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DAC Women’s Outdoor Championships
Bahamas National Junior Meet - Complete Results
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La’Sean Pickstock shock the stadium at the BAAA National Junior Championship securing the 400 meter title in 47.32 seconds defeating 2007 silver medalist Juan Lewis 47.35 seconds.
Defending champion Demetrius Pinder suffered an injury earlier in the season and was unable to compete.
Pickstock fresh of the NAIA National Championships having ran a personnel best time of 47.19 seconds caught Lewis at the line edging him out for the win. Blue Hawks Take 2nd at NAIA Nationals; Women Complete Best Season in School History
NAIA Championship Meet - Complete Results
Dickinson State’s bid to win their fourth men’s title in five years fell just four points short this weekend, but the Blue Hawks were able to secure 2nd place in the team standings--their sixth consecutive season that they finished in the one of the top two slots.
They crowned two individual national champions, one relay champion and 14 All-Americans. The women’s team also had an excellent meet, getting team points from six athletes--two of which earned All-American status--and their 18 points was the best in school history. Christa Hofland’s best toss in the shot put, 43’ 1 ¾”, was good enough for 7th place and Chadee Moss took 8th in the triple jump, leaping 38; 3 ¼”. They also set a school record in the 4 x 100M relay (Crystal Eneas, Kelsey Aide, Moss and Kyla Wasser), finishing 10th in 48.15 in the semi-finals.
The men were led by Allan Ayala and Roman Miller who played key roles in the national champion 4 x 400M relay team (3:09.20) and who also took home individual championships. Ayala, last year’s runner-up in the 400M intermediate hurdles, left it on the track in the finals on Saturday. He set a personal record of 51.11 and was a sizeable 0.42 seconds in front of his nearest competitor.
Miller healthy this season after nursing a stress fracture last spring, blazed to a 46.51 clocking to win the 400M sprint. Teammate Sean Pickstock ran in sixth place in 47.58 and earned All-American honors.
It was most unfortunate that the Blue Hawks were unable to get the baton around the track in the 4 x 100M relay race, as they had the top qualifying time entering Saturday’s final. Baton exchanges are never assured and DSU was the victim this time. The Blue Hawks would not allow it to define their meet however, and within the next three hours, both Ayala and Miller accepted top honors in their respective events and John Ingraham, who did not figure into many scorecards, took a key 3rd place in the 200M. After the 5K races, Ayala, Pickstock, Ingraham and Miller brought home the 4 x 400M relay championship.
Antillio Bastian (47’ 11 ¼”) and Kurt McCormack (46’ 11 ¾”) went 5th and 8th respectively in the triple jump. Star jumper Dominic Goodman sustained an ankle injury on his first effort and was not able to perform at his best and did not score for the Hawks.
Michael Sands made the finals in the 100M though the field was deep and his 10.76 clocking could manage only 8th place and one point for the team total.
Also scoring for the Blue Hawks was their 4 x 800M relay team. At least two of the members, seniors Ryley McPeters (1:54) and Sergio Jimenez (1:51) ran lifetime bests, while the other two runners, Robert Hernandez (1:54) and Wilson Barmasai (1:53) at least ran their season’s best all when it counted most. The quartet set a new school record (7:35.69) and earned All-American honors, grabbing a well-deserved 4th place in Friday’s final. Their feat was not too surprising however to distance Coach Galen Morton, as all four athletes reported that they had more in the “tank” after their 7:40.69 qualifying mark on Thursday.
Dickinson State Begins NAIA National Competition in Edwardsville, Ill., Crown Two All-Americans
NAIA Championship Meet - Day One Recap
The 2008 NAIA National Outdoor Track and Field Championships opened today at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. For the Blue Hawks, the track events opened with the women’s 4 x100M relay. Out of lane two, on a rain soaked track, Kelsey Aide, Crystal Eneas, Chadee Moss and Kyla Wasser, exchanged the baton from one to the next and edged Concordia (Ore.) for the fourth and final automatic qualifier in their heat in a time of 48.81 seconds. They will advance to tomorrow’s semi-final race, slated to be run at 2:50 pm (MDT).
Earlier, Christa Hofland got the Hawks started in the field events with a best throw of 162’ 1” in the hammer competition. Though it was just under her lifetime best, it was good enough to claim 7th place and earn DSU two team points.
In the men’s 4 x 100M relay, Ross Loeffler, John Ingraham, Ramon Miller and Michael Sands managed to handle the elements in a heat-winning 41.30 clocking. Their time was the third fastest on the day out of 25 teams. Their next challenge, the semi-final heats, will follow the women’s relay effort at approximately 3:00 pm (MDT).
For the women, a day one total of 15 points--all in field events--finds them sitting in 3rd place in the team standings. Kelsey Aide was second in the pole vault at 11' 9 ¾”, and both she and Chadee Moss earned All-American honors. Moss’ best long jump carried 18’ 8 ½” into the sand pit and it was good enough for 6th place. A nose behind her was first year standout Sarah Holle, whose lifetime best of 18’ 6” allowed her to grab the 7th slot for the Blue Hawks.
Other athletes who advanced to the next round of qualifying were Kyla Wasser (12.81) and Michael Sands (10.88) in the 100M, and Ramon Miller (47.93) and Sean Pickstock (48.25) in the 400M. Allan Ayala, last year's runner-up in the 400M intermediate hurdles, tops the qualifying list to the next round with a 51.63 timing.
The men’s 4 x 800M relay also secured their place in Friday’s competition by virtue of their heat winning mark of 7:40.69--just 1/100 of a second off of the school record. Ryley McPeters, Robert Hernandez and Wilson Barmasai all ran 1:56 and “change” to open the sequence for the Blue Hawks. Anchor runner, Sergio Jimenez took the baton in good position, thanks to the competitive efforts of the aforementioned trio. Jimenez battled the other runners for the first lap, but then took the lead at the 400M split and held off a late charge by Oklahoma Christian in the last 80 meters to hit the line first. His split was 1:53. It should be an exciting final as only 4.3 seconds separates all eight qualifiers. |
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