nosed out Wright at the finish line by just six one-hundredths of a second, but that did nothing to diminish Wright's return to the podium for his third career All-conference nod.
 
The distance men weren't alone with their second-place finishes. Also taking a runner-up spot was the men's 4x100m relay team which closed out their season with another school record. Dominic Cantu, Antonio Campos-Perez, Matt Jones, and Nicolas Delgado shaved off another .04 seconds to come across in 41.69.
 
Jones added a second All-CCC nod with a third-place finish in the 200m dash.
 
Rounding out the All-Conference performances was redshirt freshman Aaron Hackney who claimed third-place in the javelin with his final throw of 56.73. The Beacons ended up with 11 points in the event as Aaron's brother, senior Christian Hackney, also scored with a fourth-place finish (55.78m).
 
The Beacons finished the weekend with 70 points, missing their record from last season by one. The team also earned their third-straight sixth-place finish. Eastern Oregon won the championship with 208 points, followed by Southern Oregon in second (168) and Oregon Tech in third (144.5).
 
All-Conference

2nd Place – Garrett Kraal (1500m)
2nd Place – TJ Wright (Steeplechase)
2nd Place – 4x100m Relay Team
3rd Place – Garrett Kraal (5000m)
3rd Place – Aaron Hackney (Javelin)
3rd Place – Matt Jones (200m)

Complete Results:
 
100m: Dominic Cantu (8^th, 11.24), Antonio Campos-Perez (9^th, 11.28), Matt Jones (11^th, 11.32)
200m: Matt Jones (3^rd, 21.70), Antonio Campos-Perez (9^th, 22.62), Nicolas Delgado (10^th, 22.63)
           Dominic Cantu (12^th, 22.91), Josh McCluskey (16^th, 23.07), Juneau Meyer (17^th, 23.29)
400m: Josh McCluskey (8^th, 50.53), Shawn Johnson (11^th, 51.12), Nicolas Delgado (12^th, 51.57)
800m: Andres Martinez (9^th, 1:57.74)
1500m: Garrett Kraal (2^nd, 3:56.22)
3000m Steeplechase: T.J. Wright (2^nd, 9:12.81), Conner Covey (6^th, 9:47.43), Dan Carrier (7^th, 10:00.08),
                                   Carson Bain (13^th, 10:25.72)
5000m: Garrett Kraal (3^rd, 15:07.76)
10000m: Corban Phillips (10^th, 33:28.39)
110m Hurdles: Micah Jury (8^th, 16.28), Anthony Galindo (10^th, 16.95)
400m Hurdles: Micah Jury (5^th, 57.21), Anthony Galindo (7^th, 59.54)
4x100m Relay: 2^nd (41.69)
4x400m Relay: 4^th (3:24.21)
Pole Vault: Michael Andrews (9^th, 4.00m)
Triple Jump: Jayden Tucker (8^th, 12.34m)
Shot Put: Logan Oakerman (13^th, 11.55m)
Discus: Logan Oakerman (5^th, 40.41m)
Javelin: Aaron Hackney (3^rd, 56.73m), Christian Hackney (4^th, 55.78m), Logan Oakerman (45.89m)