Grizzlies See 3 Region Champions, 13 Medalists at Region VI Championships
PRATT, Kan. – Butler track and field wrapped up the 2024 Region VI Outdoor Championships at Pratt’s Bill Keller Family Sports Complex on Saturday.
PRATT, Kan. – Butler track and field wrapped up the 2024 Region VI Outdoor Championships at Pratt's Bill Keller Family Sports Complex on Saturday.
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The Grizzly men finished sixth out of 15 competing schools with 71.5 points accumulated while the women finished 8th out of 13 with 54 points.
Khloi Bird was the first individual for Butler to turn in a first place region championship result as she won the women's 10000m, running 39:39.72.
The men's 4x100m relay earned a region championship title as Devian King, Andre Morrison, Eddy Vu and Jonathan Farinha ran 40.26. In the last leg Farinha overtook three runners in an impressive effort to secure first for the Grizzlies.
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Farinha later won the men's 100m, running 10.23. Andre Morrison took third running 10.26.
William McKiney took third in the men's high jump clearing 1.97m.
In the women's 3000m steeplechase Heidi Grimmett took second (12:16.17) and Valyrie Freeman finished third (12:40.16).
Nasia Lee came in second in the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 13.99.
Farinha then took second in the men's 200m running it in 20.46.
Bird earned her second top-three finish in the women's 5000m with a time of 18:43.53.
The men's 4x400m relay consisting of King, Michael Thomas, Abdelhakim Boukhiar and Farinha came in second (3:08.72).
The Grizzlies now look to the NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the University of Louisiana Monroe from May 16th-18th. All Grizzly qualifiers for nationals will be updated on ButlerGrizzlies.com at a later date.
Women's Team Results:
1) Barton County CC 168
2) Cloud County CC 160
3) Hutchinson CC 88.50
4) Fort Scott CC 88
5) Cowley College 61.50
6) Garden City CC 57
7) Colby CC 55
8) Butler CC 54
9) Dodge City CC 43
10) Coffeyville CC 35
11) Highland CC 19
12) Pratt CC 13
13) Neosho County CC 10
Men's Team Results:
1) Cloud County CC 131
2) Barton County CC 127
3) Hutchinson CC 107.50
4) Coffeyville CC 96
5) Fort Scott CC 95
6) Butler CC 71.50
7) Colby CC 54
8) Cowley College 50
9) Garden City CC 29.50
10) Dodge City CC 22.50
11) Pratt CC 22
12) Northwest Kansas 16
12) Neosho County CC 16
14) Highland CC 15
15) Allen CC 5
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