Tiger men capture Jayhawk East Championship; Suied top point getter on women’s side

In his final season as head coach of the Cowley College men and women's track and field teams, Mark Phillips is leaving coaching on top as he helped guide the Tiger men to its first Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division Indoor Championship in eight years. For his efforts at the Conference/Region Indoor Championships held Saturday and Sunday in Pittsburg, KS, Phillips was named the Men's Indoor Coach of the Year.

"This is a testament to Coach Phillips' resilience as a person and all of the efforts of coaches and people around our program that want to make a difference and want to see how good we can be," Cowley assistant coach Cameron Rieth said.

The Cowley men finished five points better than Fort Scott in the conference. The Tigers were led by Dawson Crawley finishing as the conference and region champion in the 1,000-meter run, and Jeff Thawinitkul finishing as conference and region champion in the pole vault.

"We had a Great Region VI/Jayhawk Conference meet," Cowley head coach Mark Phillips said. "We are very proud of our team and the way they competed. Some did more than we thought they would to help the team out."

Cloud County was the men and women's region champion. The Tiger men placed third in the region, while the Lady Tigers finished fifth in the region.

Cowley assistant coach Cameron Rieth was pleased with the teams' efforts.

"As I believe we have the toughest region, top to bottom in the nation, I am humbled by all of our team's efforts across the board," Rieth said.

Other Tiger men to be named Jayhawk East champions were Adrian Diaz-Lopez in the 5,000-meter run and mile run, Amos Pkiach in the 3,000-meter run, Diego Andres-Dugan in the 60-meter hurdles and triple jump, and Jack Mull in the heptathlon.

Diaz-Lopez's time of 14:35.25 in the 5,000-meter run was just shy of a new school record, while the Tiger men's 4x800-meter relay team were also conference champions.

The Lady Tigers placed second to only Fort Scott in the conference thanks to Lubna Suied being pronounced the top point getter in the women's meet as she was the conference and region champion in the 3,000-meter run and mile run, and was also the conference champion in the 5,000-meter run.

Rieth said this is another testament to Suied's hard work and effort.

"I am very proud of how she handled her rough start after having to isolate for two weeks, then another week coming back from little bit of injury," Rieth said. "She bounced back with a fire in her eye."

Freshman Kassidy Blann was the conference and region champion in the pole vault, while Zinara Lesley was the Jayhawk East champion in the 1,000-meter run. The women's 4x800-meter relay team and distance medley relay team were also conference champions.

Cowley's national qualifiers will now turn their focus to competing at the NJCAA National Indoor Championship March 5-6 in Pittsburg, KS.

Results:

MEN

*60-meter hurdles – Diego Andres-Dugan, 8.62, third in conference/fifth in region, national qualifier; Jack Mull, 8.93, ninth in conference and region.

*200-meter dash – Demetrius Rolle, 22,76, 11^th in conference/26^th in region; Arnau Sagrera/Barnet, 23.06, 12^th in conference/28^th in region; Jeremy Garcia, 23.79, 14^th in conference/36^th in region.

*400-meter dash – Garcia, 52.36, seventh in conference/22^nd in region.

*600-meter run – Richard Whatley Jr., 1:23.13, second in conference/fifth in region; Nathaniel Hubbard, 1:24.95, sixth in conference/11^th in region; Miles Yallop, 1:25.57, eighth in conference/13^th in region.

*800-meter run – Goran Duijsters, 1:55.39, third in conference/fourth in region, national qualifier; Edwin Olvera, 2:02.00, ninth in conference/15^th in region; Hubbard, 2:05.22, 12^th in conference/20^th in region.

*1,000-meter run – Dawson Crawley, 2:35.13, conference and region champion; Corbin Liermann, 2:43.21, sixth in conference/14^th in region.

*Mile run – Adrian Diaz-Lopez, 4:20.91, conference champion/sixth in region, national qualifier; Corbin Liermann, 4:42.80, seventh in conference/15^th in region; Aidan Wells, 4:49.18, 11^th in conference/20^th in region.

*3,000-meter run – Amos Pkiach, 8:45.08, conference champion/fifth in region, national qualifier; Santiago Nunez, 9:14.81, third in conference/ninth in region; Caleb Liermann, 9:16.76, fourth in conference/10^th in region.

*5,000-meter run – Diaz-Lopez, 14:35.25, conference champion/second in region, national qualifier, school record; Nunez, 16:08.97, third in conference/10^th in region; Wells, 16:24.77, sixth in conference/13^th in region.

