Men place 9th, women 12th, at NJCAA Indoor National Championships
Lynchburg, Va. – A strong showing Saturday helped propel the men's and women's Track & Field teams to good finishes at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships.
The men scored 24 points on the second day of competitions to place ninth with a total of 29 points, their best finish since 2009-10 when they were fifth. The women took 12th place with a total of 17 points. That equaled their showing from last year. The meet was held at Liberty University.
All athletes who scored points earn All-American honors.
Relays and the heptathlon played a major factor in the men's success.
Along with a sixth place finish in the distance medley Friday, the 4x800 team of Andrew McCumber, Jonathan Respress, Conner Dosmann and Luke Nicolds placed second to score eighth points for MCC.
In the heptathlon, Tanner Willis had an outstanding showing taking second place with 4777 points, and Juba McClay placed seventh at 4562. Even co-national record holder Makel Hubbard, who did not clear a height in the high jump Friday rallied from ,last place to finish ninth at 4385, a remarkable showing after getting no points in the high jump. Willis won the heptathlon 60 meters in 7.07 and Hubbard took the long jump at 22-7 ¾.
McClay also scored points in the open triple jump with a leap of 48-2 ¾, good for sixth place.
In addition, Dosmann was seventh in the 1,000 meters in 2:33.06.
For the T-Bird women, Mary Simi captured fifth place in the 1,000 meters in 3:03.99.
In addition, the 4x800 relay team of Maggie Orr, Simi, Tanaeya Johnson and Niji Hunter ran in seventh place, clocked in 9:51.17.
Head coach Steve Jacobs was named West Region Coach of the Year.
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