By: Emilie Jenson
Public Information Coordinator
BROOKINGS, SD - The Iowa Central Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams continued their success at the indoor season here Friday and Saturday at the SDSU Division II Invitational and Jim Emmerich Invitional.
"We had an incredible weekend in Brookings, SD this weekend," said Head Track and Field Coach Dee Brown. "Friday's action really set the tone and our team was ready to perform even better on Saturday."
Throughout the weekend, The Tritons qualified 12 athletes for nationals with Tafari Bishop taking first in the men's 600-meter run followed by teammate Trevon Prince taking second place in the 600. Ayomide Oyetunji and Zion Campbell finished second and third respectively in the 60-meter dash, and Yared Kidane captured first in the men's 1000-meter run. Zander Cobb also qualified in the men's 1- mile for the Tritons and Oyetunji's second place qualifying in the men's 200.
For the women, Adeyah Brewster, Chloe Garcia Grafing, Jade Jackson, Taylor McCreedy and Britney Brown all qualified for nationals with Brewster finishing third in the 60-meter hurdles, Garcia Grafing taking sixth in the 800-meter, Jackson 10th in 60-meter hurdles, McCreedy 11th in the 1-mile and Brown finishing in first place in the women's 600-meter run.
Five athletes also recorded All-Time Top 10 marks for the Tritons: Campbell's 6.82 second 60-meter, Oyetunji's 6.86 second 60-meter, Brewster's 8.51 second 60-meter hurdle and 5.46 meter long jump and Garcia Grafing's 2:16.68 800 meter.
"It was fun seeing the entire team in action this weekend and I believe each one of us were equally excited to see our teammates perform," Brown said. "We still have a number of athletes we are attempting to get qualified in the coming weeks as well as some athletes looking to qualify in additional events or improve upon existing marks."
Next up for the Tritons is the Johnson Classic at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis January 27-28.
For Friday's Full Results see https://results.dakotatiming.com/display.html?event_id=1092
For Saturday's Full results see https://results.dakotatiming.com/display.html?event_id=1093