JCCC men’s track seventh at outdoor nationals
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The Cavaliers tied for fourth at last year. JCCC finished with 47 total points. South Plains was the top team with 135 points. Individually JCCC had two athletes win national championships, which tied most in one outdoor championship meet in men’s track history. Additionally, the team produced nine NJCAA Coaches All-Americans.
Freshman jumper Kali Jackson of Cahokia also was multiple All-American performer. Jackson was national champion in the triple jump, posting a winning mark of 51'11", setting a new school record. Jackson also owns the school record indoors. He was NJCAA and Coaches All-American in that event. Jackson also earned NJCAA and Coaches All-American in the long jump with a runner-up finish. He posted a mark of 25'0", the third-best performance in that event in school history.
Freshman Randal Carter of Omaha, Neb., earned a national title in the high jump, clearing 7'0.5", earning him NJCAA and Coaches All-American. That effort ties the third-best performance in school history. Carter owns the school record indoor with a mark of 7'3", Feb. 15, at the Tyson invitational host by the University of Arkansas. Carter was also the indoor national champion.
Freshman Justin Bowen added his name to the long list of All-America pole vaulters at JCCC. Bowen posted a third-place finish in the event, clearing 15'4.5". That effort earned both NJCAA and Coaches All-American. Bowen also placed third indoors in the pole vault.
Sophomore Curtis King, a sprinter from Montgomery, Ala., who was national champion in the 200-meters indoors, placed fourth at the outdoor championship with a time of 21.16. King also earned NJCAA and Coaches All-American running the anchor leg on JCCC’s 4x800 relay, which placed second in a time of 40.24, just 0.19 behind champion South Plains.
Other members of that relay were freshman Patrick Youngblood of Tulsa, Okla., freshman Eugene Williams of Miami, Fla., and freshman Withley Williams of Weatherford, Okla.
