MANHATTAN, Kan. - The Butler track and field teams were highly decorated following the 2012 Jayhawk Conference/Region VI championships on Sunday at Ahearn Fieldhouse on the Kansas State University campus.
The Butler women were named the 2012 Jayhawk West Conference champions, edging out Barton County and Cloud County. The ladies also finished sixth in the Region VI standings.
The men were thrd in the Jayhawk West and also finished sixth in Region VI.
Individually, Butler claimed two of the highest honors at the meet as Remona Burchell was the female winner and and Kelvin Busienei was the male winner of the the Track Athletes of the Meet honors. Burchell won the 60, 200 and ran the fastest leg on the 4 x 400 relay (along with Latesha Bigby, Carole Idolphone and Juliet Gourdet) that finished third overall. Busienei won the 1000, Mile and ran the fastest leg on the 4 x 800 relay that also won the Region VI title.
Other Butler runners with high finishes were Cesar Sanabria, who finished second in the mile, posting the exact same time as Busienei in an event where either runner could have been named the winner. Sanabria also placed third in the 3000.
Devery Robley finished second in the men's 800 to qualify for nationals, while the men's distance medley relay (Mathew Komen, Aaron Cain, Coty Williams and Heber Jimenez) finished third. Leroy Moore qualified for nationals in the 400.
For the women, Butler scored well in the pentathlon as Latesha Bigby finished second in the event with a score that is the second-best in Butler history. Paige Slayton finished fourth in the event.
Those athletes that have qualified for nationals will now gear up for the NJCAA Championships on March 2-3 in Charleston, Ill.
Track
Women
60M 1st Place Remona Burchell 7.57P/7.48F
Cydnie Brown 8.35P
200M 1st Place Remona Burchell 24.98
Cydnie Brown 27.01
400M Latesha Bigby 1:01.16
600M Carole Idolphine 1:42.89
Kelsey Camien 1:44.83
Paige Slayton 1:50.99
800M Juliette Gourdet 2:34.80
Alex Jones 2:37.72
Martha Avila 2:55.81
1000M Fiona Masai 3:14.18
Alex Jones 3:26.71
Tracy Rausch 3:41.06
Mile Fiona Masai 5:39.20
Sylvia Tomno 6:08.36
Tracy Rausch 6:20.04
3000M Aadrian McCollum 11:57.19
Sylvia Tomno 12:28.28
5000M Sylvia Tomno 20:50.44
Aadrian McCollum 20:55.39
60MH Carole Idolphine 10.26P/ 9.93F
Latesha Bigby 10.00P/ 10.00F
Paige Slayton 10.41P
4 x 800M 10:44.73
(Splits- Gourdet- 2:31.1, Jones- 2:39.3, Rausch- 2:54.9, Masai- 2:37.1)
4 x 400M 3rd Place 4:03.02 National Qualifier
(Splits- Bigby- 61.5, Burchell- 58.9, Idolphine- 59.9, Gourdet- 62.2)
Men
60M Jamelle Ardis 7.15P
200M Lonell Watkins 23.06
Jamelle Ardis 23.29
400M Leroy Moore 50.05 National Qualifier
Taylor Parker 54.73
Alejandro Carbajal 56.84
600M Aaron Cain 1:25.01
Emanuel Thornton 1:26.34
Toland Holloway 1:26.42
800M 2nd Place Devery Robley 1:59.33 National Qualifier
Drake Brown 2:02.80
Dale Nuckolls 2:04.41
1000M 1st Place Kelvin Busienei 2:30.57 11th All Time @ Butler/ INQ
Jameson Fay 2:40.06 National Qualifier
Coty Williams 2:43.63
Mile 1st Place Kelvin Busienei 4:25.51
2nd Place Cesar Sanabria 4:25.51
Jameson Fay 4:44.43
3000M 3rd Place Cesar Sanabria 9:01.00
Joseph Metcalf 9:08.19
Heber Jimenez 9:38.45
5000M Joseph Metcalf 16:01.55
Heber Jimenez 16:54.72
60MH Emanuel Thornton 8.73P
4 x 800M 1st Place 7:54.17 N. Qualifier/ 8th @ Butler
(Splits- Busienei- 1:54.1, Sanabria- 1:57.3, Robley- 2:01.8, Williams- 2:00.4)
DMR 3rd Place 10:56.87
(Splits - Komen (1200) - 3:21.1, Cain (400)- 52.1, Williams (800)- 1:58.2, Jimenez (1600)- 4:43.3
4 x 400M 3:22.78
(Splits- Moore- 50.1, Thornton- 50.8, Cain- 51.6, Ardis- 49.8)
Field
Women
Long Jump Paige Slayton 15'2 ¾"
High Jump Latesha Bigby 5'1"
Pentathlon 2nd Place Latesha Bigby 2991 pts. 3rd All Time @ Butler
Paige Slayton 2524 pts. 10th All Time @ Butler
Men
Pole Vault AJ Bales 13'9 ¼"
Heptathlon Koy Watkins 2714
All Region VI
Remona Burchell 60M
Remona Burchell 200M
Latesha Bigby 4 x 400M
Remona Burchell 4 x 400M
Carole Idolphine 4 x 400M
Juliette Gourdet 4 x 400M
Latesha Bigby Pentathlon
Devery Robley 800M
Kelvin Busienei 1000M
Kelvin Busienei Mile
Cesar Sanabria Mile
Cesar Sanabria 3000M
Kelvin Busienei 4 x 800M
Cesar Sanabria 4 x 800M
Devery Robley 4 x 800M
Coty Williams 4 x 800M
Mathew Komen DMR
Aaron Cain DMR
Coty Williams DMR
Heber Jimenez DMR
All Jayhawk West Conference
Remona Burchell 60M
Remona Burchell 200M
Latesha Bigby 400M
Carole Idolphine 600M
Juliette Gourdet 800M
Aadrian McCollum 3000M
Sylvia Tomno 5000M
Latesha Bigby 4 x 400M
Remona Burchell 4 x 400M
Carole Idolphine 4 x 400M
Juliette Gourdet 4 x 400M
Latesha Bigby High Jump
Latesha Bigby Pentathlon
Devery Robley 800M
Kelvin Busienei 1000M
Kelvin Busienei Mile
Cesar Sanabria Mile
Cesar Sanabria 3000M
Joseph Metcalf 5000M
Kelvin Busienei 4 x 800M
Cesar Sanabria 4 x 800M
Devery Robley 4 x 800M
Coty Williams 4 x 800M
Mathew Komen DMR
Aaron Cain DMR
Coty Williams DMR
Heber Jimenez DMR
AJ Bales Pole Vault