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Heys Takes Eighth in 10k to Become Three-Time First Team All-American in the Event
Story Links (GENEVA, Ohio) – On a wet night at SPIRE Institute in the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Quakers graduate student Simon Heys began his first event of the championships, the 10,000 Meter Run. Heys finished the race in 8th place with a time of 29:44.82 to […]
(GENEVA, Ohio) – On a wet night at SPIRE Institute in the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Quakers graduate student Simon Heys began his first event of the championships, the 10,000 Meter Run.
Heys finished the race in 8th place with a time of 29:44.82 to score one point for Wilmington as a team. Through the first three miles of the race, Heys sat in fourth place, as he looked to crack the top-five for the third season in a row.
He would fall back a few positions over the final miles to originally finish in 9th place. However, a violation by the initial winner Nathan Tassey caused him to be disqualified and pushed Heys up to the 8th position and First Team All-American status for the third season in a row in the event.
This disqualification gave North Central College’s Braden Nicholson the National Championship in the event with a time of 29:20.60.
What’s Up Next
Senior Brady Vilvens is up next for Wilmington College tomorrow afternoon in the High Jump, slated for 2:00 P.M.
Heys will be back on the track for the final collegiate event of his career on Saturday afternoon at 4:00 P.M. in the 5000 Meter Run.