INDIANAPOLIS – Findlay had a pair of student-athletes selected as Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday.
 
Several teams were able to compete at the Youngstown State Invitational on Friday while Findlay hosted Ohio Dominican for a dual on Saturday. It was the first indoor track and field competition around the league since Tiffin hosted an invitational back on Dec. 4 of 2020.
 
 
Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Noah Fisher
Findlay
Distance
Freshman
Defiance, OH (Ayersville HS)
 
In just his second collegiate event, Fisher nearly cracked a very tough top-10 list among conference greats in the 5K distance as the Oilers competed back-to-back days on Friday and Saturday.
 
Fisher was runner-up in the 5K event at the Youngstown State Invitational on Friday, impressing with a time of 14:52.13, while establishing a new school record. 
 
A total of 20 individuals were entered and the true freshman was second only to Ashland’s Steven Kapes, who was formerly a runner at Walsh.
 
Fisher’s time would have established a new conference championship record that has been held since 2018 by Walsh’s Mark Hadley.
 
He was less than 3 seconds of entering the top 10 of the event among the likes of Trevecca’s Logan Rodgers, Cedarville’s Matt Brooker, Hillsdale’s Joseph Humes and Malone’s George McCartney.
 
This is Fisher’s first conference weekly honor for the indoor track and field season.
 
Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Gabe Makin
Findlay
Pole Vault
Senior
Elida, OH (Elida HS/Bluffton University)
 
Makin cleared a provisional-qualifying height, also at the Youngstown State Invitational, to finish runner-up in the pole vault. The Bluffton transfer redshirted last season.
 
Makin cleared 4.83m (15’10”) on his fifth attempt on Friday. He was runner-up in the event only behind a host YSU competitor.
 
Early in the 2020-21 indoor campaign, the Oilers senior is ranked tied for fifth in Division II in pole vault clearances.
 
This is Makin’s first Great Midwest weekly honor for the indoor track and field season.