Track team prepares for RMAC indoor championships

The CSC track and field throwers flourished this past weekend while participating in the Joe Davies Open Meet at Colorado School of Mines, Golden. There were at least a dozen entries and most schools were RMAC schools.

CSC’s Alyssa Norton, senior of Rushville, won the shot put event with a mark of 48-3/4. Norton is the schools current record holder in shot put. This weekend’s throw is 14 inches shy of her record.

Cyndi Thomas, senior of Omaha, threw her career best this past weekend 44-8 1/2 finishing third in the shot put event. CSC sophomore Mel Herl and freshman Keri Ruff, both from Eaton, Colo., finished fifth and sixth respectively in the shot put.

In the 20 pound weight-throwing event Herl led the Eagles by placing third at 53-8 1/2, while Norton was fourth and Thomas was fifth.

For the CSC men, Kyle McCarthy, junior of Aurora, was third in the shot put at 48-11 1/2 and sixth in the 35-pound weight throw with 49-11 1/2. Daniel Sotelo, sophomore of Grand Island, was sixth in the shot put.

The women’s team remains in the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Poll, but they have dropped six spots from No. 19 to No. 25 this week.

The team will be participating at the RMAC Indoor Championships this weekend in Alamosa, Colo.

Men’s Results: Weight throw—6, Kyle McCarthy, 15.23m; Shot put—3, McCarthy, 14.92m; 6, Daniel Sotelo, 14.20m; 5000—7, Dylan Stansbury, 17:38.82

Women’s Result: Weight throw—3, Mel Herl, 16.37m; 4, Alyssa Norton, 16.01m; 5, Cyndi Thomas, 15.30m; 11, Keri Ruff, 14.13m; Shot put—1, Norton, 14.65m; 3, Thomas, 13.26m; 5, Herl, 13.06m; Ruff, 12.11m; 5000—2, Sarah Townsend, 21:06.50800—14, Teren Hanson, 2:34.11