2015-16 Barton Women's Track and Field News
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Seven Lady Cougar track and field members headed to the next level
June 16, 2016Seven members of the Barton Community College women's track and field team have committed to continue their student-athletic careers at the four year level including five to the NCAA Division I level. -
Barton track and field with thirty-five All-American performances; tops in Region VI
June 04, 2016The Barton Community College track and field team recorded a combined thirty-five All-American performances recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) by virtue of finishing among the top eight in their events, including as a member of a relay team, at the 2016 NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships held May 17-19 in Levelland, Texas. The Cougar men had the third most amongst the teams with nineteen finishing in eight place with forty-two points while the Lady Cougars ranked sixth most with sixteen honors leading to a fifty-two point sixth place national finish.
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Barton Track and Field earns outdoor regional awards
May 28, 2016The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced their outdoor regional awards with three given to the Barton Community College track and field team. Voted and selected by member coaches within the USTFCCCA, Barton received three of the eight awards given within the Central Region.
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Lady Cougar track and field with sixth place national finish, Barton captures three individual NJCAA titles
May 21, 2016The Barton Community College women's track and field team placed sixth at the NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships held in Levelland, Texas, following up the same finish at the national indoor meet. With cool and rainy conditions sweeping across the Texan Track and Field Stadium, the Lady Cougars came away with three individual championships led by freshman standout Ayesha Champagnie’s titles in the heptathlon and javelin while sophomore Tasha Frazier saved her best performance of her Barton career capturing the long jump title. The duo combined for forty-one of the Lady Cougars’ 52 points to double-up the nearest fellow Region VI team score as five new personal bests were recorded with three coming from freshman performances.
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Barton women track and field team win half of Region VI events, captures outdoor championship
May 01, 2016The Barton Community College women's track and field team captured the program's 26th Region VI Outdoor Championship on Saturday as the Lady Cougars won eleven of the twenty-two events this past weekend at Garden City Community College's Broncbuster Stadium. Adding the title to its Region VI Indoor championship, the Lady Cougars didn't compete in three events but dominated the championship in cold and blustery conditions nonetheless while also being crowned the Jayhawk West Conference champions. The region title was the first for Barton since 2009 racking up 189 points to unseat defending region champion Coffeyville Community College by twenty-four points and running away with the conference title by sixty-three points over runner-up Butler Community College.
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Lady Cougars set new personal bests and twelve top-ten performances at KT Woodman
April 18, 2016A week following a strong performance in Texas, the Barton Community College women's track and field team returned to the state of Kansas with more improving efforts competing this past weekend in the K.T. Woodman Classic in Wichita, Kansas. The Lady Cougars brought home a gold and twelve top-ten finishes to go along with twelve personal best and national qualifying level performances.
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Champagnie sets facility record, Lady Cougars post sixteen track and field personal bests
April 09, 2016The Barton Community College women's track and field team set sixteen new personal bests this past weekend in Canyon, Texas, participating in the West Texas A&M University Classic & Multi event. The Lady Cougars also recorded eight national qualifying level efforts, a facility record, and two school top-ten performances.
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Lady Cougars break-in new events at Cowley Invite
April 05, 2016The Barton Community College women's track and field team competed this past weekend in Arkansas City in the Cowley College Tiger Invite. With most of the Lady Cougars competing in events for the first time, Barton captured two first place finishes within twelve top ten placings while recording two national qualifying performances amongst four personal individual bests.
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Barton women with thirteen national qualifying track and field performances at Arkansas Spring Invitational
March 27, 2016The Barton Community College women's track and field team had a great second outdoor performance weekend competing in the Arkansas Spring Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Held at John McDonnell Field on the campus of the University of Arkansas, the Lady Cougars recorded thirteen national qualifying performances with seven top ten performances competing amongst eleven major universities including the No. 3 ranked host Razorbacks and two other top community colleges.
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Champagnie breaks national record, leads Barton to sixth place national finish
March 05, 2016For the third straight year a member of the Barton Community College women's track and field team was the buzz at the NJCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field National Championships. Previously it was the performances from distance standout Lydia Mato, but this past weekend the torch was passed to Ayesha Champagnie as multi-event freshman broke three Pentathlon records helping lead the Lady Cougar to a sixth place national finish this weekend. Held at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the Region VI champion Lady Cougars scored 50 points in garnering ten All-American performances with three coming Champagnie accumulating twenty-three points.
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Barton Women's Track and Field garners indoor regional awards
March 01, 2016The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced their indoor regional awards Tuesday with the Barton Community College women's track and field team garnering two awards. Voted and selected by coaches within the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), Barton received two of the four awards given to the Central Region.
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Barton women track and field team captures Region VI title to sweep awards, Robinson clocks nation leading time
February 20, 2016The Barton Community College women's track and field team captured its twenty-fifth Region VI Indoor Championship as the Lady Cougars won seven individual titles this past weekend at Pittsburg State University's Robert W. Plaster Center. Repeating as Jayhawk West Conference champions, the Lay Cougars put themselves in opportune position after Friday results and preliminary rounds pulling away from the competition in Saturday's events. Winning its first region title since 2009, Barton finished with 175 points unseating defending region champion Coffeyville Community College by twenty points and running away with the conference title by forty-six points over runner-up Butler Community College.
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Champagnie breaks Barton women track and field school record
February 06, 2016Freshman Ayesha Champagnie’s record setting performance highlighted the weekend trip for the Barton Community College women's track and field team competing in the 41st annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, NE.
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Another strong weekend for Barton women’s track and field punching eight more national entries during Holiday Inn Invitational
January 17, 2016The Barton Community College women's track and field team added eight more national qualifying performance after competing in their second indoor meet of the season this weekend at the Holiday Inn Invitational hosted by the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska. Competing against both NCAA and NJCAA level teams along with professional athletes training for Olympic hopes, the Lady Cougars had thirteen top-10 finishes to go along with the national qualifying performances.
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Barton women’s track and field open 2016 season with nine national qualifying performances
January 09, 2016The Barton Community College women's track and field team opened their 2016 indoor season this past Friday at the Bill Easton Classic inside Anschutz Pavilion on the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Competing against NCAA level teams along with Region VI foe Cowley College, the Lady Cougars had nine performances reaching national qualifying standards.
