Johnson County Community College
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Julie Haas, Director, ext. 3120
Peggy Graham, Writer, ext. 3425
Tyler Cundith, Sports Information Director, ext. 3122

3/3/2008
Story by Tyler Cundith

Johnson County men’s and women’s track teams fourth at region indoors

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- The Johnson County Community College men’s and women’s track and field teams recently posted fourth-place team finishes at the NJCAA Region VI/Kansas Jayhawk Conference Indoor Championships at Ahearn Fieldhouse in Manhattan, Kan. On the men’s side, six individuals accounted for championships in three events. In the conference, seven JCCC athletes helped win titles in six events. On the women’s side there were no region champions, but nine individuals helped win seven conference championships.

Imani Butler had a big day for the Cavaliers. The freshman sprinter from St. Louis was the 200-meter region and conference champion, winning the event in a school record time of 21.27, breaking the old mark of 21.32 held by former All-American Wendell Gaskin in 1993. Butler also ran a leg on the region and conference champion 4x400 relay that won with a time of 3:17.78.

Joining Butler on that relay were freshman Patrick Youngblood (Tulsa, Okla.), sophomore Curtis King (Montgomery, Ala.) and freshman Redell Frazier (Kansas City, Kan.). Youngblood also won a conference title in the 400-meters, posting a winning time of 51.77. Frazier was a multiple champion too, winning the 600-meters with a time of 1:23.29.

Freshman Randal Carter, one of the nation’s leading high jumpers to date, won region and conference titles with a mark of 6'9.75". Earlier this year Carter set the school record in the high jump with a mark of 7'3" at the Arkansas Tyson Invitational.
Rounding out the conference champions is sophomore James Tong of Kansas City, Mo. Tong won the 800-meters with a time of 1:58.38. Tong is the school’s record holder in the 1,000-meters.

On the women’s side, freshmen Tiana Davis of Kansas City, Mo., and Shaycoya Myers of Tulsa, Okla., were the team’s top performers, with each winning three events. Davis was conference champion in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.00. That effort earned a third-place finish in the region. Davis posted a personal-best time of 8.96 in the preliminary round. That effort ranks her second all-time at JCCC. Davis also won the triple jump with a mark of 35'8.5", and ran a leg on the champion 4x400 relay. Davis’ effort in the triple jump was good for a fourth-place region finish.

Myers won conference in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes, and ran leg on the 4x400 relay. Myers 60-meter time was 7.72, her third-best effort of the season. She set the school record earlier this campaign at 7.68 at the Adidas Nebraska Classic. Myers winning time in the 200-meters was 26.05. She finished runner-up and third respectively in those two events in the region standings.

JCCC Results:

WOMEN
•60-meter dash - Shaycoya Myers (7.72, 2nd region, 1st conference)
•60-meter hurdles - Tiana Davis (9.00, 3rd region, 1st conference); Whitney Miller (9.04, 4th region, 2nd conference)
•200-meter dash - Shaycoya Myers (26.05, 3rd region, 1st conference)
•1 mile run - Temer Yimer, 5:46.94 (6th region, 2nd conference) Andrea Young (6:00.53 10th region, 4th conference)
•600-meter run - Anjaih Clemons (1:39.41, 3rd region, 2nd conference); Whitney Miller (1:44.86, 7th region, 3rd conference)
•800-meter run - Courtney Price (2:38.22, 10th region, 4th conference); Andrea Young (2:50.08, 17th region, 6th conference)
•1000-meter run - Kaitlyn Flynn (3:31.87, 7th region, 2nd conference); Sam Gros (3:32.30, 8th region, 3rd conference)
•5000-meter run - Francis Gipson (19:59.31, 6th region, 3rd conference)
•4x400 Relay - Miller, Davis, Myers, Clemons (4:15.23, 2nd region, 1st conference)
•4x800 Relay - Gros, Price, Flynn, Yimer (10:38.95, 4th region, 1st conference)
•Pole Vault - Kim Lester (9'4.25", 2nd region, 1st conference)
•Long Jump - Tiana Davis (17'0.25", 7th region, 2nd conference)
•Triple Jump - Tiana Davis (35'8.5", 4th region, 1st conference)
•Shot Put - Jenna Highley (29'2.5", 15th region, 5th conference)
•Weight Throw - Jenna Highley (37'1", 11th region, 3rd conference)
•Pentathlon - Brittany Kirton (2,133 points, 6th region, 2nd conference)

MEN
•60-meter dash - Curtis King (6.86, 4th region, 2nd conference); Austin Hawthorne (6.97, 6th region, 3rd conference)
•200-meter dash - Imani Butler (21.27 SR, 1st region, 1st conference); Curtis King (21.59, 2nd region, 2nd conference)
•400-meter dash - Patrick Youngblood (51.17, 8th region, 1st conference); Austin Hawthorne (51.90, 14 region, 7th conference)
•1 mile run - Daniel Everhart (4:49.30, 10th region, 5th conference); Kyle Morgison (4:56.99, 14th region, 8th conference); Matt Bilhimer (4:57.66, 15th region, 9th conference)
•600-meter run - Redel Frazier (1:23.29, 3rd region, 1st conference)
•800-meter run - James Tong (1:58.38, 4th region, 1st conference); Brian Beachum (2:00.83, 7th region, 2nd conference)
•1000-meter run - Keith Cowart (2:39.74, 5th region, 2nd conference); Kyle Morgison (2:52.69, 13th region, 5th conference)
•3,000-meter run - Alex Troncoso (9:18.26, 8th region, 4th conference); Grant Catloth (9:20.97, 9th region, 5th conference); Jason Rose (9:35.99, 11th region, 6th conference)
•5,000-meter run - Trevor Johannsen (16:15.44, 6th region, 4th conference); Daniel Everhart (16:18.53, 7th region, 5th conference); Grant Catloth (16:22.15, 8th region, 6th conference)
•4x400 Relay - Butler, King, Youngblood, Frazier (3:17.78, 1st region, 1st conference)
•4x800 Relay - Tong, Bilhimer, Beachum, Cowart (8:05.34, 4th region, 2nd conference)
•High Jump - Randal Carter (6'9.75", 1st region, 1st conference)
•Pole Vault - Justin Bowen (14'6", 2nd region, 2nd conference); Billy Leutzinger (14'6", 3rd region, 3rd conference); Todd Dorsey (14'0", 4th region, 4th conference)
•Long Jump - Eugene Williams (20'9.75", 9th region, 5th conference)
•Shot Put - Lloyd Dugan (43'9", 9th region, 4th conference); Richard Flaig (39'7.75", 13th region, 8th conference)
•Weight Throw - Lloyd Dugan (39'6", 13th region, 7th conference); Richard Flaig (36'4.75", 15th region, 9th conference)