Six Eagles take top spots

Four CSC women’s track and field athletes and six Eagles total had first place finishes in Spearfish this weekend, at the Yellow Jacket Spring Open Meet at Black Hills State. 

Christina Frick, junior of Fort Morgan, Colorado, earned first place in the 400 meters with a time of 1 minute, 0.89 seconds. 

She also took second place in the 200 meters with a time of 26.65 seconds. 

Chadron’s other women’s winners were Alyse Henry, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, Celeste Cardona, of Mitchell, and Michelle Carbajal, of Gypsum, Colorado. 

Henry took first place in the 3000 meters with a time of 11 minutes, 30.32 seconds and was fifth in the 5000 meters. 

Cardona won in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1 minute, 8.54 seconds. Carbajal was first in the triple jump with a leap of 35 feet, 8 3/4 inches. 

On the men’s side Marcus Ruhrer, sophomore of Gilbert, Arizona, earned the top spot in the 400 meter hurdles, finishing in 58.16 seconds, and Eagle Brodie Roden, freshman of Riverton, Wyoming, won the 200 meters with a time of 22.21 seconds. 

A pair of Eagles athletes, Gregg Peterson, senior of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and Emily Hansen, of Hemingford, were runners up in their respective events. 

Peterson scored 5,459 points in the decathlon, good for second place; and Hansen threw 38 feet, 6 inches in the shot put. 

Hansen also was fourth in the hammer throw after going 118 feet, 1 inch.

Both of CSC’s indoor season All-Americans, Isaac Grimes and Ashton Hallsted, competed at the meet. 

According to CSC Sports Information Grimes is enjoying a break while Hallsted is redshirting this spring.  

On Saturday the Eagles visit Pueblo, Colorado, for Colorado State University – Pueblo’s Spank Blasing Meet. 

Chadron’s next three meets will be in Colorado.