Track team sets season bests at NCAA qualifier

Saturday, Eagle track and field athletes traveled to Adams State University in Alamosa, Colo., for the NCAA Division II Qualifier Meet.

CSC competed against six RMAC opponents, including Adams State University, Alamosa, Colo.; Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction; Colorado State University—Pueblo; New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas; University of Colorado—Colorado Springs; and Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, and West Texas A&M University, Canyon.

The Eagles won six events. The men won four events and the women won two field events.

Head Coach Ryan Baily said, “Our athletes compiled a total of 29 season bests, 18 from the men, and 11 from the women.”

Dean Francis, senior of Montego Bay, Jamaica, won the 200-meters and had a personal best time of 21.82 seconds. His time was six one-hundredths of a second slower than the current school record.

Karl McFarlane, senior of Montego Bay, Jamaica, won the 60-meter high hurdles with a time of 7.97 seconds. His time was three one-hundredths of a second slower than the current school record that he set in 2011.

Charith Kapukotuwa, senior of Chilaw, Sri Lanka, had a mark of 61-feet in the 35-pound weight throw.

Skyler Hoopes, junior of Lusk, Wyo., cleared 14-9 1/2 in the pole vault.

Stachia Reuwsaat, freshman of Black Hawk, S.D., won the long jump with a jump of 18-8 feet.

Mel Herl, sophomore of Eaton, Colo., won the 20-pound weight throw with 53-1 3/4 inches.

Kelsy Wood, freshman of Hemingford, now holds the record title of the 60-meter hurdles, with a time of 8.91 seconds, which placed her in third for preliminaries. The previous school record was set a week ago by CSC’s Shelby Bozner, sophomore of Rock Springs, Wyo., with a time of 9.04 seconds.

Bozner finished third with a time of 8.95 seconds and Wood finished fourth with a time of 9.19 seconds, in the finals.

Alex Graham, senior of St. Leonardo, Jamaica, received a time of 6.82 seconds in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash. Her time was eight one-hundredths of a second slower than the current record.

During the 60-meter finals, Graham placed sixth in 6.90 seconds.

Francis finished fourth in the race in with another personal best time of 6.85 seconds.

Gavan Archibald, junior of St. Ann, Jamiaca; Zerek Jones, sophomore of La Junta, Colo.; Frederick Culp, junior of Mililani, Hawaii; and Brandon Segelke, senior of Sidney; made up the team that placed second in the men’s 4×400-meter relay with a time of 3 minutes 20.82 seconds.

Archibald, Jones, and Culp also achieved new personal best times in individual races.

“I was extremely proud of the way we competed all across the board,” Baily said.

The Eagles will compete next at University of Nebraska Tune-Up Meet in Lincoln on Friday.

The women’s track and field is ranked in the top 25 on the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Poll for the third week in a row. The were ranked No. 20 last week but dropped one place to 19 this week. They have a team score of 20.29.

The men’s team was also ranked in the top 25 last week but dropped out of the rankings this week. They were ranked No. 25 last week.

The RMAC is ranked No. 2 in the women’s conference index, but the men are ranked No. 3.

Adams State University NCAA Qualifier Results:

Women’s Results: 200—13, Tory Snyder, 26.42; 17, Stachia Reuwsaat, 26.90; 20, Nikki Glasson, 27.20; 400—10, Shelby Guy, 1:01.48; 11, Rylee Newman, 1:02.33; 13, Glasson, 1:04.81; 800—6, Meagan Nahrwold, 2:23.12; 60 hurdles—4, Shelby Bozner, 8.95; 5, Kelsy Wood, 9.19; 4×400—4, Chadron State (Nahrwold, Guy, Newman, Snyder), 4:07.07; High jump—3, Bozner, 1.59m; 6, Angelique Urenda, 1.47m; Pole Vault—3, Josey Pehringer, 3.10m; 4, Urenda, 2.95m; Long jump—1, Reuwsaat, 5.70m; 7, Wood, 5.16m; 8, Aria Hughes, 5.07m; 11, Sami Schmit, 4.69m; Triple Jump—Hughes, 10.50m; Shot put—2, Alyssa Norton, 14.13m; 4, Mel Herl, 13.35m; 5, Cyndi Thomas, 13.10m; 7, Keri Ruff, 12.90m; Weight throw—1, Herl, 16.60m; 4, Norton, 16.20m; 7, Thomas, 14.84m

Men’s Results: 60—4, Dean Francis, 6.85; 6, Alex Graham, 6.90; 200—1, Francis, 21.82; 5, Frederick Culp, 22.85; 6, Brandon Segelke, 22.87; 7, Chris Cutcher, 22.87; 9, Cody Roberts, 22.95; 18, Matthew Klein, 24.11; 400—4, Zerek Jones, 50.09; 6, Culp, 50.32; 7, Gavan Archibald, 50.40; 60 hurdles—1, Karl McFarlane, 7.97; 4, Cutcher, 8.23; 7, Gregory Rodriguez, 8.52; 8, Klein, 8.79; 4×400—2, Chadron State (Archibald, Jones, Culp, Segelke), 3:20.82; High jump—4, Jones, 1.93m; 6, Jazz Bozner, 1.83m; 8, Hunter Dittbenner, 1.83m; Pole vault—1, Skylar Hoopes, 4.51m; Long jump—4, Rodriguez, 6.77m; 5, Cutcher, 6.76m; 6, Barrett Browne, 6.70m; 10, Cody Roberts, 5.94m; Triple jump—2, McFarlane, 13.88m; 4, Xavier Kvistad, 12.51m; 5, Dittbenner, 12.45m; 6, Browne, 12.09m; Shot put—2, Charith Kapukotuwa, 17.12m; 6, Kyle McCarthy, 15.19m; 9, Dylan Brant, 13.25m; 11, Daniel Sotelo, 12.66m; Weight throw—1, Kapukotuwa, 18.59m; 5, McCarthy, 15.53m