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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INDOOR SEASON

January 19

Highland Classic

Highland, Kan.

January 25

Jayhawk Invitational

Lawrence, Kan.

February 1

Pittsburg State Inv.

Pittsburg, Kan.

February 9

Oklahoma Christian Inv.

Norman, Okla.

February 24

Region VI

Indoor Championships

Manhattan, Kan.

March 1

Last Chance Meet

TBA

March 6-8

NJCAA

Indoor Championship

Charleston, Ill.

OUTDOOR SEASON

March 21

Swede Invitational

Lindsborg, Kan.

March 29

Alex Francis Inv.

Hays, Kan.

April 5

Hutch Night Relays

Gowans Stadium

April 12

K.T. Woodman Classic

Wichita, Kan.

April 16

Tabor College Inv.

Hillsboro, Kan.

April 17-19

Kansas Relays

Lawrence, Kan.

April 26

Bethel Invitational

North Newton, Kan.

May 1-3

Region VI Outdoor

Championships

Coffeyville

May 8

Bethany Last Chance

Lindsborg, Kan.

May 10

Cowley Last Chance

Arkansas City, Kan.

May 15-17

NJCAA Outdoor

Championships

Levelland, Texas

MULTI-EVENT SCHEDULE

January 19

Highland Classic

Pentathlon

Highland, Kan.

February 9

Oklahoma Christian

Pentathlon

Norman, Okla.

February 23

Region VI Pentathlon

Highland, Kan.

March 6

NJCAA National Pentathlon

Charleston, Ill.

March 25-26

Bethany

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Lindsborg, Kan.

April 10-11

Cowley College

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Arkansas City, Kan.

May 1-2

Region VI

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Coffeyville, Kan.

May 15-16

NJCAA National

Decathlon/Heptathlon

Levelland, Texas

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