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Men’s Story Here is what was at stake entering the 4×400 relay on Thursday. Cloud County CC led the competition with 96 points after a furious comeback. The T-Birds scored 23 combined points in the discus and triple jump to surge into the lead and needed more than 10 points in the 5000 to assure themselves a second national title in a row. Cloud County CC only got three points in that aforementioned event and didn’t have a relay team, so that left the door open for second-place Barto...

2021 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field USTFCCCA All-America

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The Salina Journal MITCHELL COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating after human skeletal remains were located along the Mitchell and Cloud County line. On Monday morning, April 26, just before noon, the KBI was asked by the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office and the Cloud County Sheriff’s Office to investigate after they located human skeletal remains near Highway 9 and County Road 757, east of Beloit. KBI agents and the Crime Scene Response Team responded. The Mitchell...

Caden Bach increased his national lead in the javelin to 66.29m (217-6) and Daniel Cope hit a personal seasonal best in the discus of 53.33m (171-8). The New Mexico-based T-Birds added or improved four national top-10 marks to their haul this past weekend. New Mexico JC got a national-leading mark from Javed Jones in the 400H at 51.66c, the No. 2 mark in the 800 from Baptiste Depril-Dupre at 1:51.70c and the fourth-ranked discus throw from Diamante Gumbs at 50.22m (164-9) and the fourth-ran...

Flomena Asekol in the 1500 (4:30.12c), Kimeone McLeod in the 100H (13.68c), Victoria Villanueva in the pole vault (3.52m/11-6½) and Luisarys Toledo in the heptathlon (5251). Former No. 1 South Plains (Texas) is now ranked No. 2. The Lady Texans added or improved upon 11 national top-10 marks. South Plains (Texas) saw a few national leaders come out of the weekend: Rosemary Chukwuma in the 100 (11.23w) and the 4×100 relay (45.29). Joniar Thomas amassed 5132 points in the heptathlon to ce...

Cloud County CC vaulted to the top spot in the National TFRI after a huge weekend. The T-Birds, who soared four spots from No. 5 to No. 1, added 11 national top-10 marks to their haul, including three of the top-5 spots in the 5000 – Awet Beraki (No. 2, 29:30.74), Edwin Kipainoi (No. 3, 32:33.33) and Linus Limo (No. 5, 33:05.39) – and three of the top-6 spots in the decathlon – Marcquiece Cade (No. 2, 5890), Andrew Betton (No. 5, 5543) and Renaldo Savoury (No. 6, 5511). Caden Bach ...

NEW ORLEANS ­– All-America honors for the 2021 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field season were announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Student-athletes earned USTFCCCA All-America honors by finishing among the top-8 in their events – including as a member of a relay – at the 2021 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this past weekend in Pittsburg, Kansas. South Plains (Texas) and Iowa Western CC captured the men’s and women’s tea...

Nothing could stop South Plains College on Day 2. The top-ranked Texans put up 87 points on Saturday, which would have put them in a fourth-place tie, if you didn’t count their 51 points from Day 1. All told, SPC amassed 138 points for the second largest team total since 2014 and a 35-point margin of victory over runner-up Iowa Central CC. Where did the Texans get their points on the final day? We’re glad you asked, because SPC left no stone unturned with four individual titles (600, 800, 1...

South Plains College is favored to win its first crown since 2018. Don’t be shocked if Iowa Central CC is right there with them, as the top-2 teams are separated by fewer than eight points, which isn’t much at all when it comes to the National TFRI. South Plains (Texas) holds 23 national top-10 marks in 2021, including four that top their respective events: Seydi Sall in the 600, Romaine Beckford in the high jump, the 4×400 relay and the 4×800 relay, which just went 7:44.16 for the No....