January 25, 2010

Tiger track and field team does well at Missouri Southern University

With one meet under its belt, the Cowley College men’s indoor track and field team headed to Joplin, MO. to take part in the Missouri Southern University Radio Shack Indoor Invitational held Friday and Saturday.

The Tigers had two national qualifying performances and nine top-three finishes.

“We had some good performances,” Cowley head coach Mark Phillips said. “I thought we got more done than we did last week at Nebraska.”

Freshman Charles James continues to impress as he surpassed the national qualifying mark in the shot put for the second consecutive week. James’ mark of 50-5 ½ was good enough for third place in the event.

“Charles just keeps on rolling along and will continue to get better,” Phillips said.

Sophomore Jory Custar, who broke the school-record in the 800-meter run last weekend at Nebraska, followed up that performance by winning the 600-yard run with a time of 1:15.08.

Custar was also a member of the Tigers’ distance medley relay team, which finished first with a national qualifying time of 10:41.70. Custar was joined by Dylan Filburn, Dane Dewitt, and T.J. Mapp on the relay team.

Sophomore Brice Irving also ran well as his third place time of 8:52.79 in the 3,000-meter run qualified him for nationals.

Cowley will be back in action Friday when they take part in the Johnson County Indoor Night Relays in Overland Park. Field events will begin at 5 p.m. and running events will start at 7 p.m.

“We will see what we are made of and how we recover from two weekends of two-day meets,” Phillips said.

Results:

• High jump — Mac Griffith, 6-2 ¾, sixth; Kameron Conely, 5-8 ¾, 12th.
  
• Long jump — Adrian Porter, 22-1 ¾, third; Tobia Rocker, 20-11 ¾, seventh; Jesse Schulte, 16-6 ½, 11th.
  
• Triple jump — Porter, 42-4 ¼, sixth; Rocker, 38-9 ½, eighth.
  
• Shot put — Charles James, 50-5 ½, third, national qualifier; Edric White, 31-2, 15th.
  
• Weight throw — Mason Putman, 45-11 ¼, seventh; James, 45-0 ¼, ninth; White, 44-9 ¾, 11th; Marcus Tapia, 42-11, 12th.
  
• Distance Medley Relay — Cowley “A” (Jory Custar, Dylan Filburn, Dane Dewitt, T.J. Mapp), 10:41.70, first, national qualifier; Cowley “B” (Clint Fulton, Brandon Sparks, Thomas Kjerengtroen, Alstin Benton), 11:07, fourth.
  
• 200-meter dash — Porter, 23.08, fifth; Rocker, 24.64, 17th.
  
• 3,000-meter run — Brice Irving, 8:52.79, third, national qualifier; Josh Gracia, 8:56.51, fifth; Phillip Banowetz, 8:56.66, sixth; Dustin Mettler, 9:06.26, ninth; Isbek Salinas, 9:14.46, 12th; Colin Jokisch,
• 9:35.72, 16th.
  
• 60-meter dash — Porter, 7.09; Rocker, 7.35, 18th; Fortin, 7.57, 25th.
  
• 60-meter hurdles — Griffith, 9.21, ninth; Hamm, 9.53, 10th; Conely, 9.55, 11th.
  
• Mile run — Gracia, 4:30.61, third; Salinas, 4:32.95, sixth; Dustin Mettler, 4:37.23, ninth; Fulton, 4:40.57, 12th; Benton, 4:41.94, 14th.
  
• 400-meter dash ¬— Terrell Beard, 53.72, 12th; Conely, 54.70, 16th; Fortin, 54.71, 17th; Griffith, 55.03, 19th.
  
• 600-yard run — Custar, 1:15.08, first; Kjerengtroen, 1:17.77, third; Sparks, 1:18.92, fourth.
  
• 800-meter run — Mapp, 2:00.48, third; Irving, 2:00.98, fifth; Dewitt, 2:01.46, seventh; David Phillips, 2:01.76, eighth; Filburn, 2:04.41, 10th.
  
• 5,000-meter run — Cianin Kutil, 16:30.35, sixth.
  
• 4x400-meter relay — Cowley “A” (Porter, Conely, Griffith, Beard), 3:33.35, third; Cowley “B” (Filburn, Sparks, Phillips, Fortin), 3:36.30, sixth.