2016-17 Women's Track and Field News

Season
Barton track and field program with forty-four All-American performances; tops in Region VI

The Barton Community College track and field team recorded a combined forty-four All-American performances recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The awards are earned finishing among the top eight in their events, including as a member of a relay team, accomplished at the 2017 NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships held May 18-20 in Hutchinson, Kansas.

June 05, 2017

Barton Track and Field brings home two national runner-up trophies

The Barton Community College track and field teams concluded the season bringing home not one, but two national runner-up trophies from the 2017 NJCAA Division I Outdoor Championships held in Hutchinson, Kansas.

May 20, 2017

Barton women's track and field team captures second straight region outdoor championship

The Barton Community College women's track and field team won their second straight Region VI Outdoor Championship on Saturday as the No. 6 ranked Lady Cougars dominated the field for an eighty-seven point margin at the Sports Complex in Arkansas City, Kansas. Adding the outdoor title to its Region VI Indoor championship, the Lady Cougars scored 192 points to earn the 29th region outdoor crown in the program’s history. Barton will stay in Kansas to conclude its season with a trip to Hutchinson May 18-20 for the NJCAA Outdoor National Championships.

May 06, 2017

Ricketts headlines Lady Cougar performances at LSU meet

The Barton Community College women's track and field team competed against some of the best in the country this past Saturday in Barton Rouge, Louisiana, in the LSU Alumni Gold meet. Taking on multiple NCAA Top 10 performers along with decorated professionals and Olympians, the Lady Cougars had multiple personal best efforts while moving up the national ranks in multiple categories.

April 22, 2017

Lady Cougars qualify two more for Nationals in weekends KT Woodman Classic

The Barton Community College women's track and field team qualified a couple more for the national championships as the Lady Cougars competed this past weekend at the annual two day KT Woodman Classic held at Wichita’s Cessna Stadium. Overall the squad finished sixth in the nineteen team field scoring twenty-five points.

April 16, 2017

Robinson's personal best and two titles earns KJCCC Track Athlete of the Week honor

Rian Robinson of the fifth ranked Barton Community College women’s track and field team has been awarded the female KJCCC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week for week two following her performances last week at the West Texas A&M Classic in Canyon, Texas.

April 14, 2017

Barton women's track program races to third place at WTAMU Classic

The Barton Community College women's track and field team had a great two days of competition on the oval taking third in the 6th Annual West Texas A&M Classic in Canyon Texas. Competing against mostly four-year competition, the Lady Cougars grabbed three golds within their seventeen Top-8 placings, had seventeen performances that exceeded the national qualifying standard, sixteen personal best performances, and saw its now top ranked 4x400m relay team record the seventh fastest time in school history.

April 09, 2017

Barton women's track and field wins four events with twenty-two top ten performances at Cowley Invite

The Barton Community College women's track and field team competed this past weekend in Arkansas City at the Cowley College Tiger Invite. The Lady Cougars won four titles amongst their twenty-two top ten placings while recording three national qualifying performances to go along with multiple personal individual bests.

April 02, 2017

Lady Cougars with five top-ten national performances at the Arkansas Spring Invitational

The Barton Community College women's track and field team competed for the second time in the outdoor season this past weekend, braving rain and multiple delays at John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the Arkansas Spring Invitational. The Lady Cougars accounted for five top-ten performances among the NJCAA in earning nine finishes in the top ten amongst the mostly four-year competition.

March 27, 2017

Barton women's track and field opens outdoor season at ESU Spring Invitational

Coming off a fourth place national finish in the indoor season, the Barton Community College women's track and field team opened the outdoor season this past Friday at the ESU Spring Invitational hosted by Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. The Lady Cougars had four NJCAA national qualifying performances on the Golden Oval of Witten Track inside Welsch Stadium, as Barton would have eleven Top-10 placings in finishing seventh amongst the eighteen competing teams.

March 18, 2017

Barton Track and Field coaches highlight indoor regional awards; Cougars earn thirty-six All-American honors

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced their indoor regional awards recently with the Barton Community College track and field team earning thirty-six All-American awards including three coaching honors. Student-athletes earned USTFCCCA All-America status by virtue of finishing among the top-8 in their events, including as a member of a relay team, at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Indoor Track & Field Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas, while coaching honors were voted and selected by coaches within the USTFCCCA.

March 15, 2017

Trophy comes home, Barton Track & Field teams place third and fourth nationally

The Barton Community College track and field teams both finished amongst the nation’s elite as the men captured the third place trophy while the women fell just three points shy of grabbing the third spot to finish in fourth.

March 04, 2017

No. 2 ranked Lady Cougars defend indoor titles, captures 27th Region VI indoor championship

The Barton Community College women's track and field team defended its KJCCC and Region VI indoor titles this past weekend at Pittsburg State University's Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. Winning their third straight Jayhawk West Conference title, the Lady Cougars had five individual champions amongst its twenty-eight top-ten finishes to capture its 27th Region VI indoor title. Barton scored 177 points in the region to outdistance Coffeyville Community College’s 104 and racked up 219 points to win the West title over Butler Community College’s 184 earning Head Coach David Schenek the Coach of the Year award.

February 18, 2017

Lady Cougar split squad performances in Nebraska

The Barton Community College women's track and field team headed to Nebraska this past weekend splitting the No. 3 ranked Lady Cougars sending one group to Lincoln for the 42nd annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational while a smaller contingent headed across state to Crete for the Fred Beile Classic hosted by Doane College.

February 04, 2017

Fifteen personal best highlight No. 2 Lady Cougar track at Jayhawk Classic

Fifteen personal bests highlighted the most recent meet for the nation’s No. 2 ranked Barton Community College women's track and field team as the Cougars grabbed two first place and three runner-up finishes Friday in the Jayhawk Classic hosted by the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The Lady Cougars had eight NJCAA national qualifying performances at the Anschutz Pavilion looking strong in the short track events against mostly four-year university competition.

January 27, 2017

Relay team enters Barton record book, multiple Lady Cougars amongst nation's fastest

The Barton Community College track and field team continues to turn heads following their third meet of the indoor season, competing this weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the Cherry and Silver Invitational hosted by the University of New Mexico.

January 22, 2017