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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Ideal weather in the Klamath Basin greeted today’s athletes in the second day of the 2012 Cascade Collegiate Conference Track & Field Championship at John F. Moehl Stadium on the campus of Oregon Tech.
Two meet records fell today, including the first event of the afternoon where Concordia’s Branko Djuricic broke the previous triple jump record by over five inches. Djuricic came away with a 47-10.5 jump to take top honors for the second consecutive year. Eastern Oregon’s Robbie Haynie followed with a distance of 47-01.00, while Ethan Moore of Concordia hit the 45-09.25 mark. The second record of the day went to NyEma Sims of Concordia who trimmed 19-hundreths of a second off the 100 meter marks with a time of 11.93.
In the women’s 3000m steeplechase, for the 4th year in a row, Concordia’s Loren Moran timed in at 11:14.39 to take the individual title. Moran set the CCC record in the event in 2010 at 10:45.06. College of Idaho runner Sora Klopfenstein crossed in 11:35.61, with Laura Hansen of Eastern Oregon finishing third with a time of 11:41:37.
Warner Pacific’s Tiffanie Nyssen won the women’s pole vault with a height of 10-11.75, with Eastern Oregon finishing 2-3-4 in the event. Maddison Stapleton (10-00), Sarah Beck (10-00) and Michaela Barich (10-00) rounded out the top four for the Mountaineers.
Southern Oregon University dominated the men’s 3000m steeplechase going 1-3-4-5 in today’s race. James Johnstone earned the victory in the event for the Raiders with a time of 9:37.59, while Eastern Oregon’s Isaac Updike took second place finishing in 9:39.12. Scott McIntyre (9:42.35), Dennis McCaffrey (9:44.92) and David Sherman (9:45.85) for SOU rounded out the top five.
Concordia’s 4 x 100 women’s relay team defended their 2010 and 2011 titles, turning in a NAIA automatic qualifying time of 47.78. College of Idaho followed in 48.09 and clocking in at 48.15 was Southern Oregon University.
Controversy surrounded the highly competitive 4 x 100 men’s relay race where Concordia University, thought to win the event, was disqualified for an exchange zone violation. Southern Oregon defended their 2010 and 2011 titles, this time in 41.75 seconds. Warner Pacific was close behind at 41.91 and Eastern Oregon third in 42.34.
College of Idaho finished 1-2 in the women’s 1500, as Hillary Holt claimed back-to-back titles, including a NAIA automatic qualifying time in the event. Holt crossed in 4:37.42, while teammate Sarah Johnson finished the race in 4:43.49. Concordia’s Emily Painter placed third with a time of 4:43.99, with Northwest Christian’s Ally Manley and Brittany Petersen finishing 4-5.
The Concordia men’s throwers turned in a dominating performance in the discus this year, as the Cavaliers finished 1-2-3-4-8 in the event. The Cavs’ Nate Moses set a new meet record to earn the individual championship with a throw of 180-10. The mark was three inches further than the previous CCC record set in 2009. Bo Johnson, last year’s title winner in the discus, hit the 156-06 mark, while Ismael Osorio (152-07) and Eric Whalen (152-07) placed third and fourth for CU.
In the highly competitive 1500 meter run, Eric Avila of Southern Oregon held off Dominic Bolin of College of Idaho to take individual honors. Avila clocked in at 4:01.35, followed by Bolin’s time of 4:02.35. Matt Battaglia (4:02.25) of SOU, Cory Pena (4:02.82) of Concordia and C of I’s Greg Montgomery (4:03.26) rounded out the top five.
In the women’s 100m hurdles, Jasmine Sibert earned top honors with a time of 15.50 seconds with Kimmy Moore of Eastern Oregon close behind in 15.74. Warner Pacific’s Tiffanie Nyssen and Corban’s Becca Cox finished third and fourth in 17.07 and 17.09 respectively.
Southern Oregon’s Stevens Sullivan clocked in at 14.94 to earn the individual crown in the men’s 110m hurdles. Michael Hurd of College of Idaho was second in 15.18s and Warner Pacific’s Connor Hart timed in at 15.27.
Concordia went 1-2 with Eastern Oregon 3-4 in the women’s 400 meter race. The Cavs’ Junia Limage finished in 56.14 to take the events individual crown. Second place finisher NyEma Sims (56.22) of CU, along with third place runner Alma Garccilazo (56.33) of Eastern Oregon, joined Limage in posting NAIA automatic qualifying times.
Kristin Sass grabbed another individual title for Concordia after winning the women’s triple jump. The leap of 35-11.25 outdistanced teammate Jennifer Roberts by over four inches. Roberts went 35-06.75, with Corban’s Eliya Kohl (35-06.50) and last year’s event winner Hailey Bull (35-05.25) closing out the top four in the event.
The 6-11 mark by Eastern Oregon University’s Robbie Haynie in the high jump was 1.25 inches shy of tying a meet record, and the best jump in the CCC meet since 1998, as Haynie earned the title in 2012. Ethan Moore of Concordia placed second with a height of 6-09, while EOU’s Asa Miller placed third at 6-05.
Jonz Olander brought Southern Oregon home an individual title, as well as setting a new CCC meet record, after winning the men’s 400 meter race in 47.92. It is the first time anyone has run under 48 seconds in a CCC championship meet. Concordia went 2-4-5-6 in the event, as Andre Washington ran a 48.25 to place second and Nathan Swanson of Corban earned third place after crossing in 48.88.
NyEma Sims ran to a NAIA automatic qualifying time of 11.93 in the women’s 100 meter dash to bring home another individual crown to Concordia. Diamond Mitchell of College of Idaho timed in at 12.41, while the Cavs’ Jennifer Roberts clocked in at 12.73 to take home third place.
Concordia went 1-2 in the men’s 100 meter dash, as Justin Oliveri and Eric Tolento finished in 10.91 and 11.02 respectively. Southern Oregon’s Sullivan Stevens (11.03), Warner Pacific runner Elton Cody (11.11) and Michael Hurd (11.15) of College of Idaho rounded out the top five in the event.
The Concordia women’s throwers turned in another dominating second day performance this year, as the Cavaliers finished 1-2-3-5 in the discus. Gabriella Dixson defended her title from 2011 with a toss of 162-07. Dixon was followed by teammates Breezy Wentz (146-07) and Kayla Xavier (138-01). Hannah Mason of Southern Oregon finished with a mark of 127-04, while the Cavs’ Sharayah Kenady went 121-08.
Competition will continue from John F. Moehl Stadium tomorrow starting at 11:00 am in the meets final day.
Women’s Team Scores: Concordia – 165 , College of Idaho – 105, Eastern Oregon – 83, Corban – 48, Warner Pacific 37, Southern Oregon – 32, Northwest Christian – 23, Northwest – 10, Oregon Tech – 3.
Men’s Team Scores: Concordia - 149, Southern Oregon – 116, Eastern Oregon – 80, College of Idaho – 73, Corban – 35, Warner Pacific - 29, Oregon Tech 10, Northwest – 7, Northwest Christian - 5.