BLUE DRAGONS CAPTURE 5 EVENTS AT BUTLER INVITE

Jobe Fowles was one of three Blue Dragon throwers to post personal records in the men's hammer throw on Saturday at the Butler Invitational in El Dorado. Fowles finished third with a career-best throw of 151 feet. (Tracey Mason/Blue Dragon Track and Field)
Jobe Fowles was one of three Blue Dragon throwers to post personal records in the men's hammer throw on Saturday at the Butler Invitational in El Dorado. Fowles finished third with a career-best throw of 151 feet. (Tracey Mason/Blue Dragon Track and Field)

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

EL DORADO – The final regular-season meet of 2022 yielded five event wins and five personal records for the Hutchinson Community College men's track and field team on Saturday.

The Blue Dragons captured a season-high five event victories at the Butler Invitational at BG Products Stadium.

Sophomore Aaron Geissinger won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best time of 10 minutes, 7.05 seconds.

Freshman Dimetre Browne won the long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 1.25 inches.

Sophomore Simon Steinert won the pole vault after clearing 14 feet.

Sophomore Clyedterrious Thompson won the 100 meters with a time of 10.74 seconds. He ran 10.57 seconds in the preliminaries.

Freshman Darrien Holloway won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.05 seconds.

Four other Blue Dragons posted personal-best performances on Saturday.

Three of those PRs came from the hammer throw. Jobe Fowles had a throw of 151 feet to finish third. Cody Flax was seventh with a PR of 142-3. Antonio Cooper was eighth with a PR throw of 133-11.

The other Blue Dragon PR came from freshman Caleb Manning, who placed second with a clearance of 6 feet, 3.5 inches.

Other top performances for the Blue Dragons on Saturday:

+ Andrew Holt placed second in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:14.15.

+ Cooper placed third in the shot put with a mark of 50 feet, 2.75 inches. Cooper was fourth in the discus with a throw of 130 feet, 5 inches.

+ Brayden Peterson was third in the pole vault after clearing 12 feet.

+ Donovan Bryant was third in the high jump after clearing 6 feet, 1.5 inches.

+ Fowles placed third in the discus with a throw of 131 feet, 2 inches.

+ Sharim Hamilton placed fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 50.30 seconds.

+ The Blue Dragon 4x100 relay team of Davion Gardenhire, Hamilton, Browne and Thompson placed fourth with a time of 42.85.

+ Carson Radford was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 5.25 inches.

+ Brennon Heckel was sixth in the javelin with a mark of 115 feet, 3 inches.

+ Manning also placed sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 46 feet, 4.75 inches.

The Blue Dragons being the postseason next week with the Region VI Outdoor Track and Field Championships next Thursday through Saturday in Garden City.