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Cougar men and women take 5th at NJCAA Outdoor Meet; Simmons wins 2 golds
The Barton County Community College men’s and women’s track and field teams both finished 5th this past weekend at the NJCAA National Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Levelland, Texas. The men captured two gold medals on the way to 52.5 points. South Plains (Texas) won the men’s title with 135, followed by Central Arizona (119). The Cougar women had a double gold medal winner in Jasmine Simmons as the women won 3 events and ended with 84 points. Central Arizona won the meet with 131 while host South Plains was 2nd at 124.

Men
Ryan Brathwaite capped off a great freshman season with the gold medal in the 110m High Hurdles. Brathwaite ran a 13.56 to win the gold in the finals. That time is not allowed to set the school record due to the 4.0 wind in the race. James Carter took 8th in the race as well with a 14.72.

Tabarie Henry missed gold by .02 as he finished 2nd in the 400m. Henry, already holding an Olympic A standard mark, ran a 45.56 but was edged at the finish by Renny Qouw of South Plains with a 45.54. Henry ran a 45.42 earlier this year with the A standard at 45.55. Qouw now also had met the A Standard. Henry did team up with DreDame Carter, Michael Liggins, and Terry Charles to capture the 4x400m relay in a time of 3:07.03. Carter finished 7th in the open 400m in 47.11.

The 4x800m relay team just missed gold, taking silver with a time of 7.41.91. Keonta Campbell, Terry Charles, Jabar Rolle, and Dean Gonsalves teamed for the 2nd place effort.

The Cougars placed in 4 events in the field with the highest finish going to Akeem Holmes, taking 3rd in the long jump at 24-9.75. Fred Brown placed 7th in the high jump.
Adrian Little placed in 2 throwing events, taking 4th in the shot put at 51-10.5 and 8th in the hammer.

Women
Simmons turned in the best meet of any Cougar, winning two gold medals – her last won on her final jump of the day. Simmons won the triple jump Friday with a leap of 41-10.5 then saved her best jump in the long jump for last, passing 4 competitors on her final jump of the day to win the gold. Simmons had fouled on her two previous jumps in the finals before hitting on a 19-7.5 jump between the raindrops for the gold.

On the track, Tayanna Simpson had a big meet for the Cougars winning the 400m hurdles and taking 3rd in the 100m hurdles. Simpson surprised teammate Andrea Sutherland in the 400m hurdles, running a 59.27 to beat Sutherland for the 1st time this year. Sutherland took 2nd with a 59.74. Valerie Stone also placed in the event, taking 7th. Simpson was 3rd in the 100m hurdles in 13.61 with Tiara Barr placing 6th in 14.01.

Also on the track individually, Barton’s Cherrelle Montgomery was 4th in the 400m and Alex Webster was 8th in the 800m.

All 3 relay teams placed at the meet with the 4x800m team of Sutherland, Webster, Simone Buford, and Barton placing 2nd in 9:33.94. The 4x400m team of Barr, Montgomery, Sutherland, and Simpson was 3rd in 3:45.71 while the 4x100m team of Simmons, Simpson, Montgomery, and Barr took 5th in 46.95.

In the throwing events, Barton had Cherealla Lavan and Kris Lacio both place in 2 events. Lavan took 3rd in the shot put at 45-10.5 and 8th in the hammer in 129-6. Lacio was 7th in both the javelin (124-6) and discus (119-6).

Results
Barton Top 8
Men
400m – 2nd Tabarie Henry, 46.29; 7th DreDame Carter, 47.11
110m Hurdles – 1st Ryan Brathwaite, 13.56; 8th James Carter, 14.68
4x400m Relay – 1st (DreDame Carter, Michael Liggins, Terry Charles, Tabarie Henry), 3:07.03
4x800m Relay – 2nd (Keonta Coleman, Terry Charles, Jabar Rolle, Dean Gonsalves), 7:41.91
Long Jump – 3rd Akeem Holmes, 24-9.75
High Jump – 7th Fred Brown, 6-6.75
Shot Put – 4th Adrian Little, 51-10.5
Hammer – 8th Adrian Little, 151-4

Women
400m – 4th Cherrelle Montgomery, 55.29
800m – 8th Alex Webster, 2:22.94
100m Hurdles – 3rd Tayanna Simpson, 13.61; 6th Tiara Barr, 14.01
400m Hurdles – 1st Tayanna Simpson, 59.27; 2nd Andrea Sutherland, 59.74; 7th Valerie Stone, 1:07.39
4x100m Relay – 5th (Jasmine Simmons, Tayanna Simpson, Cherrelle Montgomery, Tiara Barr), 46.95
4x400m Relay – 3rd (Tiara Barr, Cherrelle Montgomery, Andrea Sutherland, Tayanna Simpson), 3:45.71
4x800m Relay – 2nd (Andrea Sutherland, Alex Webster, Simone Buford, Tiara Barr), 9:33.94
Long Jump – 1st Jasmine Simmons, 19-7.5
Triple Jump – 1st Jasmine Simmons, 41-8.5
Shot Put – 3rd Cherealla Lavan, 45-10.5
Hammer – 8th Cherealla Lavan, 129-6
Discus – 7th Kris Lacio, 119-6
Javelin – 7th Kris Lacio, 124-6

Full Results can be found at www.bartonccc.edu/sports

Next
May 15-17 – NJCAA Outdoor Championships (at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas)

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