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05.06.2012 - [Track and Field]
NJCAA Record Setting 4x400 Relay team
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LUBBOCK - Track meets have been great days for head coach Chris Beene and his South Plains College Texan and Lady Texan Track and Field teams and Saturday's final regular season meeting at Texas Tech's Fuller Track and Field Stadium was no different as Beene's athletes appear primed to host and compete in the NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships after improving upon 31 season bests that are also NJCAA qualifying marks, claiming ten titles, breaking two school records, and ending the meet by blasting an 18 year old NJCAA record in the men's 4x400M Relay.
Under the Fuller track lights and with near perfect conditions, the men's 4x400M Relay team stepped onto the track for the final event of the day with three freshman and one sophomore in the lineup.
Dakarie McKinnie got the Texans off to a good start as he began making up the stagger on the backstretch and appeared to come off the final curve with a slight lead. McKinnie handed the baton to Daniel Harper about the same time as his opponents from Texas Tech after a 46.2 second opening leg.
Upon entering the back straightaway, Harper sat in second after Texas Tech surged to the lead. Harper remained comfortable and kicked past the Red Raiders second leg as he brought the baton to sophomore Bralon Taplin in a blazing split of 44.3 seconds.
As Taplin rounded the track it became apparent that Texas Tech would need a superhuman effort from 400 meter star Gil Roberts as the Texans extended their lead.
Vernon Norwood handled anchor duties against the former World Championship qualifier but ran a superb 45 second anchor that brought South Plains home in a new NJCAA record time of 3:01.32, breaking the 1994 mark of 3:01.89 set by Blinn College. At this time the mark is quicker than any NCAA Division school, according to the lists posted at TFRRS.org.
Beene could not have been more ecstatic about the performance.
"That was such a big deal. When you think about all the phenomenal teams that there have been in junior college for us to break the national record by a half-second or more really tells you how good our guys are and to get three of them back next year is even more amazing," the eighth-year track coach said before crediting his assistant. "It tells you a lot about Coach Wiley and what he does with that group in training and how good of a coach he is. I think he is one of the best 400 meter coaches in the country and I think this performance shows it.
As for the rest of his teams performances, Beene was equally fired up.
"It is certainly what we needed. You like to have one last really good meet before nationals. A good tuneup. Everywhere we turned around we were having PR's, people running just really good times," he said.
Even with all the great performances that resulted in ten first place finishes for the Texans and Lady Texans, the individual performance of the meet would quite possibly have to go to Julian Parker.
Parker finished second behind teammate Kemoy Campbell (1:49.95) in the men's 800M Run, improving upon his previous personal best time by more than four seconds as he nearly caught Campbell at the line in 1:50.32.
Parker, whose best time last year was just under two-minutes, greeted Beene with a big hug following the race.
"He is a gutsy kid," Beene said of Parker. "His workouts this week looked great and I knew he could run well but that fast was awesome."
South Plains College will now attempt to keep their strings of consecutive NJCAA Championships intact. The Texan men will be gunning for their sixth straight team title, and the Lady Texans their fourth, when they host the NJCAA Outdoor Championships May 15-17 at the Texan Track and Field Complex.
SPC Results from Red Raider Invitational
Women's 100M Dash
11 Curry Young 11.98
Women's 200M Dash
4 Sparkle Mcknight 23.29
5 Amoy Blake 23.41
10 Aminah Blount 23.96
11 Taylor Houston 24.04
Women's 400M Dash
3 Natoya Goule 53.20
7 Lucy Fortune 55.51
Women's 800M Run
1 Darroneshia Lott 2:09.39
7 Michaela Johnson 2:33.47
Women's 1500M Run
1 Darroneshia Lott 4:39.64
Women's 100M Hurdles
3 Janeil Bellille 13.75
Women's 400M Hurdles
1 Shana-Gaye Tracey 59.20
Women's 4x100 Relay
3 McKnight, Bellille, 44.74
Young, Blake
Women's 4x400M Relay
1 Fortune, Blount 3:34.58
Young, King
Women's High Jump
