Throwers and jumpers make good marks
CSC indoor track team earned four first places at the Mines Winter Classic hosted by Colorado School of Mines. Three of the firsts were in men’s events.
“Colorado Mines is not a good place for anybody running anything over like 60 meters,” Riley Northrup, head track and field coach, said. “From the performances of the events that we really went there for, the jumpers and the throwers, we had great marks all over the place, lots of PRs and a number of provisional qualifying marks.”
Morgan Fawver, junior of McCook, took first in the 60-meter dash, timed at 6.86 seconds. He nearly took first in the long jump, finishing second at 24 feet, 4.5 inches (7.43 meters). Fawver’s long jump is the fourth best jump in Chadron State’s history, and also ranks him third in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and eighth in the country right now.
Not far behind Fawver in the long jump was Emory Yoosook, sophomore of Casper, Wyoming, who finished third and provisionally qualified with a jump of 23 feet, 5.5 inches (7.15 meters).
Daniel Reynolds, sophomore of Granby, Colorado, out threw the competition to take the gold in the weight throw, marking 60 feet, 9.5 inches (18.53 meters). Reynolds also finished third in the shot put with a throw of 52 feet even (15.85 meters).
Also in the throws, Parker Gonser, sophomore of Windsor, Colorado, finished fourth in both the weight throw at 49 feet, 3 inches (15.01 meters) and shot put at 48 feet, 11.5 inches (14.92 meters).
Putting together another first place finished was Derrick Nwagwu, junior of Aurora, Colorado, leaping 48 feet even (14.63 meters) in the triple jump.
Brock Voth, senior of Berthoud, Colorado, finished third with a mark of 47 feet, 7 inches (14.5 meters) and Joss Linse, senior of Plattsmouth, took fourth with a leap of 46 feet, 5.25 inches (14.15 meters) both in the triple jump.
Courtney Smith, junior of Rock Springs, Wyoming, earned the only first place in the women’s events with a toss of 52 feet, 11.5 inches (16.14 meters) in the weight throw.
Women high jumpers excelled in their event and earned career-best marks. Jourdain Cerenil, sophomore of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, passed 5 feet, 7.75 inches (1.72 meters) to finish second with a fourth best jump in Chadron State’s history. She’s currently second in the RMAC and ranked 10 nationally.
Miranda Gilkey, senior of Lusk, Wyoming, took fourth with the bar at 5 feet, 6.5 inches (1.69 meters) and is number seven all time for Chadron State, number three in the RMAC and is currently tied for the 17th national spot.
“I am confident that she can jump one maybe one and a half more bars in that 5’8” range,” Northrup said. “She’s pretty little so it’s pretty impressive to see somebody jump over their own head like that.”
The Eagles venture back to Brookings, South Dakota, for the South Dakota State Indoor Classic all day Saturday.
“This is basically our last competition with our whole team because we have the conference championship in two weeks,” Northrup said. “SDSU is going to be great competition. Last time we went and ran on the 300 (meter) track, we ran good times, and so we’re going to give everybody this opportunity.”
Northrup said that the men’s 4×400 meter relay will be a point of emphasis at SDSU, believing that the four are highly competitive and can push themselves when placed against team’s that have recorded faster times.