SPEARFISH, S.D. – Both the men's and women's Chadron State track teams finished third while four Eagle individuals and one relay won events at the Dave Little Alumni Open, hosted by Black Hills State on Saturday.
The Eagles swept the triple jump events with frequent standouts
Chayton Bynes and
Camila Salvucci capturing titles. Wyoming transfer
Shelby Ekwall also won the women's shot put for the second time in as many competitions in a Chadron State uniform.
Bynes jumped 14.84 meters (48-8.25), improving his season-opening mark by 15 inches, climbing to the top of the RMAC leaderboard and hitting an NCAA qualifying standard. Freshman
Gage Brooks was third in the event at 13.21 meters (43-4.25).
Ekwall also improved on her December mark by firing the shot put 13.36 meters (43-10).
Ashlyn Tapio and
Kristie Jordan finished fourth and fifth, respectively, to give CSC three of the top five.
Salvucci won the women's triple jump with a mark of 11.09 meters (36-4.75). She jumped two feet and two inches farther than teammate
Mataya Ward, who placed second at 10.43 meters (34-2.75).
The Eagles also went 1-2 in the men's 60-meter dash, as senior
Esosa Iyengunmwena won by thousands of a second over freshman
Ayden Hartzell as both had an officially listed time of 6.97 seconds.
Finally, Chadron State received fireworks from its event-winning 4x400 relay team, comprised of
Hunter Lund,
Christopher Cormier,
Ryan Clapper and Hartzell. The quartet ran a time of 3:22.98, two-tenths of a second faster than their time at the previous meet.
Each of the relay quartet did not participate in the individual 400-meter event at Saturday's event, but the Eagles still took second and third in that offering with
Dylan Sup (50.86) and
Diego Perez (52.05) crossing in the podium places.
Eva Nitschke also placed second in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.44 seconds.
Wongel Molla was the CSC women's top sprinter, finishing fifth in both the 60 and the 200.
For a full interactive list of results, scores and placings,
click here.
The Eagles are in action next Saturday at the WSC Showdown, hosted by Wayne State College on January 24.
