Eagles notes: Throwers lead Eagles into outdoor season
CHADRON, Neb. -- March 26, 2022 -- With throwers leading the way, the Chadron State College track and field team opened the outdoor season Saturday with some excellent results.
The hammer throw proved to be a stellar event for the Eagles. Redshirt freshman Daniel Reynolds won the event and broke the school record with a mark of 196 feet, 11 inches during the Spank Blasing Meet hosted by Colorado State-Pueblo.
Reynolds won the event by 11 feet, 7 inches and broke the CSC record of 194-2 set by Cory Martens in 2017. In addition, Reynolds' mark was 24 feet farther than his best as a true freshman year ago and is a provisional qualifier for the National Outdoor Meet.
The 6-foot-2, 280-pound native of Granby, Colo., also broke Martens' school record and reset the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's record in the 35-pound weight throw during the recent indoor record with a heave of 64-11 ½.
Reynolds wasn't the only Chadron State athlete to excel in the hammer throw Saturday. Sophomore Shane Collins, competing at Black Hills State since it is near to his home at Bison, S.D., sent the instrument 193 feet to not only win the event, but it also is the third best hammer throw in Chadron State annals behind only those by Reynolds and Martins.
Collins entered this season with Chadron State's second-best hammer throw of 189-9. He also was second in the shot put at the Black Hills' meet with a toss of 48-10 ¾.
In addition, Courtney Smith of Rock Springs, Wyo., was third in her hammer throw competition at 158-2, a career-best by about 18 feet.
Eagles also dominated the javelin at Pueblo, where Quest Savery of Miles City, Mont., was winner among 14 entries with a career-best of 190-8 and Dylan Soule of Polk, Neb., was second at 173-0.
Chadron State had several other strong performances at Pueblo, where Division I Colorado State and Wyoming were among the nine teams entered.
For instance, redshirt freshman Creighton Trembly of Longmont, Colo., was the runner-up among 22 contestants in the 110 high hurdles in 14.54 seconds, a career-best by three-fourths of a second.
Trembly also ran on the second place 4x100 relay in 41.22 seconds, sixth-best all time at CSC. His mates were Morgan Fawver of McCook, Osvaldo Cano of Oshkosh and Brodie Roden of Riverton, Wyo.
Fawver also posted his outdoor best of 24-1 while placing fourth in the long jump and Cano was third in the 400 meters in 49.53 seconds. Greg Logsdon of Yoder, Wyo., was fifth in the 400 with his outdoor best of 49.65.
Other highlights by Chadron State men at Pueblo included two places in the 400 hurdles. Logan Peila of Miles City, Mont., was third in 55.68 seconds and Osiel Cano of Oshkosh was fourth in 56.80. Brock Voth of Berthoud, Colo., took fourth in the triple jump by going 47-4 ½.
Jourdaine Cerenil of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., led the CSC women at Pueblo by placing second in the high jump by clearing 5-5.
Other results at Black Hills State saw Kristie Hill of Big Springs, Neb., place second in the pole vault and Harley Rhoades of Douglas, Wyo., and Pete Brown of Oxford place third and fourth, respectively, in the decathlon that had 12 entries.
CSC results at CSU-Pueblo:
Men's Events
400—3, Osvaldo Cano, 49.53; 5, Greg Logsdon, 49.65.
110 high hurdles—2, Creighton Trembley, 14.54.
400 intermediate hurdles—3, Logan Peila, 55.68; 4, Osiel Cano, 56.80.
4x100 relay—2, Chadron State (Morgan Fawver, Creighton Trembly, 3, Osvaldo Cano, Brodie Roden), 41.22.
4x400 relay—4, Chadron State (Jahani Wright, Logan Peila, Osiel Cano, Greg Logsdon), 3:22.0.
Long jump—4, Morgan Fawver, 24-1.
Triple jump—4, Brock Voth, 47-4 ½.
Hammer throw—1, Dan Reynolds, 196-11 (school record).
Javelin—1, Quest Savery, 190-8; 2, Dylan Soule, 173-0.
