CSC track faces strong competition

CSC track and field team took on some strong competition, at least a dozen teams from four states, but was able to come away with a number of placements at the Central Nebraska Challenge, Saturday, in Kearney.

Morgan Fawver, redshirt freshman of McCook, won the long jump with a jump of 24 feet, 1.5 inches (7.35 meters). He also finished second in the 100 meters at 10.7 seconds.

Emory Yoosook, freshman of Casper, Wyoming, and Ishmael DePaulite, redshirt sophomore of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, also placed in the long jump in third at 22 feet, 7.75 inches (6.9 meters), and 22 feet, 7 inches (6.88 meters) respectively.

For the throws, Shane Collins, sophomore of Bison, South Dakota, threw 195 feet, 8 inches (59.63 meters) in the hammer throw to finish second.

Collins was also named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Outdoor Athlete of the Week, Wednesday, with his NCAA DII provisional qualifying throw.

The two men’s relays, 4×100 and 4×400, finished second for both events.

Fawver; Quincy Efeturi, freshman of Ikorodu, Nigeria; Osvaldo Cano, sophomore of Oshkosh; and Brodie Roden, junior of Riverton, Wyoming, ran the 4×100 relay with a provisional qualifying time of 41.04 seconds.

Osvaldo Cano and his twin brother, Osiel Cano, sophomore of Oshkosh, joined Efeturi and Greg Logsdon, freshman of Torrington, Wyoming, for the 4×400 relay to finish at 3:18.01.

Derrick Nwagwu, sophomore of Aurora, Colorado, had a leap of 48 feet even (14.63 meters) in the triple jump to finish second place.

Brock Voth, junior of Bethoud, Colorado, took third in triple jump at 47 feet, 11.75 inches (14.62 meters), while Joss Linse, junior of Plattsmouth, finished right behind Voth in fourth at 46 feet 4.25 inches (14.13 meters).

Dylan Soule, freshman of Polk, placed third in javelin at 190 feet, 7 inches (58.08 meters).

For the women’s results, Carlie Collier, sophomore of Dunning, took third in two events. She finished the 200 meters in 24.95 seconds and the 400 meters in 57.85 seconds.

Jourdaine Cerenil, freshman of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, jumped into first place for the high jump by clearing the bar at 5 feet, 7 inches (1.7 meters).

The Eagles’ next meet will be at South Dakota School of Mines Saturday in Rapid City.