CSC track records high placements

Chadron State’s track and field team set two meet records and had multiple winners at its first home track meet, CSC Open, Saturday in the NPAC. 

Brodie Roden, junior of Riverton, Wyoming, ran the 400 meters with a time of 49.76, and placed first setting the meet record. Roden also contributed to the 4×400 which took the meet record, with Morgan Fawver, sophomore of McCook; Osvaldo Cano, sophomore of Oshkosh; and Harley Rhoades, junior of Douglas, Wyoming, marked at 3:22.40. 

“This was his (Roden) first time competing and it was good,” Head Track and Field Coach Riley Northrup said. “It was better than any of his opening performances on the track in previous years, so that’s positive.”

Cano finished second in the 400 meters with a time of 50.28 seconds, and in third place, Rhoades ran the 400 meters in 52.09 seconds. 

Fawver won first in two of his events, marking 6.94 seconds in the 60 meters, and leaping 22 feet, 11.25 inches in the long jump. 

Jordan Nwalor, sophomore of Gilbert, Arizona, took third in the 60 meters, timed at 7.44 seconds.

Emory Yoosook, freshman of Casper, Wyoming, placed in three different events, in three different places. Yoosook took first in the 200 meters with a run of 23.43 seconds, second with 7.31 seconds in the 60 meters, and third in the long jump with a mark of 21 feet, 2.75 inches.

“A couple guys continue to run PRs every week,” Northrup said, “So that’s good to see for them.”

Joaquin Venzor, freshman of Greeley, Colorado, and Garrett Avery, sophomore of Sheridan, Wyoming, participated and placed in the mile run and the 3000 meters. Venzor took first in the mile run, without a recorded time, and fifth in the 3000 meters with a time of 10:12.71. Avery took third in the mile and third in the 3000 meters, timed at 10:06.48. 

Jesse Jaramillo, junior of Scottsbluff, ran 9:52.69 in the 3000 meters, earning first in the race. Cale Schafer, freshman of LaSalle, Colorado, placed second in the 3000 meters, timed at 10:03.75. 

In the 60-meter hurdles, Logan Peila, freshman of Miles City, Montana, took second with a run of 8.89 seconds and Pete Brown, sophomore of Oxford, took third with a run of 8.94 seconds. 

For the throwing events, Shane Collins, sophomore of Bison, South Dakota, threw 50 feet, 4.75 inches, placing first in the shot put. Parker Gonser, freshman of Windsor, Colorado, took second in the shot put with a mark of 49 feet, 6.25 inches.

Dan Reynolds, freshman of Granby, Colorado, finished the weight throw in third place with a throw of 50 feet, 11 inches. 

Joe Dumsa, junior of Sandy, Utah, cleared the high jump bar at 6 feet, 4.25 inches, finishing first. Dumsa also placed fifth in the long jump with a mark of 20 feet, 0.5 inches. 

Alec Penfield, sophomore of Lusk, Wyoming, placed third in the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 4.25 inches. Naishaun Jernigan, sophomore of Springfield, Massachusetts, cleared the high jump at 6 feet, 2.25 inches, finishing fourth. Jernigan jumped 22 feet, 7.25 inches in the long jump, taking second place.  

Derrick Nwagwu, sophomore of Aurora, Colorado, finished first in the triple jump with a leap of 42 feet, 9.5 inches. Right behind with a leap of 42 feet, 6.25 inches, Brock Voth, junior of Berthoud, Colorado, earned second place. 

On the women’s side of the meet, Julianne Thomsen, junior of Custer, South Dakota, earned three second-place ranks in the 400 meters, 60-meter hurdles, and long jump. She ran 1:03.84 in the 400 meters, 9.65 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles, and marked 15 feet, 6 inches in the long jump. 

Destiny Pelton, freshman of Fort Morgan, Colorado; Jourdaine Cerenil, freshman of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming; and Miranda Gilkey, junior of Lusk, Wyoming, cleared the high jump bar at 5 feet, 2.25 inches. Pelton took first, Cerenil second, and Gilkey third.  

Gilkey took first in the triple jump, leaping 33 feet, 10 inches. Cerenil leaped 33 feet, 3.25 inches, taking second in the triple jump. Austin Alexander, freshman of Newell, South Dakota, took third with a mark of 32 feet, 9 inches. 

Michaela Hill, sophomore of Eaton, Colorado, finished the 400 meter first with a time of 1:03.26. 

Madi Watson, senior of Mitchell; Tukker Romey, freshman of Gering; and Sydney Settles, junior of Lincoln, participated in the 3000 meters. Watson finished first with a time of 12:08.54. Romey finished a second later, 12:09.75, earning second. Settles marked a time of 12:32.89, placing third. 

Morgan Ekwall, freshman of Yoder, Wyoming, took second place in the shot put with a throw of 39 feet, 3.25 inches. 

Right behind her in third place was Courtney Smith, sophomore of Rock Springs, Wyoming, with a throw of 38 feet, 6.75 inches.

“Once the kids start having good performances, that starts building confidence in them and that keeps them hungry for more every week,” Northrup said. “To want to keep running faster and faster, jump father and higher, and throw farther and all those things.”