Red Devil school records fall at MSSU

Sports

February 6, 2013 - 12:00 AM

JOPLIN — A trio of school records went down Friday as Allen Community College’s indoor track team roared at the Missouri Southern State University Invitational Friday and Saturday.
On the women’s side, Terika Henry has the new school mark in the 200-meter dash, winning the event in 25.56 seconds. She defeated athletes from area two- and four-year schools in the process.
Elsewhere, Gabriella Ruiz took home a school record with her fifth-place finish in the 3000-meter run. She finished the race in 10 minutes, 30 seconds.
Both qualified for the National Indoor Track and Field Championships March 1-2 in Lubbock, Texas.
Also qualifying among the Allen women was Danae McGee in the 3000 meters with a time of 10:50.41, which earned her eighth at MSSU.
 
ON THE men’s side, Dakota Parker has the ACC record in the 1-mile run. He took fifth overall with a time of 4:23.63.
“What’s great about this performance is that he isn’t training for this particular event,” Red Devil coach Vince DeGrado said. “We’re working him toward the 3K/5K double at nationals. So for him to come in and break a school record and post that mark indoors is pretty impressive.”
DeGrado also lauded the efforts of Allen’s distance runners, many of whom ran both the 5000- and 3000-meter races.
“That’s a testament of how hard they work, and the amount of miles they put in,” DeGrado said. “It’s extremely difficult to do a 5k, then turn around and run a 3k. I’m very proud of that group.
“They’ll be even better in two weeks, when they get to focus on one race at the region and conference meet.”

“THIS COMPETITION was perfect for what we were trying to accomplish,” DeGrado said. “In some events, we’ll have more confidence at the region meet.”
Allen is taking a select group of athletes to run at the Iowa State Classic Friday, where they will compete against primarily Division I teams.
“We are geared up for a final push toward our season goal of staking a claim to the conference and region championships,” DeGrado said. “This week’s meet will be just about running as fast as possible.”
Allen’s full results follow:
Men
Long jump
6. Jethro St. Hubert, 6.62 meters
200-meter dash
16. Jethro St. Hubert, 22.60 seconds
26. Kelvin Gant, 22.80
28. Jordan Fountain, 23.00
3000-meter run
14. Brock Artis, 9:09.33
15. Patrick Rachford, 9:09.72
17. Jacob Spence, 9:11.74
20. Garrett Colglazier, 9:13.15
21. Tucker Morgan, 9:16.14
23. Gerald Christian, 9:26.80
24. Kyle Schauvliege, 9:29.68
60-meter dash
Rodrick Simmons, 7.10 seconds (DNQ for finals)
Michael Burns, 7.21 (DNQ)
60-meter hurdles
Bruce Barclay (DNF)
1-mile run
5. Dakota Parker, 4:23.63 — SR
15. Josh Whittaker, 4:34.88
400-meter dash
4. Kyle Smith, 51.88.
16. Simmons, 53.06
26. Gant, 54.35
800-meter run
38. Jordan Caudill, 2:08.90
5000-meter run
5. Colglazier, 15:53.09
6. Ryan Pulsifer, 15:53.52
12. Schauvliege, 16:05.16
16. Kevin White, 16:20.12
20. Rachford, 16:34.21
23. Gerald Christian, 17:05.27
27. Mark Emerson, 18:11.70

Women
200-meter dash
1. Terika Henry, 25.56 seconds — SR
3000-meter run
5. Gabriella Ruiz, 10:30.00 — SR
8. Danae McGee, 10:50.41
19. Kim Boyle, 11:36.32
22. Debra Kime, 11:43.32
60-meter dash
10. Henry,7.94 seconds
1-mile run
22. Mahalia Sooap, 6:19.97
(SR-school record)

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