*4x800-meter relay – Cowley A (Crawley, Duijsters, Olvera, Corbin Liermann), 8:03.29, conference champion/third in region.

*4x400-meter relay – Cowley A, 3:26.64, fifth in conference/10^th in region.

*Pole vault – Jeff Thawinitkul, 13-7 ¼, conference and region champion, national qualifier; Kolby Caster, 13-7 ¼, second in conference and region.

*Shot put – Ahmed Brown, 47-1 ½, eighth in conference and region; Corey Morman, 44-1 ½, 10^th in conference and region; Jean De-Dixon, 32-4 ½, 15^th in conference and region.

*Weight throw – Langdon Moore, 46-6 ¾, third in conference/seventh in region; Simeon Faagai, 40-0 ½, sixth in conference/12^th in region.

*Triple jump – Diego Andres-Dugan, 48-8 ¼, third in conference/third in region, national qualifier; Blake Harnden, 46-0, fifth in conference and region.

*Long jump – Andres-Dugan, 19-9 ½, seventh in conference/18^th in region; Blake Harnden, 18-10, eighth in conference/19^th in region.

*Heptathlon – Jack Mull, 4,440 points, conference champion/second in region; Kolby Caster, 4,136 points, second in conference/fifth in region; Micaleb Campbell, 2,696 points, seventh in conference/12^th in region.

WOMEN

*200-meter dash – Shalai Dye, 29.34, 13th in conference/24^th in region; Kailee Choice, 30.59, 14^th in conference/27^th in region.

*400-meter dash – Dye, 1:13.19, 16^th in conference/26^th in region.

*600-meter run – Alayna Love, 1:54.68, eighth in conference/12^th in region.

*800-meter run – Ashley Goforth, 2:34.04, fourth in conference/eighth in region; Abby White, 2:51.69, ninth in conference/15^th in region; Karstyn Nolan, 2:56.77, 10^th in conference/17^th in region.

*1,000-meter run – Zinara Lesley, 3:13.48, conference champion/third in region; Delicia Boothe, 3:35.80, fifth in conference/ninth in region; Nolan, 3:51.71, ninth in conference/14^th in region.

*Mile run – Lubna Suied, 5:15.92, conference and region champion, national qualifier; Lesley, 5:30.92, second in conference/third in region; Megan Reynolds, 5:50.34, fifth in conference/eighth in region.

*3,000-meter run – Suied, 10:49.95, conference/region champion, national qualifier; Karissa Glover, 11:26.43, third in conference/fourth in region; Paula Viciano-Cansino, 12:20.44, sixth in conference/11^th in region.

*5,000-meter run – Suied, 18:18.97, conference champion/second in region, national qualifier; Glover, 19:56.01, fourth in conference/sixth in region; Reynolds, 19:56.67, fifth in conference/seventh in region.

*60-meter hurdles – Channa Hines, 11.77, seventh in conference/11^th in region.

*4x800-meter relay – Cowley A (Lesley, Goforth, Boothe, White), 10:35.03, second in conference/third in region.

*Distance Medley Relay – Cowley A (Lesley, Goforth, Boothe, Viciano-Cansino), 13:39.55, conference champion/second in region.

*4x400-meter relay – Cowley A, 4:29.99, fifth in conference/ninth in region.

*Pole vault – Kassidy Blann, 9-11 ¾, conference and region champion, national qualifier.

*Shot put – Kyra Choice, 36-9 ¾, fourth in conference/eighth in region; Rashanna Thorne, 36-2 ¾, fifth in conference/ninth in region; Shardenai Davis, 33-7 ¼, seventh in conference/14^th in region.

*Weight throw – Chloe Wilson, 44-2, second in conference/fourth in region; Kayla McClellan, 40-7, fourth in conference/ninth in region; McKenna Drew-Markle, 35-7 ¾, sixth in conference/14^th in region.

*Long jump – Shardenai Davis, 13-9, 11^the in conference and region; Kailee Choice, 12-9 ½, 13th in conference and region.

*High jump – Taylor Meinen, 4-7 ½, fifth in conference/eighth in region; Rashanna Thorne, 4-3 ½, sixth in conference/11^th in region.

*Pentathlon – Taylor Meinen, 2,474 points, second in conference and region; Rashanna Thorne, 1,944 points, seventh in conference and region; Channa Hines, 964 points, ninth in conference and region.