Track team wins 11 events in Rapid City
With strong performances all around, Chadron State College came away with 11 wins during Bauer Open hosted by South Dakota School of Mines, Saturday, five for the women and six for the men.
In the 400 meter, Caydince Groth, freshman of Cheyenne, Wyoming, took first at 1:01.74, followed close behind by Michaela Hill, sophomore of Eaton, Colorado, in third at 1:05.07.
“I felt pretty good going into the meet, after experiencing the wind when running the 4×100,” Groth said. “I was nervous to run that open 400 but was very happy with the results even with the bad conditions.”
Another first place and third place combo for the women was Danae Rader, freshman of Hansen, and Hannah Christie, freshman of Alpine, Wyoming, in the 100-meter hurdles. Rader took first with a time of 15.61 seconds and Christie took third at 17.91 seconds.
Groth, and Hill, along with Carlie Collier, sophomore of Dunning, and Shantae Morgan, freshman of Little London, Jamaica, competed together in the 4×100 relay and finished at 48.95 seconds to take first.
Collier and Morgan also competed individually in the 100 meter to finish second at 12.13 seconds and third at 12.64 seconds respectively.
Alissa Wieman, freshman of Box Elder, South Dakota, took the gold in the 1500 at 5:03.81, while Sydney Settles, sophomore of Lincoln, took third in the 5000 at 20:37.08.
The Eagles were able to take the high jump as well with Jourdaine Cerenil, freshman of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, taking first, and Hunter Wiebelhaus, freshman of Springview, finished seconds, both at 5 feet, 3 inches (1.6 meters).
“I was really happy to see some of my teammates getting up there with some of the others in their events,” Groth said. “Seeing Michaela Hill up there in the 400, Hunter Weilbelhaus up there in the high jump, watching Danae Rader win the 100 hurdles, and all the men being really close in the 100 even though they didn’t get their times recorded made it a pretty good meet.”
The men throwers excelled again with Dan Reynolds, freshman of Granby, Colorado, and Shane Collins, sophomore of Bison, South Dakota, both having a first and second place finishes.
Reynolds won the shot put with a throw of 48 feet, 5.25 inches (14.76 meters), and finished second in the hammer throw at 191 feet, 1.75 inches (58.26 meters).
Collins finished above Reynolds in the hammer throw for first at 195 feet, 2.25 inches (59.49 meters) and took second in the discus at 149 feet, 9.75 inches (45.66 meters).
Parker Gonser, freshman of Windsor, Colorado, also found success in the throws, finishing second in the shot put at 47 feet, 6.5 inches (14.49 meters) and third in the discus, throwing 147 feet, 8.5 inches (45.02 meters).
In the javelin, Quest Savery, freshman of Miles City, Montana, threw 191 feet, 3 inches (58.29 meters), taking another first for the Eagles.
Chadron State jumpers took the top three places in the triple jump.
Derrick Nwagwu, sophomore of Aurora, Colorado, finished first with a mark of 49 feet, 2.5 inches (14.99 meters); Brock Voth, junior of Berthoud, Colorado, jumped 47 feet, 8 inches (14.53 meters) to finished second; and Joss Linse, junior of Plattsmouth, took third place at 44 feet, 8.5 inches (13.63 meters).
In the high jump, Joe Dumsa, junior of Sandy Utah, and Hector Ortega, redshirt freshman of Northglenn, Colorado, cleared the bar at 6 feet, 4.75 inches (1.95 meters). Dumsa finished first while Ortega took second.
Ishmael DePaullite, redshirt sophomore of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, rounded out the jumps for CSC men by taking second in the long jump at 21 feet, 6 inches (6.55 meters).
Osiel Cano, sophomore of Oshkosh, also finished the weekend with a first place in the 400-meter hurdles at 56.75 seconds.
Greg Logsdon, freshman of Torrington, Wyoming, took second in the 400 meters at 50.39 seconds and Zach Purviance, freshman of Newcastle, Wyoming, finished the 800 meters at 2:09.52 to place third.
Chadron State track and field team travels to Kearney for the Loper Invitational, Friday hosted by the University of Nebraska-Kearney.