Warriors Make Presence Known at ITF KCAC Championships
Wichita, Kan.-The Sterling Indoor Track and Field team may be small in number but make their presence known when they compete. Over the weekend they traveled to the Heskett Center on the campus of Wichita State University to compete in the KCAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The women's team brought home 6 individual titles on their own.
Corrssia Perry continued her success over the weekend. In the 60 Meter Dash, her time of 7.66 seconds met the A standard national time, won the event and it is the fastest anyone has run in that event in the history of the KCAC Championships. In the 200 Meter she ran a time of 24.67 seconds, winning the event, meeting the national A standard and breaking her own record set last year by a tenth of a second. She also won the 400 Meter sprint with a time of 58.14 seconds. This time is also an A standard qualifying time for the Indoor National Championships in Brookings, S.D. Perry runs in three events and completed the sweep.
Sydney Wilson, newcomer and Wichita State University transfer, brought additional success in the 60M Hurdles. Her time of 8.91 seconds is tops in the conference meet and is good enough to be an "A-cut" qualifier for nationals. Wilson also had success in her two field events. In the Long Jump she took 1st with a personal best 5.53 meters which is a B standard distance. She also received 1st in the High Jump with a height of 1.68 meters with meets the mark for an A standard height for nationals.
Hannah Slate finished the High Jump with a 6th place finish of 1.50 meters. Slate also had an 11th place finish in the 800 m with a time of 2:38.52. She finished 16th in the Long Jump with a personal record 4.55 meters, and finished 17th in the shot put with a throw of 9.95 meters.
Aubrie Powell finished 15th in the 1 mile run with a time of 6:27.30 and Powell and Sydney Vanhorn finished 20th and 21st in the 3000 meter run with times of 13:09.49 and 13:13.31 respectively.
On the men's side Marcus Ransom ran a 7.28 60M dash and did not qualify for the final. Isiah Marris and Ransom ran the 200 meter with times of 24.51 and 24.60 but also did not make the finals cut. Marris finished 20th in the 400M with a time of 55.20. Daylon Smith finished the 800M with a time of 2:10.23 which was good enough for 21st place. Nathan Jones ran the 3000M in 11:08.69.
In field events Robert Stansbury finished 10th in the shot put with a top throw of 12.41m. He also competed in the weight throw with a distance of 12.17m.
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