Eagles dominate track and field opener

By Ahlonte Hair

The CSC track and field team competed for the first time this season at the Black Hills State Indoor Yellowjacket Holiday Open Meet on Saturday in Spearfish, South Dakota.

Athletes from CSC, Black Hills State, South Dakota Mines, and Rocky Mountain College gathered in Spearfish for the first indoor competition of the season. The Eagles performed well and walked away from the competition with 18 champions across the men’s and women’s divisions. However, some Eagles outshined the others.

For the throwers, Dan Reynolds, junior of Granby, Colorado, dominated, winning the weight throw with a throw of 67 feet, 3.5 inches, shattering his own school record by over two feet. Reynolds also won the shot put with a throw of 50 feet, 10.75 inches, edging out teammate Parker Gonser, junior of Windsor, Colorado, who placed second.

For the runners, the Eagles were led by Quincy Efeturi, sophomore of Ikorodu, Nigeria, with a time of 22.9 seconds in the 200-meter dash.

Kyland Fuller, freshman of Fort Laramie, Wyoming, won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:05.79.

CSC’s men’s 1600-meter relay team also finished first with a time of 3:25.59.

The Eagle women were led heavily by Carlie Collier, senior of Dunning, who won both the 60-meter and 200-meter dash. Madison Clause, freshman of Billings, Montana, found success in the pole vault as well, winning with a vault of 11 feet, and a quarter inch.

Both the Eagle men’s and women’s teams dominated in overall team points. The men took first in team sweepstates with 195 points. The women did the same with 166 points.

The Eagles will compete again in the Black Hills State Myrle Hanson Open in Spearfish, South Dakota, Jan. 14, 2023.