Women's Events
High jump—2, Jourdaine Cerenil, 5-5.
CSC's Results at Black Hills State:
Men's Events
Shot put—2, Shane Collins, 48-10 ¾.
Hammer throw—1, Shane Collins, 193-0.
Decathlon—3, Harley Rhoades, 5,674 points; 4, Pete Brown, 5,438; 8, Kaden Dower, 4,781.
Women's Events
Hammer throw—3, Courtney Smith, 158-2.
Pole vault—2, Kristie Hill, 10-2 ½.
Eagles knot series with Cowgirls
CHADRON, Neb. – March 27, 2022 – Another pair of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference softball games fell evenly on Sunday between the Chadron State College Eagles and the New Mexico Highlands University Cowgirls. Just as was the case on Saturday, NMHU took the early game and CSC took the latter to close out the series in Chadron.
Both games on Sunday were decided by the closest of margins. Highlands won 9-8 in the noon game, pulling ahead with a seventh-inning run, while CSC scored its game winner in the bottom of the sixth in the afternoon contest.
"Again I was disappointed in that first game," said CSC Head Softball Coach Kaley Ness, "especially considering how well Gabby [Russell] pitched. We just need to clean up some things defensively. The team fought hard, though. It's really nice to see them fight hard and win the next one."
Chadron State is now 6-26 on the season, with a 5-15 RMAC mark, while New Mexico Highlands is 7-23 (5-15 RMAC).
Each team was credited with six fielding errors in the Highlands win, leading to a total of 15 unearned runs and only two earned.
CSC jumped out to a 4-0 lead, scoring two runs apiece in the first and second innings. Three Highlands errors were primarily responsible for the first two. The second pair were the product of a sac fly by freshman Lauren Zimmerman and an RBI single by sophomore Mackenzi Kroll, after junior Chloe Brown's leadoff single and a walk by sophomore Jessie Henchenski put both players on base.
In the third, Highlands senior Gloria Dilauro led off with a single, but advanced three more times on a pair of CSC errors, putting the Cowgirls on the board. With two outs, sophomore Samantha Gamboa played senior Camrynn Ziegler, who reached base safely thanks to the second error.
Highlands took its first lead in the top of the fourth, when a single and another CSC error put two in scoring position with two outs. The Cowgirls then got three RBI singles to go on top 5-4.
CSC tied the game at five apiece with another two-out unearned run in the bottom of the inning.
Each team scored three in the fifth in much the same manner, and they went into the seventh knotted 8-8 after a scoreless sixth frame.
The same pattern played out in the Cowgirls' seventh inning. NMHU junior Alice Midiri led off with a walk, advanced to third on a pair of groundouts, then scored on a CSC fielding error which would have represented the third out. Highlands retired the side in the Eagles' final at-bat, and the game ended 9-8 in NMHU's favor.
Russell was 1-3 following the loss, but none of the nine runs charged against her, in her complete game, were earned. Ramirez claimed the victory for her first of the season, improving to 1-9.
The closing game in the series was played much more cleanly and quickly.
CSC was up 2-0 after three, when junior Addison Spears led off with a double down the right field stripe, and freshman Amaya Ruiz followed up with her second homer in as many days.
Eagles' senior starting pitcher Tia Kohl went four and two-thirds innings without allowing a hit, but the Cowgirls evened the score at 2-2 with a trio of singles and a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning.
Fortunately for CSC, there was one Highlands error remaining for the day, and it came in the bottom of the sixth, putting both Brown and sophomore Sloane Quijas aboard. They both advanced on sac bunt by Henchenski, and Brown cleared home plate thanks to a sac fly by Zimmerman for the second out, putting CSC up 3-2.
The Cowgirls batted 1-for-4 in their final opportunity.
Kohl improved to 2-12 in the circle, while NMHU junior starter Nathalie Blattman fell to 5-9.
CSC remains tied for 10th, along with NMHU, but both teams moved past Adams State University, which lost all four RMAC contests over the weekend.
The Eagles are slated for a series at MSU Denver next weekend on April 2-3.
