Competing against Division I schools from around the country, Chadron State managed to have 14 individuals place in the top 10 and put a pair of relay teams in the top 3.

The men’s 4×400 relay had a time of 3:21.84 in finishing 2nd behind Division-1 Northern Colorado, while the women’s 4×400 was 3rd behind Northern Colorado and Western State in 4:06.40 – 3-100ths of a second behind Western State.

The Eagles had 7 provisional qualifying marks for the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships in March, led by Phil Rivera’s 4th place finish in the 400 in a time of 50.04, and a 5th from  Dean Francis in the 200 meters in 22.36.

Kolten Jelden set a  school record en route to finishing 10th in the men’s pole vault. Jelden’s 15-7 topped the previous CSC indoor record of 15-5 set just last month by redshirt freshman Skyler Hoopes at the Yellow Jacket Holiday Classic hosted by Black Hills State University.

CSC’s other provisional qualifiers were  Alyssa Norton, Charith Kapukotuwa and Mel Herl. Kapukotuwa did it in 2 events, the men’s shot put, where he was 7th at 53-4, and the weight throw, finishing 11th at 56-0.

On the women’s side Norton and Herl both qualified in the shot…Norton finishing 5th at 45-2-1/2 and Herl finished 6th at 43.1. Herl was also 9th in the weight throw with a non-qualifying mark.

Aria Hughes finished 8th in the women’s triple jump at 34-6 ¾, freshman Zerek Jones was 9th in the men’s high jump at 6-6 ¾,  Alex  Johnson was 7th in the 800 in 2:02.12, and Donnie Butler was 7th in the long jump at 22-7-1/2 and 9th in the triple jump…one spot behind  Lamar Newman. Newman went 44-2-1/2, Newman 43-6-1/2.

Chadron State senior Cody Hunt competed unattached and placed 3rd in the men’s shot put with a throw of 56-11-1/4.

The Eagles will be home for the first time this season when they host their Alumni Invitational meet next Saturday at the Nelson Physical Activity Center.