BLUE DRAGON MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD |
NJCAA Division I Outdoor Championships - Day 1 |
| When: Thursday, May 19, 2021 Where: Gowans Stadium, Hutchinson, KS Times: Multi-Events – 9 a.m.; Field Events – 11 a.m.; Running Events – 5 p.m. Video: NJCAA Network (PPV), all day Results: Heartlandtiming.com Day 1 Blue Dragon Schedule 11 a.m. – Dimetre Browne (Long jump) 5 p.m. – Simon Steinert (Pole vault) 5:45 p.m. – 4x100-Meter Relay Preliminary 6:15 p.m. – Sharim Hamilton (400-meter Hurdles Preliminary) |
Hutchinson CC Sports Information
A total of nine Hutchinson Community College athletes will represent the Blue Dragons in 12 events on their home track at Gowans Stadium beginning Thursday.
Gowans Stadium plays host its seventh NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and first since 2017 beginning Thursday.
The Blue Dragons will have four entries competing on Thursday.
Sophomore thrower Antonio Cooper is the highest nationally ranked Blue Dragon entering the 2022 championships.
Cooper is eighth in the shot put after a top distance of 53 feet, 7.75 inches set at the Tabor Invitational on April 23. Cooper will compete in the shot put at 11 a.m. on Friday at Gowans Stadium.
Cooper is one of two Blue Dragons to qualify in two individual events.
Cooper is also entered in the discus, which will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The sophomore from Junction City is ranked 13th in the NJCAA at 154 feet, 1 inches, which was set at the Southwestern Jinx Invite on March 26.
Sprinter Clyedterrious Thompson qualified in both the 100 and 200 meters. Thompson is ranked 19th in the 100 meters with a time of 10.35 seconds and 43rd in the 200 with a time of 21.35 seconds. The 100 preliminaries are scheduled for 2:50 p.m. and the 200 preliminaries are at 4:05 p.m. on Friday.
Thompson will actually compete in four events for the Blue Dragons.
Hutchinson's 4x100 relay team of Dimetre Browne, Thompson, Davion Gardenhire and Donovan Hines is ranked 16th in the NJCAA with a time of 41.32 seconds set at the Region VI Championships two weeks ago in Garden City. The 4x100 relay preliminaries are at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday.
The Blue Dragon 4x400 relay team of Gardenhire, Brown, Thompson and Sharim Hamilton is ranked 16th in the nation with a time of 3:16.42. The 4x400 relay preliminaries are at 5:25 p.m. on Friday.
Hines also qualified in the 100 meters with a time of 10.54 seconds, ranked 44th in the NJCAA.
Pole vaulter Simon Steinert enters Thursday's 5 p.m. event with the ninth-best clearance of 14 feet, 1.25 set at the Tabor Invitational.
Hamilton qualified for the 400-meter hurdles at the Friends Invitational on April 2 with a time of 53.83 seconds. He is ranked 14th in the NJCAA. The 400-meter hurdle preliminaries are at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Freshman Caleb Manning is ranked 15th in the NJCAA in the triple jump after going 48-1.25 at the Region VI Championships.
Freshman Alexander Holt is 19th in the 110-hurdles, qualifying for nationals at the Tabor Invitational with a time of 14.51 seconds, which is 19th in the NJCAA. The 110-hurdle preliminaries are at 1:05 p.m. on Friday.
The first Blue Dragon to complete on Thursday is Browne in the long jump. Browne is ranked 20th after a season's top jump of 23-9.5 at the Region VI Championships.