GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- With most of the finals set for Sunday, Saturday was a rather slow day for the Chadron State College track and field team at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship at Grand Junction. Colo.
             
Redshirt freshman Chayton Bynes of Chadron earned the Eagles' only point Saturday when he placed eighth among the 24 qualifiers in the long jump. His best mark was 22 feet, 9 inches, about foot shy of his season best.  It's anticipated that Bynes will finish much higher Sunday, when his strongest event, the triple jump, takes place.
             
Another CSC redshirt freshman, Ryan Clapper of Yoder, Wyo., qualified for the Sunday's finals in the 200-meter by placing fifth in Saturday's preliminaries.  Other Eagles in the finals are Quincy Efeturi in the 100 dash and senior Greg Logsdon, also of Yoder, in the 400.  Logsdon was sixth Friday in 400 preliminaries.
             
The Eagles also hope to score some points in the relays Sunday.
             
Although they did not qualify for the finals, CSC Coach Jake Gruver was pleased that Shantae Morgan and Caydince Groth, both juniors, had their season-best times in the women's 200-meter prelims Saturday. That also was true for freshman Jacob Jefferson of Akron, Colo., in the 110 high hurdles.  
             
Gruver added that Kaden Dower did well in several events and improved his status in the decathlon Saturday.  The final three events of the decathlon, which has 10 events, will be early Sunday.