SPEARFISH, S.D. – Chadron State won 19 events, including 13 wins by the men, as the Eagles largely dominated their two regional RMAC rivals at the Scott Walkinshaw Open and Multi, hosted by Black Hills State University in Spearfish on Saturday and Sunday.
The Eagle men and women each won team scoring, with the men racking up 262 points and the women scoring 202. Black Hills State and South Dakota Mines were also in attendance at the meet.
Three Eagle athletes tallied two individual event wins each.
Ryan Clapper swept the 100 and 200 meter dashes, running the former in 10.69 seconds and the latter in 21.44 seconds. With Clapper's 200 time in the finals and a 10.57 in the 100 prelims, the sophomore achieved the fastest times by a Chadron State athlete in both events this season.
Indoor All-American
Chayton Bynes swept the long jump and triple jump. Bynes didn't quite hit his season-bests from the Jack Christiansen Invite, which saw him set the outdoor triple jump school record, but Bynes's 15.43 meters (50-7.5) in the triple jump and 7.06 meters (23-2) in the long jump were plenty to earn the meet win.
On the women's side, freshman
Camila Salvucci earned a double in the triple jump and 200 meters. Salvucci leapt 11.80 meters (38-8.75), then raced a season-best 26.90 seconds in the 200.
Other running event winners on the men's side included
Diego Perez (400 meters, 50.11),
Creighton Trembly (110 hurdles, 14.47),
Nicquaine Henry (400 hurdles, 54.37) and
Kyle Shirley (10,000, 33:40.03).
The Eagles also won both relays, with the crew of
Esosa Iyengunmwena,
Christopher Cormier, Clapper and Trembly taking down the 4x100 and Iyengunmwena, Henry, Cormier and
Jacob Jefferson winning the 4x400.
Freshman
Trace Hanchett earned another event win in the javelin and exceeded 200 feet for the second time, coming in at 61.79 meters (202-9), just six inches off his season-best that was the farthest CSC throw in nearly 25 years.
Hanchett's performance led another strong showing for Eagle throwers.
Parker Gonser earned three top-three finishes, winning the shot put and taking third in both the discus and the hammer throw. Indoor national qualifier
Christopher Jennings won the hammer, came second to Gonser in the shot put and placed fifth in the discus.
On the women's side, Wheatland, Wyoming freshman
Laynie Goertz won the 100 meters in 13.06 seconds and came second to Salvucci in the 200, crossing the line in 27.15. Jamaican athlete
Shantae Morgan earned an event win in the 400, racing a lap in 1:03.53.
The Eagle women finished 1-2 in the 10,000 meter run, with junior
Lydia Peters besting sophomore
Katelyn Beshara, as well as in the high jump, where junior
Megan Baloun finished ahead of sophomore
Allison Beard.
Thrower
Ashlyn Tapio had a trio of top-four finishes, as the South Dakota native placed second in the hammer, third in the discus and fourth in the shot put while competing in her home state.
Chadron State track and field has two more competitions remaining until the RMAC Outdoor Championships in Golden, Colorado on April 25-27. The Eagles will compete at the site of those championships when they head to Colorado School of Mines for the Kit Mayer Classic next Friday and Saturday.
Eagles finishing in the top 5 in their events this weeked were:
Men's Events
100—1,
Ryan Clapper, 10.69; 2,
Christopher Cormier, 10.70; 5,
Dylan Sup, 10.88.
200—1,
Ryan Clapper, 21.44; 2,
Esosa Iyengunmwena, 21.57; 3,
Christopher Cormier,
21.58; 4,
Dylan Sup, 22.01.
400—1,
Diego Perez, 50.11; 3,
Hunter Lund, 51.85.
5000—3,
Wyatt Bly, 15:38.00
10000—1,
Kyle Shirley, 33:40.03
110 hurdles—1,
Creighton Trembly, 14.47
400 hurdles—1,
Nicquaine Henry, 54.37; 2,
Malachi Swallow, 57.21; 3,
Jacob Jefferson, 57.71.
4x100 relay—1, Chadron State (
Esosa Iyengunmwena,
Christopher Cormier,
Ryan Clapper,
Creighton Trembly), 41.14.
4x400 relay—1, Chadron State (
Esosa Iyengunmwena,
Nicquaine Henry,
Christopher Cormier,
Jacob Jefferson), 3:18.93.
Long jump—1,
Chayton Bynes,
23-2.
Triple jump—1,
Chayton Bynes, 50-7.5.
Shot put—1,
Parker Gonser, 48-0.75; 2,
Christopher Jennings, 47-6.25; 3,
Quade Jordan, 46-8.75; 5, Casey Miller, 45-1.
Discus—3,
Parker Gonser, 135-8; 5,
Christopher Jennings, 131-4.
Hammer throw—1,
Christopher Jennings, 176-1; 3,
Parker Gonser, 170-3.
Javelin—1,
Trace Hanchett, 202-9; 3,
William Stemler, 172-0; 5,
Triston Hite, 143-11.
Decathlon—3,
Ethan Norris, 5,215 points; 4,
Kaden Dower, 4,545 points.
Women's Events
100—1,
Laynie Goertz, 13.06; 2, Wongel Molla, 13.51.
200—1,
Camila Salvucci, 26.90; 2,
Laynie Goertz, 27.15;
Eva Nitschke, 27.8; 5, Wongel Molla, 28.79.
400—1,
Shantae Morgan, 1:03.53.
1500—5,
Kyndall Carnahan, 5:20.37.
5000—3,
Samantha Rodewald, 18:44.81; 5,
Alissa Wieman, 19:00.09.
10000—1,
Lydia Peters, 39:55.28; 2,
Katelyn Beshara, 41:13.33.
400 hurdles—2,
Eva Nitschke, 1:04.29.
High jump—1,
Megan Baloun, 4-8.25; 2,
Allison Beard, 4-7.
Long jump—2,
Brenna Fackrell, 13-7.75.
Triple jump—1,
Camila Salvucci, 38-8.75.
Pole vault—4,
Madison Clause, 10-6.
Shot put—4,
Ashlyn Tapio, 39-8.5; 5,
Morgan Ekwall, 39-1.25.
Discus—3,
Ashlyn Tapio, 121-9.
Hammer throw—2,
Ashlyn Tapio, 146-0; 4,
Morgan Ekwall, 143-9; 5,
Sydney Alles, 129-7.
Javelin—3,
Catherine Bryner, 103-10; 5,
November Diers, 95-4.
Heptathlon—2,
Kailey Klein, 3,543 points.
