The Butler women's track team had one of their best Region VI performances in recent years winning the KJCCC East title and finishing third place in Region VI. 

The accolades didn't stop there. Shanique Masters, who won the 600m, 800m, runner-up in the Distance medley Relay and third place in the 4x800 relay, was named the Female 'Athlete of the Meet' and head coach Dustin Mettler was named women's indoor 'Coach of the Year.'

" It feels good to be named Women's coach of the year, but I cannot take any credit for this award," mentioned head coach Dustin Mettler. "If it wasn't for the girls on our team believing in us and our assistant coaches;  Greg Franklin, Steve Jackson and Dallas Thompson this award wouldn't have been awarded to me. This award is a team award. Thank you to everyone who has been involved."

Butler scored 123 points in the region, behind Region champions Barton (169.33) and runner-up Cloud County (128.33). The 123 points scored by the Grizzlies was 31 points higher than Cowley, who finished 4^th in Region VI and 2^nd in the KJCCC East.

"We have some extremely tough teams to compete against in the east," said head coach Dustin Mettler. "For us to win is such an honor and it is also a good indication that we are doing to the rights by recruiting talented student-athletes and what we're doing to prepare them for championship meets is working."

Shanique Masters dominated the meet in her four events finishing in the top four in all of them. She won the 600m run and the 800m run. She was the third leg in the women's Distance medley Relay that finished Region VI runner-up and was the fourth leg in the third place finished 4x800m Relay team.

"I am very proud of Shanique," commented Mettler. "We had a race plan going into the meet and that was to keep herself in a good position throughout the race to help herself win an event or score high in it. She executed the race plan very well."

Linesha Thompson had a big day for the Grizzlies finishing Region VI runner-up in the 60m dash and the 200m dash and third place in the 400m.

Kaleb McDonald also placed in all four of her events finishing runner-up in the DMR, third in the 200m dash and the 400m and fifth in the 60m.

Zadue St.Louis was a four event point scorer for Butler finishing second in the 800m and the DMR with a third place finish in the 800m and the 4x800 Relay.

Michelle Sanchez scored in all of her events with a second (DMR), third (4x800), fourth (5000m) and fifth place (3000m) finish.

The women's three relays all scored points in the Region as they went one, two three. They won the 4x400 relay, came in second in the Distance Medley Relay and finished third place in the 4x800m Relay.

Butler finished first in three events, runner-up in four events and third place in five events.

Women's Top 10 Region VI:

Shanique Masters: 1^st place- 600m, 1^st place-800m, 2^nd place DMR, 3^rd place- 4x800 Relay

4x400 Relay (Smith, McDonald, Goffe, Thompson): 1^st place

Distance Medley Relay (St. Louis, Dangha, Masters, Sanchez): 2^nd place

Linesha Thompson: 2^nd place- 60m, 2^nd place- 200m, 3^rd place- 400m,

Kaleb McDonald: 5^th place- 60m, 3^rd place- 200m, 4^th place- 400m, 2^nd place DMR

Jyria Smith: 6^th place- 400m

Zadie St. Louis: 2^nd place- 800m, 3^rd place- 600m, 2^nd place DMR, 3^rd place- 4x800 Relay

Sylvia Korir: 3^rd place- 3000m, 5^th place- 5000m

Michelle Sanchez: 4^th place- 5000m, 5^th place- 3000m, 2^nd place DMR, 3^rd place- 4x800 Relay

Stephany Lechuga: 8^th place- 5000m, 10^th place- 3000m

Keyara Robinson: 5^th place- Long Jump, 8^th place-Triple Jump

Toshel Goffe: 3^rd place- 4x800 Relay

Ann Dangha: 2^nd place DMR

4x800 Relay (St. Louis, Lechuga, Sanchez, Masters): 3^rd place

Women - Team Rankings - 20 Events Scored

1. Barton County CC 169.33
2. Cloud County CC 128.33
3. Butler CC 123
4. Cowley College
5. Hutchinson CC 71.33
6. Coffeyville CC 43.50
7. Highland CC 39
8. Pratt CC 34
9. Colby CC 27
10. Garden City CC 17
11. Dodge City CC 9.50
12. Allen CC 8
13. Fort Scott CC 1
14. Neosho County CC 1

The men's team scored 80 points total, finishing 5^th in Region VI and 2^nd in the KJCCC East behind Coffeyville.

They were led by Agerian Jackson who won the Region in the 60 meter run. He also finished third in the 400m run.

The Men's 4x400m Relay team also had a first place finish to close out the meet. That team was made up of Bienvenue, Brockenberry, Elcock, Taylor.

Three Grizzlies made finals in the men's 60m dash and scored big points for Butler. Ollie McGee finished 3^rd while teammates Xavier Jackson finished fourth and Jeremy McDowell came in seventh.

Men's Results:

Agerian Jackson: 1^st place- 600m, 3^rd place- 400m,

4x400 Relay (Bienvenue, Brockenberry, Elcock, Taylor): 1^st place Xavier Atkins: 4^th place- 60m

Ollie McGee: 3^rd place- 60m,

Jeremy McDowell: 7^th place- 60m

Cardet Bienvenue: 7^th place- 200m

Damon Brockenberry: 7^th place- 48.54

Judah Taylor: 10^th place- 400m

Phillip Armbrister: 7^th place- 800m, 9^th place- 600m,

Tarik Xavier: 3^rd place- 800m

Obadia Tanui: 4^th place- 5000m

Tard Smith Jr.: 4^th place- 60m Hurdles

Nick Lowe: 5^th place- Shot Put, 8^th place- Weight Throw

4x800 Relay (Armbrister, Xavier, Tovar, Jackson): 2^nd place

Distance Medley Relay (Xavier, Ragsdale, Armbrister, Tovar): 3^rd place

Men - Team Rankings - 20 Events Scored

1. Cloud County CC 151.50
2. Barton County CC 131
3. Coffeyville CC 113.50
4. Hutchinson CC 82
5. Butler CC 80
6. Highland CC 45
7. Pratt CC 36
8. Cowley College 34
9. Fort Scott CC 24
10. Allen CC 20
11. Dodge City CC 19
12. Colby CC 16
13. Northwest Kansas 11
14. Neosho County CC 9
15. Garden City CC 4

FINAL RESULTS – HERE

Butler will spend the next week and a half training before heading to Lynchburg, VA for the NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships happening March 6-7, 2020.

"This next week we just keep doing what we've been doing. We continue to encourage everyone to go to the training room every day, get rest and practice hard."