Southwestern College Collegian

Issue date: 3/26/08 Section: Sports

Corinna Keeling/Collegian photographer Kari Roth, psychology sophomore, runs the last stretch of the 400 meter low hurdles at the Southwestern College Invitational. Roth ran a 68.92 to lead the SC 400 hurdlers. [Click to enlarge]

Bryce Johnson, pre-law junior, strains to stay ahead of the competition in the 800 meter run March 13 at the first outdoor track meet. Johnson ran a 1:57.18. [Click to enlarge]

Members of the track team will prepare for their next meet Saturday at Cowley College in Arkansas City.

The Southwestern Invitational was held before Spring Break which gave the team the opportunity to break into the outdoor season.

Davion Mitchell, English senior, said, "I think I did alright this first outdoor meet. I wasn't feeling too good. Being under the weather I feel I did my best."

Jim Helmer, head men's track coach, said, "Charles Wells, Davion Mitchell, Kyle Larsen, and Cody Annis ran an excellent time for this early in the season and qualified for the national outdoor championship."

Mitchell said, "I look forward to a better performance next week at Cowley."

Helmer said, "This was a great start to our outdoor season. It's always good to compete at home, and we had 13 schools, excellent competition, great weather, and a lot of outstanding performances by our athletes."

Charles Wells, sports management junior, finished second in the 100 meter dash and met the qualifying standard for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Outdoor Championships. 

Cody Annis, business administration senior, finished second in the 400 meter dash and became the ninth fastest in that event in SC track and field history. He just missed the national qualifying time.

Mike Kirkland, head women's track coach, said, "We had a great start to the outdoor season with a lot of outstanding performances against some quality competition.  It also was some of the nicest weather we've had this early in the season and the ladies certainly took advantage of that, as well as competing at home for the first time this year."

Nique Wallace, early childhood graduate student, said, "I feel I did alright. I feel I will be better on Saturday. We had a hard practice Tuesday. I felt sore, so I didn't feel as fresh for this meet."

Sarah Morton, digital arts senior, won the triple jump and was a national qualifier.

Kirkland said, "Sarah started off her outdoor season much like she ended her indoor season."

Audry Anderson finished second in the 10,000 meter run and was a national qualifier.

The 4x100 meter relay team came within two tenths of a second from hitting the national qualifying mark.

Kirkland said, "It's a great start for this group, since we really only got to spend one day working on full-speed exchanges before the meet."

Korie Hawkins is a freshman majoring in journalism. You may e-mail her at korie.hawkins@sckans.edu.

Women

100 meter dash-1, Ashley Robinson, 12.72, Nique Wallace, 12.76, Valarie Hart, 13.09

200 meter dash-1, Ashley Robinson, 26.15, Nique Wallace, 26.16, Valarie Hart, 27.21

400 m LH-1, Kari Roth, 68.92, Nicole Shidler, 72.32, Eva Sanders, 74.24

800 meter run-1, Brae Johnson, 2:30.19, Jordan Unruh, 2:32.70, Courtney Ross, 2:33.70, Alyssa Carter, 2:37.13

1500 meter run-1, Ericka Franklin, 4:55.23, Alyssa Carter, 5:18.57

3000 m steeplechase-1, Brae Johnson, 12:13.67

5000 meter run-1, Ericka Franklin, 19:12.08, Kate Topham, 19:55.05, Ame Walter, 23:24.01

10,000 meter run-1, Audry Anderson, 38:40.80

4 X 100 meter relay-1, Nique Wallace, Valarie Hart, Kari Roth, Ashley Robinson, 49.53

4 X 400 meter relay-1, Courtney Ross, Jordan Unruh, Eva Sanders, Audry Anderson, 4:31.03

Long Jump-1, Paige Carswell, 16-3 ¼, Sarah Morton, 15-7, Eva Sanders, 13-2 ¾

Triple Jump-1, Sarah Morton, 37-5, Paige Carswell, 34-8 ½, Eva Sanders, NM

High Jump-1, Kari Roth, 5-0 Discus-1, Kelli Bunnel, 89-2

Hammer-1, Kelli Bunnel, 111-9

Men

100 meter dash-1, Charles Wells, 10.82, Davion Mitchell, 11.11, Bryant Andrews, 11.13, Wayne Trimmell, 11.31, Kyle Larsen, 11.51, Deleon Freeman, 11.65

200 meter dash-1, Bryant Andrews, 22.47, Davion Mitchell, 22.51, Wayne Trimmell, 22.67, Charles Wells, 22.80, Kyle Larsen, 23.33, Deleon Freeman, 23.59

400 meter run-1, Cody Annis, 49.16, Cedrick Riley, 50.43, Jeremiah Roberts, 53.47

800 meter run-1, Aric Cherry, 1:54.53, Bryce Johnson, 1:57.18, Jimmy Bryant, 2:00.61, Tanner McNinch, 2:12.93

1500 meter run-1, Jimmy Bryant, 4:06.80, Andrew Topham, 4:07.66, Daniel Joiner, 4:08.23, Jess Eberle, 4:10.37

3000 meter steeplechase-1, Zack Conroy, 10:24.62, Jordy Train, 11:40.98, Chase Kuchera, 12:40.89 5,000 meter run-1, Andrew Topham,15:24.96, Daniel Joiner, 16:23.02, Zack Conroy, 16:35.66, Jess Eberle, 16:58.48, Jordy Train, 18:03.54, Chase Kuchera, 19:15.60, Tanner Weeast, 20:01.02

10,000 meter run-1, Kyle Luttgeharm, 37:30.13

4 X 100 meter relay-1, Charles Wells, Davion Mitchell, Kyle Larsen, Cody Annis, 42.17

4 x 400 M Relay-1,Cody Annis, Bryce Johsnon, Jimmy Bryant, Aric Cherry, Tanner McNinch, 3:23.25

Long Jump-1, Brandon Hessing, 20-8, Cordairo Hansen, 19-10 ½, Deleon Freeman, 15-2 ½

Triple Jump-1, Brandon Hessing, 45-11 ½

Pole Vault-1, Cordairo Hansen,13-0

Shot Put-1, Dustin Gorden, 43-5 ¼, Brandon Jackson, 40-1, Cordairo Hansen, 39-8 ¾, Josh Plummer, 34-7 ½

Discus-1,Dustin Gorden, 151-3, Nathan Morrison, 116-2, Alex Hutchins, 112-2, Darrell Wilson, 100-8, Josh Plummer, 98-11, Andrew McGee, 92-3

Hammer-1, Nathan Morrison, 131-1, Darrell Wilson, 128-8, Alex Hutchins, 128-1, Dustin Gorden, 122-0,Brandon Jackson, 119-4, Andrew McGee, NM

Javelin-1, Colby Segraves, 153-8, Darrell Wilson, 130-1

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