CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced the 2022 Indoor Track & Field post season awards on Wednesday. All awards are voted on by the head coaches in the conference, with the exception of All-MAC Teams and Freshmen Performers of the Year, which are determined on points earned at the conference championship meet.
Baldvin Magnusson of Eastern Michigan is the 2022 MAC Men’s Most Outstanding Track Performer after taking home first in the mile, 3000, 5000, and 3rd in 800. Magnusson scored an impressive 36 points for the Eagles.
Jake Wickey of Kent State took home the 2022 MAC Men’s Most Outstanding Field Performer. Wickey defeated a pair of top-5 nationally ranked competitors and recorded a top-5 mark on the national performance list for the week to capture his record-setting fourth weight throw title. Wickey’s mark of 22.55m (73’-11.75”) is the second-best by the event winner in MAC Championships history. He led from the start with a throw of 22.08m on his first attempt. Three of his four measured throws went further than 22m, while only one other competitor recorded this distance on a single throw
Mark Rinker is the 2022 MAC Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year. Rinker coached the Eagles to 77 points for the men's distance group in the 800, mile, 3000, 5000, and Distance Medley relay.
Men's Coach of the Year
Sue Parks, Eastern Michigan
Men's Most Valuable Performer
Baldvin Magnusson, Eastern Michigan
Co-Freshman Track Performers of the Year
Fernando Sanchez, Buffalo
Tajay Roberts, Kent State
Freshman Field Performer of the Year
Alexandre Malanda, Kent State
Men’s Most Outstanding Track Performer
Baldvin Magnusson, Eastern Michigan
Men’s Most Outstanding Field Performer
Jake Wickey, Kent State
Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year
Mark Rinker, Eastern Michigan
Men's First Team All-MAC
Zarik Brown, Akron (60m, 1600 relay)
Jean Dieuvil, Akron (DMR)
Hesham Eldesouky, Akron (LJ, Triple Jump)
Hunter Garretson, Akron (Pole Vault)
Jimmy Harkelroad, Akron (1600 relay)
Oliver Huffman, Akron (DMR)
Blake Lucius, Akron (DMR, 800m,1600 relay)
Jacob Ondash, Akron (DMR)
Charles Sanders, Akron (400m, 1600 relay)
Brandon Burke, Buffalo (HJ)
Jonathan Surdej, Buffalo (Shot)
Baldvin Magnusson, EMU (5,000, Mile, 3000m)
Almighty Williamson, EMU (60m Hurdles)
Asa Hodrick, Kent State (200m)
Alex Shields, Kent State (Heptathlon)
Jake Wickey, Kent State (Weight Throw)
Men's Second Team All-MAC
Nuh Andu, Akron (HJ)
Jimmy Harkelroad, Akron (400m)
Kaleb Simpson, EMU (60m)
Solomon Costa, EMU (DMR)
Chukwusom Enekwechi, EMU (Shot)
Toby Gualter, EMU (5,000m 3,000m)
Derek Jones, EMU (800m, DMR)
Marcus Kemp, EMU (DMR)
Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed, EMU (LJ)
Newlyn Stephenson, EMU (Weight Throw)
Linus Vennemann, EMU (DMR)
Quintin Cooks, Kent State (1600 relay)
Shakorie Davis, Kent State (1600 relay)
Drew Johnson, Kent State (Mile)
Jacob Mally, Kent State (Heptathlon)
Jonathan Solomon, Kent State (1600 relay)
Lukas Van Der Walt, Kent State (Pole Vault)
