Tiger athletes place first in eight events at Grizzly Classic

Competing in cool, windy conditions Saturday in El Dorado, KS, the Cowley College men and women's outdoor track and field teams had some solid performances at the Grizzly Classic.

The Tiger men and women each had four first place finishers.

"It was nice to see our athletes compete and not fold because of the weather," Cowley head coach Cameron Rieth said. "There was a lot going against us, but we did our best."

On the men's side, Cowley got first place finishes from Diego Andres-Dougan in the triple jump, Mario Garcia Arroyo in the discus, Conner Kaplinger in the javelin, and Adrian Diaz-Lopez in the 1,500-meter run.

Tiger sophomore Simeon Faagai also performed well and was a new national qualifier in the hammer.

"We had some standout performances in the throws events," Rieth said.

On the women's side, the Lady Tigers got first place finishes from Arantxa Cortez in the pole vault, Chloe Wilson in the hammer, Abigail Pinnock in the 800-meter run, and Karissa Glover in the 1,500-meter run.

The Cowley track and field teams will take a split squad to compete at the Tabor College Invitational Saturday at 11 a.m. in Hillsboro, KS. A select few Tiger athletes will compete at a yet to be determined meet.

Results:

MEN

*Triple jump – Diego Andres-Dougan, 46-7 ¼, first; Arcine Thompson, 39-0 ¼, fourth.

*Long jump – Gabe Maui, 20-6 ½, third; Arcine Thompson, 18-6, eighth.

*Discus – Mario Garcia Arroyo, 146-4, first; Simeon Faagai, 137-7, third; Jean-De Dixon, 130-1, fifth; Ahmed Brown, 123-6, seventh; Jaden Schneeberger, 119-4, ninth; Trevor Green, 116-6, 10^th; Conner Kaplinger, 111-8, 13^th.

*Shot put – Brown, 48-6 ¼, second; Johnson, 46-9 ½, third; Garcia-Arroyo, 40-0, sixth.

*Hammer – Faagai, 159-6, third; Green, 152-11, Schneeberger, 147-4, fifth; Brown, 143-1, sixth; Dixon, 122-4, ninth.

*Javelin – Kaplinger, 169-11, first; Abner Johnson, 130-1, fifth;

*Pole vault – Slade Roberts, 11-5 ¾, second.

*100-meter dash – Nicolas Aguado-Torres, 10.92, 10^th.

*200-meter dash – Aguado-Torres, 21.73, 12^th; Charles Barlow, 22.53, 22^nd; Tommaso Bruni, 22.62, 24^th.

*800-meter run – Richard Whatley Jr., 2:00.65, second.

*1,500-meter run – Adrian Diaz-Lopez, 4:03.02, first; Dawson Crawley, 4:14.47, second; Jacob Coronado, 4:19.22, fifth; Dylan Roe, 4:22.66, sixth; Aaron Medrano, 4:40.91, 14^th.

*4x400-meter relay – Cowley "A" (Jeremy Garcia, Whatley Jr., Nathaniel Hubbard, Bruni), 3:27.00, second.

WOMEN

*High jump – Gracie Shire, 4-7 ½, sixth.

*Long jump – Abby Rueschhoff, 15-3 ½, fourth.

*Pole vault – Arantxa Cortez, 9-0 ¼, first; Jacie Carson, 8-0 ¾, second.

*Discus – Kayla McClellan, 137-9, second; Dajian Salmon, 109-10, 10^th; Alejandra Handie, 92-5, 13^th; Shardenai Davis, 90-7, 14^th.

*Javelin – Lashae' Smith, 88-10, fifth; Gracie Shire, 60-9, sixth.

*Shot put – Kyra Choice, 42-7 ½, fourth; Rashanna Thorne, 35-5 ¾, 10^th; McClellan, 35-2 ½, 12^th.

*Hammer – Chloe Wilson, 151-9, first; McClellan, 136-4, third; Sarah Robinson, 131-7, seventh; Rashanna Thorne, 128-3, eighth; Kyra Choice, 108-8, 11^th; Handie, 106-2, 13^th.

*200-meter dash – Jacie Carson, 28.73, 22^nd; Shyane Ransom, 29.07, 23^rd.

*400-meter dash – Shyane Ransom, 1:09.17, 10^th.

*100-meter hurdles – Lashae' Smith, 16.41, fourth; Allison Catlin, 17.26, fifth.

*400-meter hurdles – Catlin, 1:15.28, third.

*800-meter run – Abigail Pinnock, 2:31.44, first; Asaris Dandicourt-Goire, 2:43.02, sixth; Alayna Love, 2:52.14, 11^th.

*1,500-meter run – Karissa Glover, 5:04.44, first; Pinnock, 5:14.83, third; Delicia Boothe, 5:20.53, fourth.