BROOKINGS, S.D. – Two Chadron State College jumpers, sophomore Chayton Bynes and freshman Camila Salvucci, continued to excel Saturday, each winning an event to highlight Eagle performances at the South Dakota State Open Indoor Track and Field Meet on Saturday.

After going 24 feet, 1¼ inches in the long jump for a career-best a week ago, Bynes, a sophomore from Chadron, went 24 feet, 7 inches (7.49 meters) on Saturday to win the event by six inches at Brookings. The leap is tied for the eighth-longest in NCAA Division II nationally this season.

This weekend, Bynes did not enter his other primary event, the triple jump, where he has a best of 50-9¼ (15.47 meters) which is the second-longest leap in Division II.

Salvucci, a freshman from Argentina, was the women's triple jump winner Saturday with a mark of 38-4 ¼. That's less than an inch shy of her career-best and a foot farther than the nearest contestant went at the SDSU meet, which drew teams from about 20 schools.  

Chadron State placed three in the top six of the women's triple jump. Two South Dakota natives, junior Megan Baloun of Rapid City and freshman Mataya Ward of Belle Fourche, placed fifth and sixth in the triple jump behind Salvucci with marks of 34-5 ½ and 34-4, respectively.

Other Eagles placing among the top six were senior Christopher Jennings of O'Neill, Nebraska, who was fourth in the weight throw at 57 feet even, and hurdler Creighton Trembly, who placed sixth in the 60 hurdles with a time of 8.33 that is a tenth of a second off his season best.

Two Eagle sprinters had a pair of top-10 finishes. Freshman Christopher Cormier of Sparks, Nevada was fifth out of 60 entries in the 400 meters in 49.20 seconds, his career-best, while also placing ninth in the 200 meters. Kingston, Jamaica native Nicquaine Henry placed seventh in the 400 and eighth in the 200.

Chadron State is scheduled to compete next weekend at a meet at Wayne State College this Saturday, February 8. They are then scheduled to return to Brookings for the SDSU Indoor Classic on February 14-15.

CSC's top-10 placings follow: 
Men's Results
        200 meters – 8, Nicquaine Henry, 22.24; 9, Christopher Cormier, 22.26. 
        400 meters – 5, Christopher Cormier, 49.20; 7, Nicquaine Henry, 49.34
        60 hurdles – 6, Creighton Trembly, 8.33.
        Long jump – 1, Chayton Bynes, 24-7.
        Weight throw – 4, Christopher Jennings, 57-0; 7, Parker Gonser, 53-1 ¾.
 
Women's Results
                  400 meters – 8, Eva Nitschke, 1:00.14.
                  300 hurdles – 10, Makinley Fuller, 52:38.
                  Triple Jump – 1, Camila Salvucci, 38-4 ¼; 5, Megan Baloun, 34-5 ½; 6, Mataya Ward, 34-4.