ALEXANDER FINISHES OFF DECATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP

HCC Sports Information

Tuesday, May 3, 2005

Hutchinson Community College freshman Jamie Alexander finished off an impressive decathlon performance over the weekend in winning the Region VI championship on Friday at Coffeyville’s Veteran’s Memorial Stadium.

Alexander matched his point total at the Oklahoma Christian Invitational victory exactly, winning the regional championship with 6,037 points. Alexander was the only one of 12 competitors to break the 6,000-point plateau. Alexander has already qualified for the NJCAA national championships later this month in Levelland, Texas.

Overall, the Blue Dragon track and field teams captured four event championships.

Sophomore Clint Reed set a personal record by clearing 6 feet, 101/2 inches to win the men’s high jump.

On the women’s side, Jessica Blackwill took regional gold in the javelin with a top attempt of 140 feet, 3 inches. Becky Hall won the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 12 minutes, 7.15 seconds.

Sophomore Glenda Branch qualified for nationals in the steeplechase, finishing third with a time of 12:30.29.

Overall, the Blue Dragon men finished third in the Region VI team standings with 114 points. Barton County won the team title with 211 points. Butler was runner-up with 130 points. But the Dragon men finished as Jayhawk West runners-up, edging Butler 171.5-164. Barton captured the Jayhawk West title with 250 points.

The Lady Dragons finished fourth in both the regional and league standings. In Region VI scoring, HCC scored 84 points, finishing behind Barton County (263), Butler (152) and Cloud County (98.5). Hutch finished behind the same three times in the in the Jayhawk West team race with 122.5 points.

The Blue Dragons will play host to a Last Chance meet on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Gowans Stadium.

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2004-05 SCHEDULE

INDOOR SEASON

January 17

Highland Classic

Highland, Kan.

January 24

Oklahoma Christian Inv. No. 1

Norman, Okla.

January 30

Johnson County Invitational

Overland Park, Kan.

February 14

Oklahoma Christian Inv. No. 2

Norman, Okla.

February 22

Region VI

Indoor Championships

Manhattan, Kan.

February 25

Blue Dragon

Last Chance Meet

Gowans Stadium

March 5-7

NJCAA

Indoor Championship

Lubbock, Texas

OUTDOOR SEASON

March 21

Swede Invitational

Lindsborg, Kan.

March 28

Alex Francis Invitational

Hays, Kan.

April 4

Hutch Night Relays

Gowans Stadium

April 11

Pittsburg State Invitational

Pittsburg, Kan.

April 15

Tabor College Invitational

Hillsboro, Kan.

April 16-18

Kansas Relays

Lawrence, Kan.

April 25

Bethel Invitational

North Newton, Kan.

May 7-8-9

Region VI Outdoor

Championships

Arkansas City, Kan.

May 14-16

Last Chance Meet

TBA

May 21-23

NJCAA Outdoor

Championships

Gowans Stadium

Hutchinson

MULTI-EVENT SCHEDULE

February 13-14

Oklahoma Christian

Pentathlon/Heptathlon

Norman, Okla.

February 23

Region VI

Pentathlon/Heptathlon

Manhattan, Kan.

March 5-6

NJCAA National

Pentathlon/Heptathlon

Lubbock, Texas

April 8-9

Cowley College

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Arkansas City, Kan.

May 7-8

Region VI

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Arkansas City, Kan.

May 21-22

NJCAA National

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Gowans Stadium

Hutchinson, Kan.

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