Barton men bring home fourth national runner-up trophy in five years to close out 2022 Indoor Nationals #GoBarton

The Barton Community College men's track and field team survived a competitive field to bring home more hardware by finishing national runner-up at the 2022 NJCAA Indoor National Championships held at the Plaster Center on the campus of Pitt State University.

Earning the second place trophy for the fourth time in the past five years, Barton compiled 62 points to outdistance Iowa Western's 51 points in winning the battle for second. South Plains captured the title with 140 points.

Barton added another individual title, a pair of additional runner-up placings, and a pair of program all-time list impacts among its five season or personal best performances.

Daylin Williams became Barton's second national champion of the two-day meet, clocking a program 5th best 7.80 60m hurdle time to earn the gold. The title joined Shakwon Coke's long jump crown earned on Friday.

Coke added a national runner-up on Saturday, marking a season best 15.53m on his last jump to take over the lead. Sitting in second throughout the previous five rounds, Coke's title hopes didn't last long as Iowa Central's Roman Kuleshov regained his lead on the final jump with a 15.72m mark. Anthony Woods gave the Cougars an additional four points in the event by posting a personal best 14.77m splash in the sand for 5th place overall.

Also earning the silver, Elijah Mosley recorded the program's 8th best 400m time in clocking a 47.06.

Mosley was also a part of the season best performance from the 4x400m relay team, anchoring the trio of Almond Small, Telron Bradford Jr., and Jye Gillard to place 4th overall in a time of 3:11.08.

The Cougars will now turn its sites on the outdoor season set to begin in a couple of weeks.

Barton Men's Day Two Results
60m Hurdles: NATIONAL CHAMPION Daylin Williams (PB 7.80 *5th program best; *Tied for top fastest time in NJCAA this season)
400m: National Runner-Up Elijah Mosley (PB 47.06 *8th program best), 9th Telron Bradford Jr. (48.43)
4x400m Relay: 4th SB 3:11.08 (Almond Small, Telron Bradford Jr., Jye Gillard, Elijah Mosley)
Weight Throw: 10th Brandon Lloyd (15.18m), 15th Giovanni Gutierrez (13.63m)
Triple Jump: National Runner-Up Shakwon Coke (SB 15.53m), 5th Anthony Woods (PB 14.77m)

Barton Men's Day One Results
60m Hurdles (Prelims): 2nd Daylin Williams (PB 7.84 *6th program best; *2nd fastest time in NJCAA), 17th GiAndre Lee (PB 8.38)
600m (Prelims): 20th Jye Gillard (1:21.75), 23rd Cedric Williams (1:22.13)
60m (Prelims): T-12th Ali Moore (6.81) and Almond Small (T-PB 6.81)
400m (Prelims): 4th Elijah Mosley (47.29), 7th Telron Bradford Jr. (PB 47.69)
200m (Prelims): 17th Almond Small (21.75), 21st Ali Moore (21.90)
Shot Put: National Runner-Up Giovanni Gutierrez (17.09m, 56-1.00), 3rd Brandon Lloyd (16.79m, 55-1.00)
Long Jump: NATIONAL CHAMPION Shakwon Coke (PB 7.83m, 25-8.25 *Betters his 4th best program history), 6th Anthony Woods (PB 7.33m; 24-0.75)