PITTSBURG, Kan. – McMurry University Track & Field made its second trip in three weeks to Pittsburg State University – posting noteworthy results at the Seventh Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic in Kansas on Friday and Saturday.
After
Janeth Chacon set the new indoor 3000 meter run record two weeks ago at the same track, her sister
Jazmin Chacon broke it this weekend with a time of 10:40.93. Both sisters are in the West Region Top 10, with Jazmin in fifth and Janeth in ninth at 11:00.83. Janeth finished consistent with her time two weeks ago at 11:01.54 this weekend.
The War Hawks also added two more marks to the national rankings, with freshman
DonTre Sinegal recording a 13.80m mark in his triple jump debut to rank 41st nationally and first regionally. Sinegal is now ranked in two events – both the long and triple jumps. He joins
Jayden Sloan in the national rankings with his time in the 400 meter dash from the season opener.
The women also posted their first national ranking of the season, as the women's distance medley relay team of
Katelyn Hernandez,
Jacee Dinkins and the Chacon sisters finished with a time of 13:17.51. Their converted DMR time is 45th nationally and second in the region.
Overall, McMurry now has 28 times or marks in the regional rankings on the men's side, while the women have 20.
McMurry competed alongside 63 schools from across all levels – including NCAA Division I teams such as Nebraska, Tulsa and Arkansas State, among others. Fellow American Southwest Conference school East Texas Baptist also had entries in the meet.
RESULTS
Track Highlights:
- Jayden Sloan recorded the top 200 time in the region Saturday, finishing nearly one-tenth of a second off the school record set by Hall of Honor member Hann Ollison with an indoor personal best of 22.18. Dazhaun Walton had a 22.29 in the 200 – ranking third in the region – while running a 7.15 in the 60.
- The men's DMR was just as exciting as the women's DMR, as John Zuniga Jr., Justin DeLeon, Eddie Garcia and Abram Maldonado recorded a time of 10:46.33. This time is fourth in the region and ranks just outside the national Top 50.
- Maldonado had a great individual time in the 3K, nearing the school record with a time of 9:04.17. His time, which currently ranks 20th in the region, is a personal record.
- DeLeon had a strong weekend outside of the DMR, setting a personal record in the 60 meter hurdles at 8.82. The 60H is the 15th unique event that DeLeon has competed in. He was also on the 4x400 team that finished at 3:24.19 along with Sloan, Walton and Caleb Kwiatkowski, edging out conference rival ETBU by less than a second.
- The women's 4x400 trimmed down its time from two weeks ago, finishing with a time of 4:18.95 on the legs of Breauna Conner, Isabella Sanchez, Katelyn Hernandez and Kelby Tidwell. They rank fifth in the region.
- Najwa Campbell and Nandhi Brown cracked the region's Top 12 for the 60 meter hurdles with respective times of 9.61 and 9.78. Campbell's time was a personal best.
- Freshmen Hannah Moss and Patrick Mickey recorded regionally ranked times in the 60 meter dash with Moss at 8.24 on the women's side and Mickey at 7.35 on the men's side.
Field Highlights:
- DonTre Sinegal had a mark of 6.58m this week in the long jump, but remains 10th nationally from his mark two weeks ago at 7.15m. His triple mark jump remained the highlight, a collegiate debut at 13.80m.
- Kelby Tidwell finished with a mark of 2.76m in the pole vault, clearing the bar on her third attempt.
- Freshman Reagan Owen had a mark of 14.02m in the men's weight throw.
Up Next:
The War Hawks plan to enter two indoor meets next week, including the Jarvis Scott Open at Texas Tech on Friday, Feb. 18 and the FasTrak Open Qualifier at the University of Houston on Saturday, Feb. 19.
