SFCC Track and Field Earns 10 Top-Eight Finishes at Missouri S&T

 The State Fair Community College track and field teams continued their outdoor season with 10 top-eight finishes at the Miner Invitational, hosted by Missouri S&T at Allgood-Bailey Stadium on March 21-22.

 

Sophomore Isaiah Waller of Versailles recorded SFCC's highest finish of the two-day meet, placing second in the discus with a collegiate-best throw of 52.39 meters.

 

Freshman Tucker Singer of Tina took fourth in the shot put with a mark of 16.04 meters.

 

Sophomore Peyton Ligon of Ozark and freshman Charles Burns of Jefferson City tied for fifth in the high jump, each clearing 1.90 meters. The Roadrunners' 4x400-meter relay team also placed fifth with a time of 3:28.30.

 

Freshman Zeshaun Ballance-Gray of Kansas City finished seventh in the triple jump with a personal-best distance of 13.99 meters.

 

Freshman Legend Freelon of Kansas City placed eighth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.85 meters.

 

On the women's side, freshman Jocelyn Nunez of Independence led the Lady Roadrunners with a fourth-place finish in the long jump, recording a collegiate-best mark of 5.53 meters.

 

The Lady Roadrunners' 4x100-meter relay team placed seventh in 51.25 seconds.

 

Freshman Bethany Slovensky of New Florence took eighth in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking a collegiate-best time of 16.56 seconds.

 

"It was a long two days but easily the best weather we have seen for the outdoor season," head coach Brad Hagedorn said. "We did not experience the consistency this weekend that we have hung our hat on all year. However, we did manage to break seven school records across both genders. This goes to show our team can show some resilience in the face of adversity. We will again face some stiff competition next week at Southwest Baptist University. I am certain that our athletes will train hard this week and be ready for the challenge."

 

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics