CSC track team buzzes to first

Chadron State indoor track and field team finished its first meet of the season with 12 first place finishes and two NCAA qualifying marks at the Yellow Jacket Holiday Open Meet, Friday and Saturday in Spearfish, South Dakota.

Creighton Trembly, sophomore of Longmont, Colorado, and Dan Reynolds, sophomore of Granby, Colorado, were the two athletes to make NCAA qualifying marks with their first-place finishes. Trembly finished the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.21 seconds and Reynolds threw 60 feet, 4.5 inches in the 35-pound weight throw.

“I was a bit surprised when I found out I hit the NCAA qualifying mark,” Trembly said. “I knew that I was close to it, but I did not expect to do it so soon.”

Reynolds also took first in the shot put with a throw of 52 feet, 7.5 inches.

Close behind Reynolds was Shane Collins, junior of Bison, South Dakota, who took second in the same events as Reynolds. Collins threw 50 feet, 0.5 inches in the shot put and 54 feet, 1 inch in the 35-pound weight throw.

Osvaldo Cano, junior of Oshkosh, crossed the finish line first in the 400 meter race at 50.71 seconds. Behind him was Greg Logsdon, sophomore of Torrington, Wyoming, at 50.92 seconds.

Logsdon and Cano along with his twin brother Osiel Cano, junior of Oshkosh, and Harley Rhoades, senior of Douglas, Wyoming, took first in the 4×400 relay race with a time of 3:25.43.

In the jumps, Joss Linse, senior of Plattsmouth, marked 44 feet, 9 inches to take first in the triple jump and he finished third in the long jump at 20 feet, 9 inches.

Emory Yoosook, sophomore of Casper, Wyoming, leaped into first place in the long jump with a mark of 22 feet, 3.5 inches. Yoosook also finished fourth in the 60 meter dash at 7.13 seconds and second in the 200 meter race at 23.31 seconds.

Joe Dumsa, senior of Sandy, Utah, was another first place finish for the Eagles in the high jump at 6 feet 6.25 inches.

“The whole team did very well for the first meet and got a lot of good marks,” Trembly said. “We should be able to do some great things this season with that kind of start.”

For the women’s team, Caydince Groth, freshman of Cheyenne, Wyoming, finished first in the 400 meters at 1:01.79 with Carlie Collier, junior of Dunning, finishing the race second at 1:02.44.

Groth, Collier, Hannah Christie, sophomore of Alpine, Wyoming, and Danae Rader, freshman of Hansen, made up the 4×400 relay team that finished first with a time of 4:15.86.

Rader also took second in the 60 meter hurdles timed for 9.64 seconds, and Christie took second in the Pentathlon with 2,995 points.

Julianne Thomsen, senior of Custer, South Dakota, was the athlete to finish first in the pentathlon with 3,076 points.

Jourdaine Cerenil, sophomore of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, jumped for gold in the high jump, reaching five feet, five inches and she took second in the long jump at 16 feet, 4.5 inches.

Miranda Gilkey, senior of Lusk, Wyoming, finished second in the high jump at 5 feet, 3.75 inches.

The Eagles continues their indoor track meet with the Concordia Early Bird meet Friday and Saturday at Seward.