INDIANAPOLIS—The Great Midwest Athletic Conference announced all-conference and end-of-the year awards for the 2022-23 Indoor Track & Field Season. 
 
It was another banner season for Great Midwest member institutions as over 50 student-athletes from the league were poised to make their mark at the NCAA Championships in Virginia Beach, Va. to transition to the outdoor season.
 
The Great Midwest Indoor Track & Field Championships were housed at Ashland’s Niss Athletic Center as both Findlay men and women captured the championship title. Findlay men hoisted the Great Midwest trophy for the third consecutive year, while the women won for the second year in a row.
 
The All-Conference teams are composed of a first-team, second-team, and a third-team, with the top finish in either track or field event taking priority if a student-athlete was entered in multiple events.
 
Findlay led all schools for both men's and women's selections with a combined total of 34 to the all-conference team.
 
The coaches also voted their picks for end-of-the-year awards, separate from the meet awards that were presented at Ashland.

Zach Kreft was voted the Male Track Athlete of the Year, Findlay's Eliot Cummings was Great Midwest Field Athlete of the Year, and Findlay's Jared Krout swept both sides as the Coach of the Year. 

Kreft, who was recognized as the Cross Country Runner of the Year, will take home the same honors for Indoor Track & Field after placing first in the 5,000m and 3,000m race at the conference championship. At the NCAA Indoor Championship, he finished fourth in the 5k with a time of 8:02.34, earning All-American status. He also earned All-American recognition in the 5,000m run with 14:01.37 time. 

Findlay's Cummings finished as the champion in the triple jump at the G-MAC championship with a mark of 14.37m and earned All-American status at the national event. 

Hillsdale rookie weight thrower Ben Hass was selected Great Midwest Freshman of the year after a third-place finish at the National Championships. 

Four different schools were represented on the women's side of awards as Tiffin sprinter Rajiah Andrews was announced as Track Athlete of the Year, Ashland's Carrol Pauley was chosen as Field Athlete of the Year, and Walsh's Kya Epps was voted Freshman of the Year. 

Rajiah Andrews won both the 60 hurdles and 60m sprint at the conference championship and went on to earn second-team All-American honors in the 60m at the national meet. 

Pauley earned her fourth consectuive All-American honor in the weight throw with a mark of 18.69m as coaches selected the fifth-year as Field Athlete of the Year. 

Walsh Freshman Kya Epps made a remarkable debut in her first collegiate season as she qualified for the national meet in both the 200m and 60m dash. She went on to earn second-team All-American honors in the 200m with a personal best time of 24.29

Findlay's Jared Krout swept Coach of the Year honors as both teams won back-to-back conference titles. Krout's program also had 10 student-athletes qualify for nationals in their respective events. 

For a full list of honorees, click here.