Hutchinson CC Sports Information
Several Blue Dragon track and field national champions will be inducted into the Hutchinson Quarterback Club Hall of Fame.
The Class of 2025 will be inducted during the 2025 NJCAA Division I National Track and Field Championships on Saturday, May 17.
The Induction Class of 2025 includes:
+ 1954 Men's Track and Field National Champions:
This team won Hutchinson Community College's first team national championship, doing so at Gowans Stadium.
The Blue Dragons edged Victoria 76.5-72 in the final team standings.
A total of 15 different Blue Dragons earned All-America honors in the 1954 Championships.
+ 1959 Men's Track and Field National Champions:
When the 1959 Blue Dragons lifted the NJCAA national championship trophy at Gowans Stadium, sprinter Larry McCue and distance runner Ray Schmitz scored more than half of the Blue Dragons' team points by themselves.
Only six Blue Dragons scored in 1959 as Hutchinson racked up 55 team points to claim the program's second national championship. Arlington Junior College was second with 45 and Tarleton Junior College was third with 35 points.
+ Randy Bryant - Track and Field 1985-86
Bryant Was the 1986 NJCAA National Pole Vault champion and tied for sixth in 1985, earning two NJCAA All-America honors. Bryant continued to be the Blue Dragon outdoor pole vault record holder at 16 feet, 5 inches until 2024.
+ Teddy Poole - Track and Field 2007-08
Pool was an eight-time Blue Dragon All-American, six on the first team, with three national championships and three more national runner-up finishes. The 200 meters was Poole's specialty. At the indoor championships, Poole won the 2007 national title and was fourth in 2008. He was the back-to-back outdoor 200-meter national champion. Poole was national runner-up in 2007 and 2008 in the outdoor 100 and was national runner-up in the 2008 indoor 60-meters and seventh in the 2007 national indoor 55 meters.
+ John Talbert - Track and Field 2011
Talbert was one-year Blue Dragon who won two national championships in the 2011 outdoor championships, which were held at Gowans Stadium. Talbert won the discus and hammer throw.
+ Kristi Rinehart - Women's Track and Field 1996-97
Won the 1997 NJCAA National Outdoor High jump with a height of 5 feet, 8 inches in 1997. That still ranks third on the all-time outdoor chart. She didn't compete in the indoor season because she also played women's basketball.
+ Cassie Wiley - Women's Track and Field/Volleyball 2011-12
Wiley became the third Blue Dragon women's athlete to win a national high jump championship, winning the 2012 indoor national title. She still ranks in the Top 5 on the Blue Dragon charts.