Cowley has four national qualifiers at Tiger Invite

Holding the 18^th annual Tiger Invite Saturday in Arkansas City, the Cowley College men and women's outdoor track and field teams had four national qualifiers.

The Lady Tigers had national qualifying performances from sophomores Lubna Suied and Zinara Lesley in the 1,500-meter run, while fellow sophomore Kayla Noear hit the national qualifying mark in the discus. Freshman Kassidy Blann also performed well as she placed first in the pole vault.

The Tiger men were led by sophomore Matt Higdon placing third in the hammer throw with a national qualifying mark of 166-9, while Cowley sophomore Jack Mull won the men's pole vault.

The Cowley track and field teams will host the 17^th annual Tiger Heptathlon/Decathlon on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday's competition will start at 3 p.m. and Thursday's meet will start at 9:30 a.m.

Results:

WOMEN

*100-meter dash – Shalai Dye, 13.68, 20^th; Kailee Choice, 14.82, 22^nd.

*400-meter dash – Alayna Love, 1:08.84, 10^th.

*800-meter run – Ashley Goforth, 2:33.88, fifth.

*1,500-meter run – Lubna Suied, 4:50.05, second, national qualifier; Zinara Lesley, 4:53.30, fourth, national qualifier; Karissa Glover, 5:13.60, eighth; Delicia Boothe, 5:31.51, 14^th; Paula Viciano-Cansino, 5:46.47, 20^th; Abby White, 5:58.40, 22^nd; Karstyn Nolan, 6:24.30, 24^th.

*4x100-meter relay – Cowley "A", 56.48, third.

*4x400-meter relay – Cowley "B", 4:17.88, second.

*High jump – Shardenai Davis, 4-5, seventh.

*Pole vault – Kassidy Blann, 10-1 ½, first; Channa Hines, 9-7 ¾, second.

*Discus – Kayla Noear, 132-8, second, national qualifier; Kayla McClellan, 120-9, third; McKenna Drew-Markle, 107-0, seventh; Kyra Choice, 103-3, eighth; Caitlin Mannon, 101-9, ninth; Dara Robertson, 100-11, 10^th; Rashanna Thorne, 95-5, 11^th; Marissa Dill, 72-6, 17^th; Sarah Robinson, 49-8, 18^th.

*Hammer throw – Noear, 137-9, third; Mannon, 132-3, fourth; Drew-Markle, 122-8, seventh; Robertson, 115-3, 10^th; Kyra Choice, 107-1, 13^th; Dill, 91-1, 16^th; Sarah Robinson, 81-9, 18^th.

*Javelin – Davis, 94-5, sixth; Thorne, 86-7, seventh.

*Shot put – Thorne, 39-1, fourth; Kyra Choice, 38-7, sixth; Noear, 36-4 ¼, eighth; Mannon, 34-6 ¾, 11^th; Davis, 34-5, 12^th; Dill, 34-1 ¼, 14^th.

MEN

*100-meter dash – Demetrius Rolle, 10.65, 14^th.

*200-meter dash – Arnau Sagrera-Barnet, 22.11, 15^th; Jeremy Garcia, 22.97, 23^rd. 

*400-meter dash – Garcia, 52.02, ninth; Nicolas Aguado-Torres, 54.91, 15^th; Jouguin Gonzales, 55.41, 17^th; Micaleb Campbell, 56.44, 19^th.

*800-meter run – Dawson Crawley, 1:58.94, third; Nathaniel Hubbard, 2:02.05, fifth.

*1,500-meter run – Amos Pkiach, 4:15.13, sixth; Santiago Nunez, 4:15.21, seventh; Aidan Wells, 4:20.84, 13^th; Caleb Liermann, 4:21.21, 14^th; Corbin Liermann, 4:22.35, 15^th; Edwin Olvera, 4:26.03, 18^th; Joel Rodriguez, 4:29.18, 20^th; Edgar Reyes, 4:39.94, 25^th.

*110-meter hurdles – Diego Andres-Dugan, 15.04, fourth; Jack Mull, 15.64, seventh; Kolby Caster, 16.46, 13^th.

*4x100-meter relay – Cowley "A", 43.09, seventh.

*4x400-meter relay – Cowley "B", 3:32.35, fifth; Cowley "A", 3:33.00, sixth; Cowley "C", 3:43.05, seventh.

*Pole vault – Mull, 13-1 ¾, first; Caleb Reichenberger, 11-8, sixth; Caster, 11-2 ¼, seventh.

*Long jump – Micaleb Campbell, 19-0 ½, 11^th.

*Discus – Corey Morman, 138-2, third; Matt Higdon, 126-6, seventh; Simeon Faagai, 117-9, 10^th; Zach Seymour, 108-8, 11^th; Ahmed Brown, 104-10, 13^th.

*Hammer throw – Matt Higdon, 166-9, third, national qualifier; Langdon Moore, 131-5, seventh; Faagai, 123-10, eighth; Seymour, 106-4, 10^th.

*Javelin – Anthony Nava, 145-5, third; Moore, 143-11, fourth; Braden Snyder, 141-4, fifth; Mull, 133-11, sixth; Reichenberger, 79-3, 16^th.

*Shot put – Brown, 49-6 ½, fourth; Morman, 44-7 ½, sixth; Jean De-Dixon, 35-1 ¼, eighth; Faagai, 34-5 ¾, ninth.