March
12, 2010
Cowley athletes open outdoor track and field season

Fresh off competing at the national indoor, the Cowley College men and
women’s track and field teams opened the outdoor season by hosting
a meet on Thursday.
With Southwestern College’s track and field facility under construction,
the Tigers helped host the seven-team Southwestern Invite in chilly conditions.
Despite the cold weather, the Tiger track and field teams had some good
early season performances.
“I am real pleased with some of the things we did,” Cowley head
coach Mark Phillips said. “It was especially good to get a outdoor meet
in early in the year.”
The Lady Tiger track and field team, which placed third at the national
indoor meet, were led by sophomore Katie Phillips qualifying for nationals
in the pole vault, and freshmen Leigh Ann Omarkhail and Allison Hoover
qualifying for nationals in the 1,500-meter run and pole vault, respectively.
Richelle Farley set the school record in the 100-meter hurdles (15.44)
and just missed qualifying for nationals. Farley’s time of 15.44
broke the previous school record of 15.59 set by Neisha Peterson in 2007.
Tiffany Wilcox also ran well and finished first in the 100-meter dash
(12.65), while Cearra Reddig led Cowley in the throws events by placing
first in the shot put (39-4).
The Tiger men were led by the performance of a newcomer to the team as
Vondrell Harris, a transfer from Pratt Community College, hit the national
qualifying mark in the high jump (6-6 ¾), and triple jump (47-11 ¾),
while placing first in both events.
“I felt really good about his performances,” Phillips said.
Charles James, who placed sixth in the shot put at the national indoor,
won the event on Thursday with a national qualifying mark of 49-7 ¾.
Sophomore T.J. Mapp also had a good day and won the 800 and 1,500-meter
runs. Cowley’s Michael McLeod (pole vault) and Adrian Porter (long
jump) also won events on Thursday.
With many of Cowley’s distance and middle distance runners that
competed at nationals being held out of Thursday’s competition,
Phillips anticipates having a full squad take part in the Tiger Invite
held Saturday, March 27 in Arkansas City.
“We will go after as many national qualifying marks as possible,” Phillips
said.
Results:
WOMEN
- 100-meter dash — Tiffany Wilcox, 12.65, first; Lamonica Johnson,
13.13, third.
- 200-meter dash — Johnson, 28.06, fifth.
- 800-meter run — Jessica Dyer, 2:32.78, second; Cassy Kendrick,
2:34.25, third.
- 1,500-meter run — Leigh Ann Omarkhail, 4:58.28, first; Val
Bland, 5:07.08, second.
- 5,000-meter run — Purity Cheriuyot, 19:17.83, third; Bailey
Hawkins, 19:45.56, sixth.
- 100-meter hurdles — Richelle Farley, 15.44, first, school-record.
- 4x100-meter relay — Cowley “A” (Johnson, Farley,
Cinnamon Striplin, Wilcox), 51.46, second.
- High jump — Kate Scott, 4-9 ¾, second.
- Pole vault — Katie Gillmore, 10-10, first, national qualifier;
Allison Hoover, 10-4, second, national qualifier.
- Shot put — Cearra Reddig, 39-4, first; Annalisa Jauregui, 32-4 ¼,
seventh.
- Discus — Reddig, 104-0, fourth; Ruthann Ralstin, 97-11, sixth.
- Hammer — Tiffany Tolbert, 112-0, sixth; Stephanie Hope, 110-6,
eighth; Reddig, 102-0, 11th; Whitney Green, 88-3, 12th; Ralstin, 83-11,
13th.
- Javelin — Jauregui, 105-6, fifth; Scott, 83-2, ninth; hope,
79-11, 11th; Green, 77-3, 12th.
MEN
- 100-meter dash — Tobiah Rocker, 11.50, fourth.
- 200-meter dash — Tyler Patterson, 22.82, second; Adrian Porter,
23.15, fourth; Jesse Schulte, 25.89, 13th.
- 400-meter dash — Patterson, 52.01, fourth; Porter, 52.73,
sixth.
- 800-meter run — T.J. Mapp, 1:58.85, first; Dane DeWitt, 2:01.66,
seventh; Dylan Filburn, 2:03.19, ninth; David Phillips, 2:04.26, 12th;
Thomas Kjerengtroen, 2:05.43, 14th; Brandon Sparks, 2:07.63, 17th.
- 1,500-meter run — Mapp, 4:03.73, first; Josh Gracia, 4:11.94,
fourth; Phillip Banowetz, 4:14.05, sixth; Colin Jokisch, 4:17.56, eighth.
- 5,000-meter run — Dustin Mettler, 15:38.33, second; Tyson
Christensen, 15:54.06, fifth; Cianin Kutil, 16:41.25, ninth.
- 400-meter hurdles — Kale Hamm, 1:02.01, third.
- 4x100-meter relay — Cowley “A” (Rocker, Rick Valcin,
Patterson, Porter), 42.94, third.
- 4x400-meter relay — Cowley (Filburn, Phillips, Sparks, DeWitt),
3:34.65, fourth.
- High jump — Vondrell Harris, 6-6 ¾, first, national
qualifier; Hamm, 5-10, second.
- Pole vault — Michael McLeod, 13-9 ¼, first; Valcin, 13-9 ¼,
second.
- Long jump — Porter, 22-2 ½, first; Rocker, 20-5 ¼,
fifth.
- Triple jump — Harris, 47-11 ¾, first, national qualifier.
- Shot put — Charles James, 49-7 ¾, first, national qualifier;
Kameron Conely, 33-10 ¼, 14th; Edric White, 33-1, 15th.
- Discus — James, 130-1, second; Mason Putman, 126-6, fourth;
White, 99-11.
- Hammer — Putman, 142-7, second; James, 117-7, seventh; White,
97-10, 12th.
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