It was quite the trip to southeast Kansas Sunday for the Barton Community College women's track and field team as the Cougars added seven more national qualifying performances competing in the KJCCC/Region VI Invite held at Pittsburg State's Plaster Center.
The day's results featured 13 personal bests led by the 1000m performance from Kayan Green. Running the event for the first time, Green clocked a 2:57.42 time in taking over the nation's top current time by three seconds and recorded the program's 7th all-time best.
Green also later ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay team helping the Cougars to also take over the nation's top spot. Teaming with leadoff Naiya Morgan, Lashanna Graham, and Ashantae Harvey, the tandem passed the baton to a 3:46.21 time to better New Mexico Junior College's 3:47.09.
Harvey also had a solid meet, recording two of the team's new qualifying performances. Setting new bests in the process, Harvey clocked a 25.01 in winning the 200m and added a second place 60m hurdle finish of 8.76 to her three event day.
The Cougars had 15 first time event participants, Green in the 1000 and Graham being another of those by competing in the 600m and claiming a national qualifying time of 1:37.87 in placing second.
Other national qualifying performances:
Efe Latham – Weight Throw – 1st place, 15.03m (49-03.75) *Personal best
Nia Robinson – Triple Jump – 1st place, 11.57m (37-11.50)
Jada Sewell – Shot Put – 4th place, 13.14m (43-01.50)
The Cougars' next meet is February 11-12 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, competing in the Tyson Invitational.
Complete Barton Results
60m H: 2nd Ashantae Harvey 8.76 (PR, NQ)
200m: 1st Ashantae Harvey 25.01 (PR, NQ), 2nd Jayda Dillon 25.49 (PR), 4th Naiya Morgan 25.55 (1st time), 8th Deborah Lowe 26.11 (1st time)
400m: 2nd Adalin Robinson 58.68 (PR), 3rd Deborah Lowe 58.82 (PR)
600m: 2nd Lashanna Graham 1:37.87 (1st time, NQ)
800m: 11th Malama Toure 3:14.50 (1st time)
1000m: 1st Kayan Green 2:57.42 (1st time, current #1 time in NJCAA, #7 program all-time)
5000m: 5th Karina Herrera 20:51.47 (PR)
4x400m Relay: 1st "A" Group 3:46.21 (Naiya Morgan, Kayan Green, Lashanna Graham, Ashantae Harvey) *Season best, Nation's top current time, 3rd "B" Group 4:06.63 (Deborah Lowe, Jayda Dillon, Ashanti Harvey, Adalin Robinson)
Weight Throw: 1st Efe Latham 15.03m (PB, NQ), 5th Kelsie Murrell-Ross 14.17m (1st time), 7th Jada Sewell 13.91m (PB), 8th Ariana Rodriguez 13.41m (PB), 21st Lillian Thomas 10.47m (1st time)
Shot Put: 1st Kelsie Murrell-Ross 14.51m (Already has top National Qualified distance), 4th Jada Sewell 13.14m (PB, NQ), 7th Efe Latham 12.05m (1st time), 8th Lillian Thomas 11.59m (PB), 10th Ariana Rodriguez 11.08m (PB), 23rd Malama Toure 8.84m (1st time), 24th Jasmine Carson 8.72m (1st time)
Long Jump: 1st Ida Seesay 5.38m (1st time)
Triple Jump: 1st Nia Robinson 11.57m (NQ), 2nd Jasmine Carson 10.93m (1st time), 3rd Brittania Ingram 10.58m (1st time)
High Jump: 7th Jasmine Carson 1.40m (1st time), 9th Malama Toure 1.35m (1st time)