Eagles smash school records at Indoor Classic

The Chadron State College track and field team once again broke school records Friday and Saturday at the South Dakota State University Indoor Classic in Brookings.

Both of the Eagles’ nationally-ranked long jumpers won their events on Friday. Stachia Reuwsaat, sophomore of Black Hawk, South Dakota, won the long jump at 19 feet, 4  1/2 inches, and Damarcus Simpson, freshman of Lafayette, Georgia, hit 24-5 1/2 for the win. Simpson also was second in the 60-meter dash in 6.79 seconds, Saturday.

The Eagle throwers also continued to perform well for the season. Mel Herl, junior of Eaton, Colorado, won the women’s weight throw against nearly 70 contestants with a throw of 58-4 1/2. Kyle McCarthy, senior of Aurora, improved his career best by a foot, when he hit 53-2 3/4 to place second among more than 50 competitors.

Tiffany Thomas, junior of Kingston, Jamaica, beat her own school record for the 400 at 56.58, easily winning the event. Thomas also broke another record in the 4×400, running alongside Shelby Bozner, junior of Rock Springs, Wyoming; Rochelle Nelson, senior of Kingston, Jamaica; and Shelby Guy, senior of Akron, Colorado. The team ran the event in 3:51.98, shattering the original Chadron State record by 6.5 seconds.

The men’s 4×400 posted the school’s second fastest time ever at 3:18.94. The team of Jazz Bozner, senior of Rock Springs, Wyoming; Lane Higgins, freshman of Highlands Ranch, Colorado; Zerek Jones, junior of La Junta, Colorado; and Martin Moriel, junior of Phoenix, Arizona; placed sixth, while the women’s team placed fourth. 

The final Chadron State record to fall this weekend was  to pole vaulter Skyler Hoopes, senior of Lusk, Wyoming, who vaulted 15-9, breaking the previous record by two inches. He finished fourth in the event.

Next up for the Eagle’s track team is the University of Nebraska Tune-Up, which starts Friday in Lincoln. The Eagles will also compete in the Colorado Mines Joe Davies Open, Saturday in Golden.