The Iowa Central Track and Field team opened up the 2018 Indoor season with 5 event titles, 11 National Qualifiers for the Men, 11 National Qualifiers for the Women, and a record breaking performance in the women's 3000 meter run at the Hawkeye Invitational on Saturday in Iowa City. 

 

The meet was highlighted with an impressive indoor debut by Adva Cohen, a freshman from Jerusalem.  Cohen, who won both the NJCAA Cross Country Championship and Half Marathon races this fall, ran the 3000 meter run in a record breaking time of 9:29.04, beating the 2^nd place finisher by nearly 20 seconds.  Cohen's time was a new Iowa Central school record, a new NJCAA record, and a new Israeli National Record.

 

Other event winners included Nelda Huggins in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.50, Agnes Mansaray in the 600 meter run with a time of 1:35.05, Chris Wignall in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:00.19, and Chris Thompson in the Triple Jump with a distance of 14.2m (46-07.25 ft).

 

National Qualifiers for the Tritons were:

Bryant Brown – 60m

Malik Beverly – 200m, 60HH

Chase Bulten – 1K

Alex Sanford – 1M

3k – Ezekiel Kipchirchir, Jhordan Ccope

Chris Thompson – Triple Jump

Ryder Emberton – Shot Put

Tyler Lienau & Travis Petersen – Weight Throw

 

Nelda Huggins – 60m, 200M

Agnes Mansaray – 600M

3k – Adva Cohen, Marion Bartilol, Marta Lukijaniuk, Katy Pfile, Sierra Stucky

Payton Roberts – Weight Throw & Shot Put

Kirsten Leisinger – Weight Throw

 

Complete Results can be found at: http://www.ictritons.com/sports/mtrack/2017-18/files/iowa_meet.pdf

 

The Tritons return to action on January 19^th at South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD.