February 8, 2010

Custar, Quill break school records at Iowa State

Unable to compete at last weekend’s Johnson County Invite due to weather, the Cowley College men’s indoor track and field team returned to action with a bang as they broke two school records and hit 13 national qualifying marks at the Iowa State University Cyclone Open held Friday and Saturday in Ames, Iowa.

“This helped soothe my nerves a little bit about missing the Johnson County meet,” Cowley head coach Mark Phillips said.

Sophomore Jory Custar smashed his own school record in the 800-meter run by four seconds as he placed second with a national qualifying time of 1:52.40. Fellow sophomore  Ray Quill also broke the school record in the 60-meter hurdles for the second time this season as he placed seventh with a time of 8.54.

Cowley also had good performances from its pole vaulters with both Rick Valcin and Michael McLeod placing third with national qualifying marks of 14-1 ¾.

Mac Griffith, who qualified for nationals in the high jump (6-6) cleared 13-3 ½ in the pole vault, while Cameron Conely made the bar at 12-3 ½.

“I look forward to Mac and Cameron competing in the heptathlon at the region meet, I think they will make some noise,” Phillips said.

Dustin Mettler, Phillip Banowetz, and Josh Gracia each hit national qualifying times in the 5,000-meter run, while Mettler and Banowetz also qualified for nationals in the 3,000-meter run.

Dane Dewitt joined Custar as a national qualifier in the 800-meter run, and Brice Irving qualified for nationals in the mile run and 1,000-meter run. T.J. Mapp joined Irving as a national qualifier in the 1,000-meter run.

The Tigers will take the majority of its field athletes to compete at the Pittsburg State Invite on Friday, while a select group of athletes will compete at the University of Arkansas Tyson Invite on Friday and Saturday.

“The Arkansas meet is one of the premiere events in the Midwest,” Phillips said.

Cowley will hold out the majority of its distance runners at the Pittsburg State Invite as they prepare for the Region VI/Jayhawk Conference meet on Feb. 20-21.

“We have got to get some kids healthy for the Region meet,” Phillips said.

Results:

• Distance Medley Relay — Cowley College “B” (Thomas Kjerengtroen, Dylan Filburn, Brandon Sparks, Colin Jokisch), 11:15.00, ninth.
  
• 200-meter dash — Adrian Porter, 22.71, 14th; Tyler Patterson, 23.26, 22nd; Tobiah Rocker, 23.91, 28th.
  
• 5,000-meter run — Dustin Mettler, 15:11.15, fourth, national qualifier; Phillip Banowetz, 15:19.47, seventh, national qualifier; Josh Gracia, 15:24.90, ninth, national qualifier.
  
• Weight throw — Mason Putman, 44-2 ½, 13th; Marcus Tapia, 42-2, 16th; Charles James, 41-6 ½, 17th.
  
• Long jump — Rocker, 20-3 ¾, 11th; Kameron Conely, 19-8 ½, 13th; Mac Griffith, 18-5 ¼, 16th.
  
• 60-meter hurdles — Ray Quill, 8.56, fourth; Griffith, 9.09, 11th; Kale Hamm, 9.21, 12th; Conely, 9.59, 14th.
  
• 60-meter dash — Porter, 7.16, 12th; Rocker, 7.39, 18th; Patterson, 7.42, 20th.
  
• 60-meter hurdles — Quill, 8.56, seventh, school-record.
  
• 600-yard run — Terrell Beard, 1:15.46, 11th.
  
• Mile run — Brice Irving, 4:17.39, fifth, national qualifier; T.J. Mapp, 4:27.63, 12th.
  
• 400-meter dash — Patterson, 52.23, 19th; Conely, 53.90, 27th.
  
• 800-meter run — Jory Custar, 1:52.40, second, national qualifier, school record; Dane Dewitt, 1:59.22, 19th, national qualifier; Kjerengtroen, 2:01.88, 23rd; Sparks, 2:02.86, 24th; Filburn, 2:03.89, 26th.
  
• 3,000-meter run — Mettler, 8:49.53, eighth, national qualifier; Banowetz, 8:51.86, 15th, national qualifier; Isbek Salinas, 8:57.32, seventh; Gracia, 9:04.43, 13th.
  
• 1,000-meter run — Mapp, 2:35.14, third; Irving, 2:37.69, eighth, national qualifier.
  
• 4x400-meter relay — Custar, Filburn, Griffith, Beard, 3:26.95, 10th.
  
• Shot put — Charles James, 48-5 ¼, seventh; Marcus Tapia, 42-5 ½, 12th; Edric White, 36-5 ½, 15th.
  
• High jump — Griffith, 6-6, fourth, national qualifier; Hamm, 6-4, seventh.
  
• Pole vault — Rick Valcin, 14-1 ¼, third, national qualifier; Michael McLeod, 14-1 ¼, third,, national qualifier; Griffith, 13-3 ½, sixth; Conely, 12-3 ½, seventh.
  
• Triple jump — Porter, 41-6 ½, fourth; Rocker, 39-6, seventh.