Track victorious in 18 events

The CSC track team maintained their strong showing this past weekend at the Birds and Bees Invitational hosted in Gillette, Wyo.

The men’s team received eight first place titles, while the women won an outstanding 10 events. There were athletes from nine different schools that competed this past weekend.

Shelby Bozner, sophomore of Rock Springs, Wyo., was a double winner this weekend. Bozner won the pentathlon on Friday by scoring 3,577 points, which is the second highest total point in CSC history. She ran 9.04 seconds in the 60-meter high hurdles, and she matched the time the next day winning the event in open competition.  Bozner is one of three CSC women who share the old record.

There were two other CSC women that were double winners this weekend. Stachia Reuwsaat, freshman of Black Hawk, S.D., jumped 19 feet to claim the long jump title. She also ran 7.94 seconds in the 60-meter obtaining a first place victory. Mel Herl, sophomore of Eaton, Colo., won the 20 pound weight throw (52-6) and the shot put (44-4 ¾).

The women’s CSC medley relay team also set a school record Friday with a time of 12:35.16 which is 13 seconds faster than the old mark.  Rebecca Volf, junior of Wood River; Meagan Nahrwold, junior of Byers, Colo.; Shelby Guy, junior of Akron, Colo.; and Ashley Riesen, senior of Chadron; make up the team that holds this new record. Riesen also won the mile with a time of 5:18.17.

Jayme Nunes, junior of Alliance, won the 3000-meter race with a career best 10:55.30, which beats her old best by roughly 20 seconds. Josey Pehringer, junior of Cody, Wyo., won the pole vault, scoring 10-6.

The only double winner for the men was Charith Kapukotuwa, senior of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. He won both the shot put (56-4 ¾) and the 35-pound weight throw (59-9 ½).

The men’s 4×400 relay team also won this weekend running 3:21.38. The runners of this relay team were Gavan Archibald, junior of St. Ann, Jamaica; Zerek Jones, sophomore of La Junta, Colo.; Xavier Kvistad, junior of Crawford; and Brandon Segelke, senior of Sidney.

Other Eagles that won individual events for the men were Karl McFarlane, senior of Montego Bay, Jamaica, 60-meter hurdles (8.03); Dean Francis, senior of Montego Bay, Jamaica, 200-meter (22.00); Chris Cuther, freshman of Colorado Springs, long jump (22-4); and Skylar Hoopes, sophomore of Lusk, Wyo., pole vault (15-1).

Greg Rodriguez, Junior of Del Rio, Texas, won the heptathlon, scoring an imposing 4,867 points. This point total in the heptathlon is the second highest in CSC record books, exceeded by only Brad Gamble who scored 5,456 points in the 2011 NCAA Division-II National Championships.

CSC Track and Field teams will participate in NCAA Qualifier Saturday at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colo.