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PITTSBURG, Kan. (BlueDragonSports.com) – The Hutchinson Community College women’s track and field team had their most successful Region 6 Indoor Championships in program history, completing a third-place finish on Sunday at Pittsburg State’s Robert Plaster Center.
Led by a trio of shot putters and trio of distance runners, the Blue Dragons scored a program-high 85 points to place third in the region. Cloud County won the team title with 175.5 points and Barton was team-runner-up with 138.5 points. The Blue Dragons also finished third in the Jayhawk West standings with 112 points. Cloud County scored 212 points amongst Jayhawk West teams. Barton had 138.5 points.
On Sunday, the Blue Dragon scored a combined 17 points in the women’s shot put with freshman Deisheline Mayer Scott finishing as regional runner-up with a best distance of 45 feet, 1 inches (13.74 meters). That was the second-best shot put in Blue Dragon women’s indoor history and it was good enough to win the Jayhawk West championship on Sunday.
Janiel Montaque placed third in the shot put at 44-2 1/4 (13.47 meters) and Aiyanna Green placed sixth at 37-11 (33.56 meters).
Those three Blue Dragon athletes scored a combined 25 points in the two throw events this weekend.
One day after breaking the Blue Dragons’ 5,000-meter record, sophomore Jordyn Picolet was a regional runner-up in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:36.91. Sophomore Laura Avila placed sixth in the 3,000 with a time of 11:00.16. Those two athletes scored a combined 23 points in the two distance defense.
The Blue Dragons earned their eighth NJCAA Indoor national qualifier on Sunday when sophomore Abigail Grantham finished third in the 1,000 meters with a PR time of 3:07.09, which surpassed the national qualifying standard. Grantham’s time was also the fourth-best at 1,000 meters in program history. Grantham also finished third in the Mile run with a time of 5:21.21. Grantham scored a combined 13.5 points in her three events this weekend.
Freshman Azariah Dawes was the other scorer for the Dragons on Day 2 with a fourth-place performance in the triple jump. Dawes’ best jump on Sunday was 35-9 1/2 (10.91) meters. Dawes also finished fourth in the long jump on Saturday.
The Blue Dragons next compete at the NJCAA Indoor Championships on March 8-9 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
