Bison Qualify 26 at Central Missouri

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Final Results

WARRENSBURG, Mo. – In the final meet before the NCCAA Indoor National Championship, Oklahoma Baptist men's indoor track posted 26 NCCAA qualifying marks Saturday at the Central Missouri Mule Relays.
 
Tanner Profice qualified in the long jump with a distance of 6.38 meters. Hayden Ashley (6.59 meters) and Andrew Worley (6.54 meters) qualified in the event as part of the heptathlon.
 
Spencer Lashley met the qualifying standard in the pole vault with a height of 4.50 meters. It was the second-best height in the NCCAA this season, behind his own performance at the Pittsburg State Invitational.
 
Phillip Spess (4.35 meters) and Luke Cusack (4.05 meters) also qualified in the pole vault. Ashley met the standard at 4.40 meters as part of the heptathlon.
 
Jacob Cochran qualified in the shot put at 13.56 meters.
 
Cayden Spain met the qualifying standard in the 60 meter hurdles in 8.61. Christopher Walker (8.64), Dakota Kappelle (8.81), and Brandon Crowley (9.00) also posted qualifying times. Worley met the standard in 8.76 seconds as part of the heptathlon.
 
Devontrae Young also met a qualifying time in the 60 meters in 7.15.
 
Young took second in the 200 meters in a qualifying time of 22.60, and Crowley finished fifth and qualified in 22.85.
 
Matthew Giudice won the 400 meters with a qualifying time of 50.81, a top-10 time in the NCCAA.
 
Two Bison qualified in the 800 meters, paced by Carlos James in 1:57.85. Nathan Crowson finished right behind him at 1:57.85.
 
Blaine Whitson finished runner-up in the 3000 meters with a qualifying time of 8.58.
 
Three Bison qualified in the heptathlon. Worley took second in the event with 4967 points, the most in the NCCAA this season. Ashley finished third at 4904, the second-best total in the NCCAA, and Colton Speaks qualified at 3617.
 
Worley (1.97 meters) and Ashley (1.88 meters) qualified in the high jump.
 
There is no qualifying time for relays in the NCCAA, but a team of Giudice, Clayton Honeycutt, Young, and James took second in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3.27.19.
 
Garrett Elmore, Spain, Sam Smith, and Whitson won the distance medley relay in 10:45.45.
 
The next meet for the Bison will be the NCCAA National Championship on Feb. 17-18.