GOLDEN, Colo. -- February 5, 2022 -- Numerous Chadron State College field athletes continued to improve their marks and several increased their chances of qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Indoor Meet during the Colorado School of Mines Winter Classic in Golden on Saturday.
Redshirt freshman
Morgan Fawver of McCook was one of four Chadron State event winners. He captured the long jump by going 24-feet, 4 ½ inches, his career best by 15 inches and the mark puts him eighth on the current national indoor list. His teammate,
Emory Yoosook of Casper, Wyo., was third in the event by a leap of 23-5 ½, 10 inches farther than his previous best.
Chadron State high jumpers
Jourdaine Cerenil of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., and
Miranda Gilkey of Lusk, Wyo., also excelled in that event with career-best marks. Cerenil cleared 5-7 ¾ while placing second and now is among the top 10 on the national list. Gilkey placed fourth at the Classic by going 5-6 ½ and is 16th nationally.
The Eagles' other event winners were triple jumper
Derrick Nwagwu of Aurora, Colo., at 48 feet even and weight throwers Dan Reynolds of Granby, Colo., and
Courtney Smith of Rock Springs, Wyo.
Reynolds sent the 35-pound weight 60-9 ½, five inches farther than ever before, while Smith hit 52-11 ½ with the 20-pound weight, her career best by 3 ½ inches. Teammate Becca Monahan of Cheyenne, Wyo., was fifth in the weight throw at 48-1 ¾, her best by more than two feet.
Reynolds also finished third in the shot put while teammate
Parker Gonser of Windsor, Colo., was fourth in both the shot and weight throw. Monahan also was fourth in the shot put, one place behind teammate
Trinity Chrisawn of Rock Springs, Wyo., who threw 38-3 ½.
Veteran triple jumpers
Brock Voth of Berthoud, Colo., and
Joss Linse of Plattsmouth, Neb., were third and fourth in that event. Voth matched his season-best of 47-7 and Linse added 10 inches to his previous best by going 46-5 ¼.
CSC male high jumpers Joe Dumsa of Sandy, Utah,
Hector Ortega of Northglenn, Colo., and
Alec Penfield of Lusk, Wyo., finished fourth, fifth and sixth in their event. Dumsa, who cleared a career-best 6-9 ½ the previous Saturday to rank among the potential national qualifiers, led the trio Saturday at 6-6 ¾.
A half dozen Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams participated in the classic. Only field events contestants represented the Eagles. This coming weekend the entire team will compete at the South Dakota State University Indoor Classic in Brookings.
CSC's placings and marks follow:
Men's Events
Shot put—3,
Daniel Reynolds, 52-0; 4,
Parker Gonser, 48-11 ½.
Weight throw—1,
Daniel Reynolds, 60-9 ½; 4, Parker Gosner, 49-.
Long jump—1,
Morgan Fawver, 24-4 ½; 3,
Emory Yoosook, 23-5 ½.
Triple jump—1,
Derrick Nwagwu, 48-0; 3,
Brock Voth, 47-7; 4,
Joss Linse, 46-5 ¼.
High jump—4, Joe Dumsa, 6-6 ¾; 5,
Hector Ortega, 6-4 ¾; 6,
Alec Penfield, 6-4 ¾; 8 Connor McCracken, 6-2 ¾
Women's Events
Shot put—3,
Trinity Chrisawn, 38-3 ½; 4, Becca Monahan, 37-4; 5,
Morgan Ekwall, 37-3 ½; 6,
Courtney Smith, 36-11.
Weight throw—1,
Courtney Smith, 52-11 ½; 5, Becca Monahan, 48-1 ¾; 6,
Madyson Schliep, 45-3; 7, Trinity Chrishawn, 44-0;
Long jump—7,
Jourdaine Cerenil, 16-9 ½; 8,
Miranda Gilkey, 16-8 ¾.
High jump—2,
Jourdaine Cerenil, 5-7 ¾; 4,
Miranda Gilkey, 5-6 ½; 8,
Destiny Pelton, 5-3.
