Chavez Penn of the 5th ranked Barton Community College men's track and field team has been named the week seven KJCCC and NJCAA Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Week following his performances at the KJCCC/Region 6 Indoor Championships this past weekend at Pittsburg State University's Robert W. Plaster Center.
Penn delivered one of the weekend's most dominant performances, capturing Region titles in both the triple jump and high jump while adding a fourth-place finish in the long jump to earn the Region 6 Field Athlete of the Meet by scoring 25 points helping Barton finish runner-up.
He claimed the triple jump crown at 15.36m (50-04.75) before clearing a personal best 2.14m (7-00.25) in the high jump, a mark that ranks seventh-best in program history. One day earlier, Penn recorded a nationally qualifying 7.29m (23-11.00) long jump mark in his first time in the event for a five point start to his weekend.
Nationally, the freshman now ranks third in the NJCAA in the triple jump, fourth in the high jump, and seventh in the long jump figuring to be a multi-event scorer at the upcoming national championships.
Penn and his teammates, along with the 3rd ranked women's squad, now shifts focus to the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships set for March 6–7 at Washburn University Indoor Facility in Topeka, Kansas.