2 Chasity Mims 5-04.25
3 Maddison Buschmann 5-00.25
Women's Pole Vault
2 Shelbie Hutchins 10-06.25
Women's Long Jump
2 Keri Emanuel 20-03.75
3 Kierre White 19-07.00
5 Victoria Flemons 17-06.75
Women's Triple Jump
2 Keri Emanuel 42-09.00
5 Kierre White 38-10.25
6 Victoria Flemons 38-08.75
Women's Shot Put
2 Jessica Ramsey 48-10.75
Women's Discus
3 Jessica Ramsey 153-03
Women's Javelin
1 Amethyst Boyd 149-07
Men's 100M Dash
1 Shavez Hart 10.28
2 Trevor Mackey 10.31
4 James Smith 10.54
6 Jarvis Gotch 10.55
10 John Thomas 10.69
16 Davion Wint 10.93
18 K'Don Samuels 11.01
19 Winston McCormack 11.05
Men's 200M Dash
5 Vernon Norwood 20.93
6 James Smith 20.94
9 Alistair Moona 21.04
15 Davion Wint 21.67
23 Winston McCormack 22.40
Men's 400M Dash
3 Bralon Taplin 45.36
5 Daniel Harper 45.56
9 Dakarie McKinnie 47.22
10 Anthonio Mascoll 47.57
13 Andrew Hunt 48.36
27 Kourt'ney Payne 54.04
Men's 800M Run
1 Kemoy Campbell 1:49.95
2 Julian Parker 1:50.32
6 Michael Atkinson 1:56.54
Men's 1500M Run
6 Jonathon Lira 4:09.12
7 Kin Scott 4:09.34
Men's 110M Hurdles
5 Emmanuel Denson 14.49
6 Jovan Davis 14.49
8 Nelson Hampton 16.22
Men's 400M Hurdles
1 Jovan Davis 51.32
4 Marques Atkinson 52.48
6 Emmanuel Denson 53.73
Men's 4x100M Relay
1 Mackey, Hart, 39.42
Harper, Taplin
SCHOOL RECORD
Men's 4x400M Relay
1 McKinnie, Harper 3:01.32
Taplin, Norwood
SCHOOL & NJCAA RECORD!
Men's High Jump
4 Juan Vasquez 6-04.75
Nelson Hampton NH
Men's Pole Vault
4 Juan Vasquez 13-01.50
K'Don Samuels NH
Men's Long Jump
2 Jarvis Gotch 24-06.25
5 Nelson Hampton 21-08.00
6 Etron Moorer 21-04.00
8 Etroy Moorer 18-11.75
Men's Triple Jump
4 Etron Moorer 50-07.25
9 Etroy Moorer 48-04.50
Men's Javelin
3 Nelson Hampton 153-11
5 Juan Vasquez 121-05
LUBBOCK - Track meets have been great days for head coach Chris Beene and his South Plains College Texan and Lady Texan Track and Field teams and Saturday's final regular season meeting at Texas Tech's Fuller Track and Field Stadium was no different as Beene's athletes appear primed to host and compete in the NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships after improving upon 31 season bests that are also NJCAA qualifying marks, claiming ten titles, breaking two school records, and ending the meet by blasting an 18 year old NJCAA record in the men's 4x400M Relay.
Under the Fuller track lights and with near perfect conditions, the men's 4x400M Relay team stepped onto the track for the final event of the day with three freshman and one sophomore in the lineup.
Dakarie McKinnie got the Texans off to a good start as he began making up the stagger on the backstretch and appeared to come off the final curve with a slight lead. McKinnie handed the baton to Daniel Harper about the same time as his opponents from Texas Tech after a 46.2 second opening leg.
Upon entering the back straightaway, Harper sat in second after Texas Tech surged to the lead. Harper remained comfortable and kicked past the Red Raiders second leg as he brought the baton to sophomore Bralon Taplin in a blazing split of 44.3 seconds.
As Taplin rounded the track it became apparent that Texas Tech would need a superhuman effort from 400 meter star Gil Roberts as the Texans extended their lead.
Vernon Norwood handled anchor duties against the former World Championship qualifier but ran a superb 45 second anchor that brought South Plains home in a new NJCAA record time of 3:01.32, breaking the 1994 mark of 3:01.89 set by Blinn College. At this time the mark is quicker than any NCAA Division school, according to the lists posted at TFRRS.org.
Beene could not have been more ecstatic about the performance.
"That was such a big deal. When you think about all the phenomenal teams that there have been in junior college for us to break the national record by a half-second or more really tells you how good our guys are and to get three of them back next year is even more amazing," the eighth-year track coach said before crediting his assistant. "It tells you a lot about Coach Wiley and what he does with that group in training and how good of a coach he is. I think he is one of the best 400 meter coaches in the country and I think this performance shows it.
As for the rest of his teams performances, Beene was equally fired up.
"It is certainly what we needed. You like to have one last really good meet before nationals. A good tuneup. Everywhere we turned around we were having PR's, people running just really good times," he said.
