TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology relied on a dominant performance to sweep the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference men's and women's outdoor team championships at the William Welch Complex on Friday and Saturday.

Rose-Hulman won its 11th consecutive HCAC outdoor championship and recorded its 19th straight men's league title including eight indoor championships. The Fightin' Engineers have won every HCAC men's track and field championship contested since 2008 under the direction of head coach Larry Cole. The men won eight events and scored 269.5 points to outdistance Anderson (115) and Hanover (105) in the 10-team meet.

On the women's side, Rose-Hulman won its first women's outdoor track and field championship with 195 points. The Fightin' Engineers won nine total events and outscored Manchester (123) and Hanover (97.5) to capture the league title.

Rose-Hulman completed an extremely rare feat in 2017-18 by finishing a 'double triple crown'. The Fightin' Engineers swept the HCAC cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field championships in both the men's and women's competitions, marking the first time the feat has been accomplished in HCAC history.

The dominant performance included nine women's championship performances and eight men's titles out of 20 events. Gabi Razma led the women's effort with three individual titles. Razma showcased her versatility by winning the 400-meter dash (59.33), triple jump (36' 4 1/4"), and setting both school and conference records to win the javelin (126' 2").

Lauren London added two HCAC individual titles by winning the 100-meter hurdles (15.23) and long jump (17' 6"). Women's individual conference champions also included Adekite Oladipupo in the 100-meter dash (13.11) and Jaclyn Setina in the high jump (5' 4 1/4").

Rose-Hulman also swept the women's 4-x-100 and 4-x-400 meter titles. London, Oladipupo, Debie Gedeon and Setina won the 4-x-100 meter crown in 50.46 seconds. Lindsey Fagerberg, Clare Bruns, Lois Cheatham and Razma won the 4-x-400 with a mark of 4:05.39.

The men's squad added eight conference championships. Matt Hill led the way by completing a grueling double to win both the 5,000-meter run (15:12.11) and the 10,000-meter run (32:40.86). Running event winners also included Alton Anspaugh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:48.30) and Josh Hennig in the 400-meter dash (49.03 seconds).

Field event men's conference champions included Trey Sykes in the triple jump (48' 4") with a mark that ranks No. 5 in NCAA Division III and established a new conference record; Josh Himes in the discus (159' 4") and Eric Fiacable in the hammer (183' 4").

The Fightin' Engineers also swept the 4-x-100 and 4-x-400 relay championships. The 4-x-100 team of Dawson Allen, Sykes, Jacob Back and Hennig won in 42.65 seconds. The team of David Borden, Back, John Evans and Hennig won in 3:20.89.

Rose-Hulman's dominant performance also included seven men's and seven women's runner-up efforts. Women's running event second-place finishers included Camille Blaisdell in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:49.67), Bruns in the 400-hurdles (1:06.66), Gedeon in the 100-hurdles (15.41), Kally Morozin in the 1,500 (4:54.21) and Emma Ross in the 10,000 (42:06.87). Field event runner-ups included London in the triple jump (35' 6 3/4") and Razma in the long jump (16' 10").

The men had five field event second-place performances. Runner-ups in field events included Fiacable in the shot put (49' 5 1/2"), Hennig in the triple jump (43' 1 3/4"), Himes in the discus (159' 4"), Cameron Prisby in the pole vault (15' 3"), and Nathan Schrader in the javelin (176' 4"). Nathan Ciriacks came home in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:55.05) and Matthew Stevenot was second in the 1,500 (4:04.51).

Third-place women's finishers included Blaisdell in the 5,000 (19:06.20), Fagerberg in the triple jump (33' 11 1/4"), Morozin in the 800 (2:24.05) and Oladipupo in the long jump (16' 7 3/4").

On the men's side, third-place finishes in running events were recorded by Walt Dearing in the 10,000 (33:05.92), Nolan Gross in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:00.20) and Hennig in the 200 (22.38). Field event third-place finishers were Fiacable in the discus (155' 4"), David Goncharov in the triple jump (42' 10 3/4"), Himes in the shot put (48' 10 1/4") and Nick Palmer in the pole vault (14' 7 1/4").

Rose-Hulman recorded an impressive four 1-2-3 finishes in events. The Fightin' Engineers swept the top three positions in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, men's triple jump, women's triple jump and women's long jump.

Individuals from the Fightin' Engineers will return to action at the Billy Hayes Invitational at Indiana University on Friday.

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