Track and field team spears competition in Spearfish, S.D.
CSC men and women’s track and field team won 15 events combined as they opened up the outdoor season this past weekend at Black Hills State Yellow Jacket Spring Open in Spearfish, S.D., the meet attracted six different schools from around the nation.
CSC’s Alyssa Norton, senior of Rushville, won three throwing events Saturday. She threw a career-best 46 feet, 3 1/4 inches in the shot put. She won the hammer throw at 157-6. She also won the discus with a 148-3 mark. Norton was named the RMAC’s Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week.
Another winner this weekend was Jayme Nunes, junior of Alliance, with a career best 18:52.78 in the 5000 meter run.
Other event winners for the women were Tory Snyder, freshman of Pierre, S.D., in the 200 meters; Ashley Riesen, senior of Chadron, in the 800 meters; Kelsy Wood, freshman of Hemingford, in the 100 meter high hurdles; Shelby Bozner, sophomore of Rock Springs, Wyo., in the javelin event; and Kali Blevins, sophomore of Harvard, in the pole vault. The women’s 4×100 relay team also won with a time of 49.34.
For the CSC men, Charith Kapukotuwa, senior of Chilaw, Sri Lanka, won the shot put and threw a career best mark of 55-10 1/2.
CSC’s Phil Rivera, senior of Apple Valley, Calif., won the 400 meters with a time of 48.51 seconds. Zerek Jones, sophomore of La Junta, Colo., and Fred Culp, junior of Mililani, Hawaii, finish second and third respectively.
Skyler Hoopes, junior of Lusk, Wyo., went 14-5 1/4 to win the pole vault event.
The Eagles’ next meet is Thursday, April 10 at South Dakota Mines in Rapid City.
Women’s events:
200—1, Tory Snyder, 26.68; 3, Meagan Nahrwold, 27.01; 4, Monique Fair, 27.04; 5, Sami Schmit, 27.47
400—2, Shelby Guy, 1:00.65
800—3, Nahrwold, 2:24.88; 12, Teren Hanson, 2:34.64
5000—1, Jayme Nunes, 18:52.78
100 hurdles—1, Kelsy Wood, 15.24
3000 steeplechase—2, Rebecca Volf, 11:52.90
4×100 relay—1, Chadron State (Snyder, Fair, Wood, Stachia Reuwsaat), 49.34
High jump—4, Angelique Urenda, 1.53m; 7, Schmit, 1.48m
Pole vault—1, Kali Blevins, 3.05m; 2, Josey Pehringer, 3.05m; 3, Urenda, 3.05m
Long jump—4, Breanna Stickels, 4.76m
Triple jump—4, Stickels, 9.82m
Shot put—1, Alyssa Norton, 14.10m; 4, Keri Ruff, 11.76m
Discus throw—1, Norton, 45.18m; 2, Mel Herl, 42.48m; 6, Ruff, 38.82
Hammer throw—1, Norton, 48.02m; 2, Cyndi Thomas, 43.56m
Javelin throw—2, Shelby Bozner, 30.50m
Men’s events:
100—5, Barrett Browne, 11.41; 6, Ethan Proud, 11.50
200—2, Brandon Segelke, 22.49; 9, Proud, 23.57
400—1, Phil Rivera, 48.51; 2, Zerek Jones, 48.80; 3, Frederick Culp, 49.11; 14, Will McLaughlin, 54.35
800—4, Alex Johnson, 1:59.40; 10, Doug Harris, 2:03.14
1500—5, Nathan Faulkner, 4:13.95
5000—9, Dylan Stansbury, 16:59.43
110 hurdles—4, Hunter Dittbenner, 15.82
400 hurdles—2, Gavan Archibald, 54.54; 3, Jazz Bozner, 56.30; 8, Shaun Wicen, 59.95
3000 steeplechase—2, Evans Koech, 10:10.95
4×100 relay—1, Chadron State (Cody Roberts, Chris Cutcher, Karl McFarlane, Segelke), 42.05
4×400 relay—1, Chadron State (Archibald, Jones, Culp, Rivera), 3:17.97; 3, Chadron State (Xavier Kvistad, Segelke, Bozner, Dittbenner), 3:23.35
High jump—5, Dittbenner, 1.85m
Pole vault—1, Skylar Hoopes, 4.40m
Long jump—4, Browne, 6.29m; 8, Cutcher, 6.03m
Triple jump—2, McFarlane, 13.35m; 3, Kvistad, 13.23m; 4, Cutcher, 13.16
Shot put—1, Charith Kapukotuwa, 17.03m; 3, Kyle McCarthy, 14.46m; 4, Dylan Brant, 13.88m
Discus throw—4, Kapukotuwa, 43.83m; 8, Spencer Rien, 37.20m; 9, Frantzlee LaCrete, 35.33m
Hammer throw—3, McCarthy, 47.93m; 4, Tanner Rien, 47.88m; 7, S. Rien, 40.96m
Javelin throw—5, Hoopes, 44.94m