Southwestern Wins Both KCAC Mens and Womans Indoor Titles

Manhattan, Kan. – At the end of the second and final day of the KCAC Third Annual Indoor Track and Field Championships, Southwestern College claimed the Men's and Women's titles with 127 and 151 points.  Cameron Magnall of McPherson College earned both Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year. Athlete of the Meet awards went to Garrett Daugherty of Tabor College and Sharica Pleasant of McPherson College.

 

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Athletes of the Meet

 

Women: Sharica Pleasant a McPherson College senior from Long Beach, California earned 28 points for Bulldog Track & Field at the 2014 KCAC Indoor Championships. She took first in the 60m hurdles, earning a "B" qualifying standard while breaking the school and conference meet record at 9.11. The senior ran a 7.80 time in prelims of the 60m dash, second fastest, to set a school record and give her a "B" NAIA standard; her final time was 8.34. She ran a 1:05.23 in the 400m. Pleasant was also a participant in the final race of the evening, the 4x400m relay; her team finished second.

 

Also competing in multiple field events, she also broke a McPherson record in the long jump (5.16m) en route to a second place finish, was fourth in the shot put (11.64m), and fourth in the high jump (1.52m). The MC women's track & field team took second at the championships, which is the best finish for the program since the mid-70s.

 

Sharica Pleasant

 

Men: Garrett Daugherty a Tabor College junior from Minneapolis, Kansas named MVP of the KCAC Indoor Track and Field Championships after his strong overall performances at the meet. He anchored the winning 4x400m and 4x800m relays.

 

Daugherty places first in the Mile run and repeated as 1000m champion. He qualifies for NAIA nationals as part of the Tabor Men 4 x 800 meter relay team.

 

Garrett Daugherty

 

Kansas High School graduates competing @ KCAC Championships

KCAC Indoor Championships

February 07, 2014 through February 08, 2014 in Manhattan, KS

1,000 Meter Run

1,000 Meter Run

200 Meter Dash

200 Meter Dash

3,000 Meter Run

3,000 Meter Run

400 Meter Dash

400 Meter Dash

5,000 Meter Run

5,000 Meter Run

600 Meter Dash

600 Meter Dash

60 Meter Hurdles

60 Meter Hurdles

60 Meter Hurdles

60 Meter Hurdles

60 Meter Dash

60 Meter Dash

800 Meter Run

800 Meter Run

High Jump

High Jump

High Jump

Long Jump

Long Jump

One Mile Run

One Mile Run

Pole Vault

Pole Vault

Pole Vault

Pole Vault

Shot Put

Shot Put

Shot Put

Shot Put

Triple Jump

Triple Jump

Weight Throw

Weight Throw

Weight Throw

Weight Throw