ACC Indoor track squad finds more success

OVERLAND PARK — In addition to Friday’s competition at the Iowa State Open (see Monday’s Register) Allen Community College’s indoor track team also brought home some hardware at its season-opening event in Johnson County’s Cavalier Indoor meet Jan. 11.
Tegan Michael won the 800-meter run in convincing fashion, beating teammate and runner-up Evan Adams by more than second.
Michael won the event at 2 minutes, 2.16 seconds, while Adams took the silver at 2:03.53. Dakota Parker made it an Allen 1-2-3 sweep by claiming third at 2:05.06.
Meanwhile Chris Donald won the 500-meter dash with a new school record and national qualifying mark of 1:07.18. The time also qualifies Donald to compete at nationals in the 600-meter dash.
Terika Henry also set a school record in the 300-meter dash with a time of 42.84 seconds.
Tucker Morgan won both the 1-mile and 1000-meter races, his first ever collegiate victories.
Bruce Barclay, meanwhile, was agonizingly close to winning the 60-meter hurdles, losing to Rodgerick Woods of Cowley College by .02 seconds. Barclay finished in 8.46 seconds to Woods’ 8.44. Donald was fourth at 8.71 seconds.
“We competed very well,” Red Devil coach Vince DeGrado said. “This was a good starter meet to allow our athletes to get in some competition. Not all of the events were run, and some weren’t ‘championship’ distances. But having a little variety allowed us to find out where our athletes were fitness-wise, which allows us to progress with them.”
Michael’s win in the 800 started slowly. All three Red Devil runners stuck to a steady pace through the first half, DeGrado said, “and then made their respective moves at the halfway point.
“Terika cruised to victory pretty easily,” DeGrado continued. “Tucker waited until about halfway of each race, then took control.
“The competition was good,” DeGrado said. “What I liked most about our athletes’ performances was that they were very competitive. They didn’t hold back and used this, not as a race warmup, but a good practice session to build on.”
Allen competes again Friday in Lawrence, followed by a two-day event Feb. 1 and 2 at Missouri Southern State College in Joplin.
Allen’s results follow:

Men
60-meter hurdles
2. Bruce Barclay, 8.46 seconds
4. Chris Donald, 8.71
60-meter dash
3. Rodrick Simmons, 7.03 seconds
— Kelvin Gant, 7.19 (DNQ for finals)
— Jethro St. Hubert, 7.21 (DNQ)
1-mile run
1. Tucker Morgan, 4:42.00
2. Garrett Colglazier, 4:43.44
3. Jacob Spence, 4:45.36
5. Brock Artis, 4:48.28
6. Patrick Rachford, 4:48.31
7. Kyle Schauvliege, 4:48.69
10. Ryan Pulsifer, 4:52.06
11 Kevin White, 4:52.50
22. Mark Emerson, 5:05.16
28. Gerald Christian, 5:19.81.
— John Lawson, 7.29
400-meter dash
8. Jordan Fountain, 55.49 seconds
500-meter dash
1. Donald, 1:07.18
3. Rickardo Bailey, 1:08.73
800-meter run
1. Tegan Michael, 2:02.16
2. Evan Adams, 2:03.53
3. Dakota Parker, 2:05.06
13. Jordan Caudill, 2:25.22
300-meter dash
4. Antonio Duncan, 36.64 seconds
8. Gant, 37.94
1000-meter run
1. Morgan, 2:43.53
5. Rachford, 2:47.87
6. Colglazier, 2:48.70
8. Spence, 2:52.80
13. Pulsifer, 2:57.58
Long jump
1. St. Hubert, 6.95 meters
10. Andrew Boggs, 6.05
Triple jump
6. St. Hubert, 12.93 meters
Women
60-meter dash
2. Terika Henry, 7.93 seconds
1-mile run
10. Debra Kime, 6:09.66
— Denae McGee, DNF
800-meter run
5. Kim Boyle, 2:40.26
8. Kim Cooper, 2:45.74
12. Mahalia Soap, 2:52.05
300-meter dash
1. Henry, 42.84 seconds