By TODD MOORE
Barton Sports Info
The throwing group from the 3rd ranked Barton Community College men's track and field team dominated the competition this past weekend at the John Jacobs Invitational hosted by the University of Oklahoma.
The trio of Christopher Crawford, Brandon Lloyd, and Christopher Young earned a combined six Top-5 finishes in their events at the Jacobs Track Complex, making a pair of program impacts along the way.
In Friday's shot put, the Cougars went 3-4-5 in the event led by Crawford's personal best 18.02m (59-01.50) to better his program 8th furthest mark by four inches. Already in the sixth slot on the program list, Young finished fourth at 17.91m (58-09.25) with Lloyd, who has the program's fifth all-time throw, placed 5th in the competition at 16.54m (54-03.25).
On Saturday the trio made program impacts in taking the top three spots of the discus competition. Young earned the Jacobs title unleashing a personal best 56.47m (185-03) mark for a program 6th best ever throw. Lloyd, who set the program record last year at the same competition, finished runner-up on what would be a program seventh best throw of 55.88m (183-04) while Crawford, who has the third furthest throw in history, placed third on Saturday marking a 53.41m (175-02).
Young and Crawford also competed in the Friday's hammer throw, 13th Young placing 13th on a 50.37m (165-03) throw with Crawford in 15th on a personal best 47.78m (156-09), coming up just shy of national qualifying standards.
Despite the less than ideal weather conditions, on the track Barton was nearly as dominant in the short distances, including a pair of runner-up placings.
A mere .008 seconds provided the difference in the 100m leaving Almond Small's 10.489 in the runner-up position. Aaron Charles placed 5th at 10.67, Malachi Carter in 11th at 10.94, Marlon Wordlow's personal fastest 11.04 coming in 14th, and Noah Kincade's 11.47 edging out Jaden Wiley's personal best by .002 seconds for the 23rd position.
The Cougars also had good showing in the 110m Hurdles led by Devoy Pinnock runner-up 14.59 time with Jalen McGee (14.71) and Jeramiah Martin (14.83) crossing in the 4th and 5th placing. Clocking new personal bests, Jayden Singleton's 15.18 and Carlos Bell's 15.89 placed 10th and 14th respectively.
Revon Williams, who placed 5th in the 400m (48.74) joined forces with Martin, Small, and Charles in finishing 2nd in the 4x100m relay at 40.59.
Barton stays in-state for its next meet competing April 29nd in Lawrence at the Rock Chalk Classic hosted by the University of Kansas.