By OAKLEE FIELDER, Sports Editor
Last weekend, the NWOSU track and field team went to Pittsburg State in Pittsburg, Kansas to compete in the Pittsburg State Tune Up.
Kareem Small placed 3rd in the 100 meters with his time of 10.28.
In the 200 meters. Trevor Montanye was 13th with a time of 21.72. Eric Colins was 26th with a time of 22.27.
Harrison Stapleton was 3rd in the 400 meters with his time of 49.12. Oshea Johnson’s time of 50.04 put him in 8th.
In the 1500 meters, Jordan Pierce was 17th with a time of 4:18.14. Edgar Reyes was 25th with his time of 4:27.33.
Zachary Cox was 4th in the 5000 meters, he had a time of 15:59.59. Andrew Scott placed a time of 16:36.53 and that put him in 10th.
The throwing events were next, after the running events.
Brock Bourgeois was 20th with a distance of 40.1 meters. Apollo Taylor was not far behind in 25th with a distance of 39.3 meters.
In the javelin event, Kaleb Woolery was 22nd with a distance of 40.9 meters. Ethan Burns was 25th with a distance of 34.4 meters.
Bourgeois also competed in the shot-put event, he was 15th with a distance of 14.2 meters. Cody Grasha was another Ranger in the shot-put event. He placed 26th with a distance 12.7 meters.
The women also went to Pittsburg to compete.
Krissalynn Henderson was 23rd in the 100 meters with a time of 12.44. Brianisha Rolling was 28th with a time of 12.54.
In the 200 meters, Henderson was 14th with a time of 25.52. Camille Dates was 27th with a time of 26.56.
Azucena Carrillo was 17th in the 400 meters with a time of 1:03.4.
Elizabeth Dorado’s time of 5:49.28 put her in 27th in the 1500 meters. Jamie Torres-Franco was 28th with her time of 6:02.69.
In the 100 meter hurdles prelims, Olivia Sipos was 25th with a time of 17.45. Kaydence Bergdall was 26th with a time of 18.02.
The 4×100 meter team finished with a time of 47.88, putting them in 2nd.
In the high jump, Asia Hicks posted a height of 1.5 meters, putting her in 14th. Hope Kerchan was 19th in the long jump with a distance of 4.3 meters.
In the triple jump, Jenesis Tomlinson was 9th with a distance of 10.61 meters.
Kaylan Swindle was 22nd in the hammer throw event with a distance of 39 meters.
Jordyn Tucker placed a 39.22 meter distance and that put her in 11th. Swindle was 14th with a distance of 41.6 meters.
The track and field team will go to Fort Hays on April 24 to compete at Fort Hays, Kansas. This will be the final competition of the year before the GAC Championships.