CCC Athletes Earn National Championships, All-American Awards at National Indoor Track and Field Championship
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference was well represented in the 2016 NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships, with two athletes taking home a national championship and 19 All-Americans including both men and women.
Eastern Oregon’s Talitha Fagen took home the women’s pole vault championship for the third year in a row, with a mark of 12-08.25.
Taking home the other national championship was another Mountaineer in Eric England whose mark of 52 feet won him the triple jump.
Below is a complete list of All-American Accolades for CCC Athletes:
Men
Name |
Institution |
Event |
Mark (Place Finish) |
Max Hampton |
College of Idaho |
3,000-Meter |
8:38.11 (8) |
Eric England |
Eastern Oregon |
Triple Jump |
15.85m (1) |
Eric England |
Eastern Oregon |
Long Jump |
7.32m (3) |
Hakeem Belle |
Eastern Oregon |
Triple Jump |
15.11m (2) |
Anthony Johnson |
Evergreen |
Triple Jump |
14.39 (6) |
Anthony Johnson |
Evergreen |
High Jump |
2.16m (2) |
Zebullah Hoffman |
Evergreen |
Weight Throw |
19.80m (2) |
Jonathan Ferguson |
Northwest |
One Mile Run |
4:21.5 (5) |
Women
Name |
Institution |
Event |
Mark (Place Finish) |
Tiana Thomas |
College of Idaho |
Pentathlon |
3346 points (5) |
Tiana Thomas |
College of Idaho |
600-Meter |
1:34.76 (3) |
Amy Pfaff |
College of Idaho |
1,000-Meter |
2:54.69 (3) |
Lila Klopfenstein |
College of Idaho |
3,000-Meter |
9:59.87 (3) |
Ruth Lewinski |
College of Idaho |
3,000-Meter |
10:12.81 (7) |
Talitha Fagen |
Eastern Oregon |
Pole Vault |
12-08.25 (1) |
Harley McBride |
Eastern Oregon |
High Jump |
1.65 (8) |
Rachel Roelle |
Eastern Oregon |
1,000-Meter |
3:08.45 (8) |
Lila Klopfenstein, Nichole DeGrange, Tiana Thomas, Amy Pfaff |
College of Idaho |
Distance Medley |
11.59.58 (3) |
Kayle Blackmore, Aspen Abbott, Jessie Rozario, Jessa Perkinson |
Southern Oregon |
Distance Medley |
12:03.30 (5) |