By: Emilie Jenson
Public Infomation Coordinator
The Iowa Central Track and Field team split for the weekend and participated in the Jack Johnson Classic at the University of Minnesota and the D2 Open at South Dakota State University January 26-27.
Individual champions for the men at Jack Johnson included Zion Campbell in the 60-meter dash, Youssef Hamed in the 200-meter dash, Stephen Sydnor in the long jump and Adreian Roper in the triple jump. Campbell set a school record in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.64 seconds.
In the men's 200-meter dash, Peyton Sanders finished fifth, Sydnor finished eighth and Tramere Cornelius finished in 10th place.
Miles Reed took third place in the men's 300 meters and Alec Wyman finished sixth.
Caston Frank took 10th in the men's 400 meter run.
In the high jump, Garrison Murray finished third.
Roper took third in the men's long jump, followed by Sanders in fourth place. Abraham Ochalla finished ninth.
Cooper Spurgeon finished in third place in the men's heptathlon.
For the Triton Women, Tina Samson finished third in the 60-meter dash and women's pentathlon.
Nicole Schaefer finished third in the women's 200-meter dash and Landry McCoid finished ninth.
In the 60-meter hurdles, Abigail Frey finished fourth and Schaefer took sixth place.
National qualifiers for the Tritons at Jack Johnson included Murray in the high jump, Samson in the women's pentathlon and Spurgeon in the men's heptathlon.
Setting Triton All Time Top-10 marks were Zion Campbell (No.1) men's 60-meters, Youssef Hamed, (No. 4) men's 60-meters, Tina Samson (No. 4) pentathlon, Miles Reed (No. 5) 300-meters, and Samson (No. 10) high jump.
At the D2 Open, Natalie Bogdanova Kirilova finished in sixth place in the women's 5000 meters and sixth in the 800-meter run. Raylene Williams finished second in the women's 5000.
Housem Hrabi finished first in both the men's mile and 1000-meter run. Jed Elmbarki finished third in the mile and second in the 1000-meter run. Jadon Boots took fourth in the mile.
Jakob Sobura-Durma finished fifth in the men's 200-meter dash.
Bongumusa Nkosi finished second in the men's 400-meter dash and Trevon Prince finished in fifth.
Seon Booker took fifth in the 600-meter run.
The Men's 4x400-meter relay team of Sobura-Durma, Booker, Prince and Nkosi finished second and the 4x800 squad of Booker, Joseph Asahi Wright, Price, and Jadon Boots finished in third place.
National qualifiers at the D2 Open included Nkosi in the men's 400-meter dash, Hrabi in the 1000-meter run and mile, Jed Elmbarki in the mile, Jadon Boots in the mile, the men's 4x800 team and Natalie Bogdanova Kirlova in the women's 800.
Triton All-Time Top-10 finishers were Bogdanova Kirlova (No. 2) in the women's 500 meters, Nick Kaska (No. 5) in the discus, Raylene Williams (No. 5) in the women's 500 meters, Sara Diew (No. 5) in the discus, Nkosi (No. 6) in the men's 400-meter dash, Jeremiah Scott and Zuriyah Robinson (No. 6) in the discus, Aliyah Henry (No. 7) in the discus and the Mens 4x800 team (No. 10).
"I am very pleased with the outcome from both our meets this weekend. We were very intentional with what we were trying to accomplish with our event groups at each location. The throwers, mid-distance and distance groups all achieved some all-time marks in school history and added to our list of national qualifiers," said Director of Track and Field, Dee Brown. "Housem Hrabi won two events and qualified in both which really removes a lot of pressure as he has checked both of those off. Jed Elmbarki looked amazing in his first competition after a season ending injury in the fall of 2022 which cost him his entire track season last year. Jadon Boots continues to reap the benefits of his hard work."
The Tritons will split squads one more time next weekend as a group will compete at the University of Nebraska's Husker Invite and the rest of the team will head to Mankato, MN to compete in the Ted Nelson Classic hosted by Minnesota State Mankato.