The Barton Community College men's track and field team opened up the outdoor season this past weekend competing in the Louisiana Classic hosted by the University of Louisiana in Lafayette.

The Cougars won four events over the two-days of competition, placing twelve among the top ten of the field, and punched seven national outdoor championship qualifying performances.

Echoing the women's shot put, Giovanni Gutierrez matched Kelsie Murrell-Ross' achievement in winning the event plus adding his name into the program's fourth best ever throw. Gutierrez beat out twenty-three other competitors in the event with a 18.05m (59-02.75) mark as teammate Brandon Lloyd was second at 16.56m (54-04.00) for 12th best in program history.

Lloyd also landed a program 12th best mark in the discus throw, bettering the twenty-five man field on a 51.48m (168-11) concluding his outdoor debut.

National 400m indoor runner-up Elijah Mosley got his outdoor season started on a high note, easily reaching qualifying standards in clocking a 46.74 to win the event over thirty-five competitors including fellow Cougars Almond Small in 6th (48.86) and Cedric Williams (48.95).

Small helped the Cougars 4x100m relay team to the event title, joined by Daylin Williams, Caleb Boger, and Almond Small in clocking a nation's current second best time of 40.38 seconds. The 4x400m relay team also met national qualifying standards as Boger, Small, Zander Von Stade, and Andrew Ferguson clocked a 3:17.07 in placing 5th.

D. Williams also made a run at the 110m hurdle gold, coming up just short on a second place qualifying 14.08 time as teammate GiAndre Lee recorded a personal best 14.93 to come in 8th. Lee also placed 8th in the longer 400m hurdles, posting a 1:00.77 time.

Barton stays in state for its next meet traveling to Winfield on Saturday for the Jinx Invite.

Complete 2022 Louisiana Classic results