YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The Bethany College men's track and field team competed at the Presidents' Athletic Conference 2025-26 Indoor Championships at the Watson and Tressel Training Site.

Bethany was a familiar name on the PAC Indoor Track and Field Championships podium as the Bison placed seven top-five finishers across the day's 16 events. The Green and White finished sixth in the team standings with 54 points while Geneva (Pa.) College topped the leaderboard to win the PAC Championship with 113 points.

PAC Newcomer of the Week Jason Ellman (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep) was the Bison's only PAC Champion of the day as he set a new program and conference record in the long jump with a distance of 7.27 meters. The mark earned the team 10 points and currently ranks 10th in the nation. Ellman also made the podium in the 200-meter dash where he ran a personal-best 21.72 to finish second for eight team points and placed third in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.87. After the Championships, he was named the 2025-26 PAC Men's indoor Track and Field Newcomer of the Year.

All-PAC junior and PAC Track Athlete of the Week Caliyph McClinton (Pittsburgh, Pa./Neighborhood Academy) also ran the 60 where he led the field in the preliminary round to earn a spot in the finals. He led the team by running a 6.87 in the finals to place second for the second time in his career for eight more team points.

Also earning silver was junior Mykel Davis (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park) who jumped a 1.99 in the high jump and junior Jalen Britton (Fort Lee, Va./Prince George) who marked a 14.42 distance in the weight throw making it six top-three finishes for the Bison. 

Freshman Ziacheas White (Waycross, Ga./Ware County) ran a personal-best 7.03 in the 60 to finish fifth out of the 29-man field. Also running the 60 prelims were freshman Ja'Vonni O'hara (Waycross, Ga./Ware County) with a time of 7.23, freshman Duke Dudley (St. Petersburg, Fla./Canterbury) with a time of 7.38, and junior Shavel Lesley (Whitehall, Ohio/Whitehall-Yearling) with a time of 7.40.

Junior Daryes'e Fleming (Joppa, Md./Joppatowne) also ran in the 200 where he finished 14th with a time of 22.82 and led the team in the 400-meter dash by clocking a 51.38. During the awards ceremony, Fleming was named to the PAC Men's Indoor Track and Field Sportsmanship Team. Freshman Juan Colon (Lancaster, Pa./McCaskey) joined Fleming in both the 200 and the 400 where he timed a 22.86 and a 51.38, respectively. Lesley rounded out the Bison runners in the 200 where he ran a 24.00.

Fleming, Ellman, White, and freshman Charvez Brooks (Gwynn Oak, Md./Forest Park) made up the Bison's 4x400-meter relay team that finished eighth with a time of 3:30.76.

Junior Willie Holden (Exmore, Va./Bridgewater Academy) represented Bethany in the triple jump with a distance of 12.28 as well as freshman Tyler Fett (Oxford, Pa./New Oxford) who jumped.a 11.27. Holden also competed in the long jump where he recorded a distance of 6.02.

Freshman Zion Mongeois (Royal Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central) had a height of 1.74 meters in the high jump to accompany Davis.

Senior Koda Moore (Proctor, W.Va./John Marshall), and juniors Shonathan Desena (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg Area Senior) and Cyrus Brown (Clinton, Md./Surrattsville) each threw the shot put for the Bison. Moore tossed a 11.59 to finish 11th, Desena a 11.44 to finish 12th, and Brown a 10.12 to finish 20th. Moore also finished 11th in the weight throw with a mark of 12.63.

The Bison open the 2026 Outdoor Track and Field season on Saturday, March 28 as they travel to West Liberty, West Virginia to compete in the West Liberty Invitational hosted by West Liberty (W.Va.) University.