DELAWARE, Ohio -- The look on Sean Donnelly’s face said all that needed to be said about Mount Union and this year’s NCAA Division III outdoor track and field national championships.

Standing on the bottom row of the bleachers, the young man watched intently as teammates Tyler Mettille, Tyler Sparks, Chase Swisher and Chad Gentry readied for the meet’s final race -- the men’s 4x400-meter relay. The same four student-athletes won the event’s national indoor championship, but this was another day.

Only a handful of points separated the Raiders and Wisconsin-La Crosse, the team most probably would’ve considered as favorites coming into the meet. Twenty-eight men’s track and field championship trophies in all; a sweep of the indoor and outdoor title in 2013; another indoor crown in March; twenty-three competitors qualified for this meet -- the numbers didn’t lie. If there’s a DIII Goliath, Wisconsin-La Crosse is it.