Even with all the great performances that resulted in ten first place finishes for the Texans and Lady Texans, the individual performance of the meet would quite possibly have to go to Julian Parker.
Parker finished second behind teammate Kemoy Campbell (1:49.95) in the men's 800M Run, improving upon his previous personal best time by more than four seconds as he nearly caught Campbell at the line in 1:50.32.
Parker, whose best time last year was just under two-minutes, greeted Beene with a big hug following the race.
"He is a gutsy kid," Beene said of Parker. "His workouts this week looked great and I knew he could run well but that fast was awesome."
South Plains College will now attempt to keep their strings of consecutive NJCAA Championships intact. The Texan men will be gunning for their sixth straight team title, and the Lady Texans their fourth, when they host the NJCAA Outdoor Championships May 15-17 at the Texan Track and Field Complex.
SPC Results from Red Raider Invitational
Women's 100M Dash
11 Curry Young 11.98
Women's 200M Dash
4 Sparkle Mcknight 23.29
5 Amoy Blake 23.41
10 Aminah Blount 23.96
11 Taylor Houston 24.04
Women's 400M Dash
3 Natoya Goule 53.20
7 Lucy Fortune 55.51
Women's 800M Run
1 Darroneshia Lott 2:09.39
7 Michaela Johnson 2:33.47
Women's 1500M Run
1 Darroneshia Lott 4:39.64
Women's 100M Hurdles
3 Janeil Bellille 13.75
Women's 400M Hurdles
1 Shana-Gaye Tracey 59.20
Women's 4x100 Relay
3 McKnight, Bellille, 44.74
Young, Blake
Women's 4x400M Relay
1 Fortune, Blount 3:34.58
Young, King
Women's High Jump
2 Chasity Mims 5-04.25
3 Maddison Buschmann 5-00.25
Women's Pole Vault
2 Shelbie Hutchins 10-06.25
Women's Long Jump
2 Keri Emanuel 20-03.75
3 Kierre White 19-07.00
5 Victoria Flemons 17-06.75
Women's Triple Jump
2 Keri Emanuel 42-09.00
5 Kierre White 38-10.25
6 Victoria Flemons 38-08.75
Women's Shot Put
2 Jessica Ramsey 48-10.75
Women's Discus
3 Jessica Ramsey 153-03
Women's Javelin
1 Amethyst Boyd 149-07
Men's 100M Dash
1 Shavez Hart 10.28
2 Trevor Mackey 10.31
4 James Smith 10.54
6 Jarvis Gotch 10.55
10 John Thomas 10.69
16 Davion Wint 10.93
18 K'Don Samuels 11.01
19 Winston McCormack 11.05
Men's 200M Dash
5 Vernon Norwood 20.93
6 James Smith 20.94
9 Alistair Moona 21.04
15 Davion Wint 21.67
23 Winston McCormack 22.40
Men's 400M Dash
3 Bralon Taplin 45.36
5 Daniel Harper 45.56
9 Dakarie McKinnie 47.22
10 Anthonio Mascoll 47.57
13 Andrew Hunt 48.36
27 Kourt'ney Payne 54.04
Men's 800M Run
1 Kemoy Campbell 1:49.95
2 Julian Parker 1:50.32
6 Michael Atkinson 1:56.54
Men's 1500M Run
6 Jonathon Lira 4:09.12
7 Kin Scott 4:09.34
Men's 110M Hurdles
5 Emmanuel Denson 14.49
6 Jovan Davis 14.49
8 Nelson Hampton 16.22
Men's 400M Hurdles
1 Jovan Davis 51.32
4 Marques Atkinson 52.48
6 Emmanuel Denson 53.73
Men's 4x100M Relay
1 Mackey, Hart, 39.42
Harper, Taplin
SCHOOL RECORD
Men's 4x400M Relay
1 McKinnie, Harper 3:01.32
Taplin, Norwood
SCHOOL & NJCAA RECORD!
Men's High Jump
4 Juan Vasquez 6-04.75
Nelson Hampton NH
Men's Pole Vault
4 Juan Vasquez 13-01.50
K'Don Samuels NH
Men's Long Jump
2 Jarvis Gotch 24-06.25
5 Nelson Hampton 21-08.00
6 Etron Moorer 21-04.00
8 Etroy Moorer 18-11.75
Men's Triple Jump
4 Etron Moorer 50-07.25
9 Etroy Moorer 48-04.50
Men's Javelin
3 Nelson Hampton 153-11
5 Juan Vasquez 121-05
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