Grimes earns another long jump first

Grimes qualifies for outdoor championships in first outdoor meet. 

Isaac Grimes was back to the top of the podium this weekend in his first action of the outdoor season.  

Grimes’ first-place finish in the long jump was CSC’s only top placing at the Tom Benich Invitational Meet hosted by the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Sunday. 

Grimes went 25 feet, 4 3/4 inches in the long jump, a mark that, according to CSC Sports Information, automatically qualifies him for the NCAA DII Outdoor Championships in May. The jump was four inches short of his national indoor championship winning jump in March, and less than two inches short of his winning jump at the RMAC conference championships last year. 

A pair of Eagle women were runners up at the UNC meet; Christina Frick took second place in the 400 meters with a time of 1 minute, .90 seconds, and Chasidy Horton was second in javelin with a throw of 32.90 meters. 

The CSC women’s 4×400 team of Frick, Horton, Julianne Thomsen and Celeste Cardona were fourth in a field of seven teams, Sunday. The group finished with a time of 4 minutes, 2.49 seconds. 

For the CSC men, sprinter Javan Lanier was third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.09 seconds. Teammate Brodie Roden took third in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.42 seconds. 

CSC’s Phillip Duncan and Joss Linse each had a fifth place finish, Duncan in the 5000 meters with a time of 15 minutes, 27.47 seconds, and Linse in the triple jump with a leap of 13.85 meters. 

Next up for the Eagles’ Track and Field team is another Colorado event, this time at the Kit Mayer Invite in Golden, Colorado, Saturday.