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Barton men seventh at NJCAA Indoor Championships
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Updated: Mar 10, 2015, 5:34 PM
Published: Mar 9, 2015, 5:43 PM

The final event of the meet was the best one for the Barton Community College men’s track team. It was in that relay the Cougars crowned a national champion at the 2015 NJCAA National Indoor Championships.
It was that first place effort in the final event that not only gave the Cougars a national champion but also pushed Barton solidly into the top 10 in the team standing.
The 10 points from the 4x400m gave Barton 40 for the meet and into seventh place. South Plains (Texas) won the event with 136 and Central Arizona took second with 116. After those two it was a long ways to third where Coffeyville finished with 55 points. Barton was just three points of out fifth.
The quartet of Deron Gordon, DeAndre Henderson, Quick Stukes and Kennedy Mayweather won the third of four heats in the relay with a time of 3:11.7. Barton had to wait until the fourth and final heat was complete to ensure the title. The best time in that final heat was a 3:12.56 givng the Cougars the gold.
The relays teams contributed nearly half of the points for the Cougars on the days.
The 4x800m relay team gave Barton gave Barton five points with its fourth place finish. Anthony Forrest, Elder Colindres, Brady Holler and Tony Perez won the first of two heats in 7:56.4 but that time fell to fourth overall after the second heat was complete.
Barton also won the opening heat of the Distance Medley relay but that time fell to sixth place after the second heat was complete. Sampson Laari, Micah Carey, Forrest, and Devyn Brotherton won their heat in 10:20.97 for that sixth place effort.
Individually Laari had the best finish as the sophomore took runner-up in the 1000m Laari and Ronaldo Ball of Monroe College (NY) hooked up in a 2-man battle in the finals with Ball edging Laari down the stretch. Ball ran a 2:29.56 for first with Laari finishing close behind in 2:29.79.
Laari was the only Cougar to earn a place in two individual events and three overall with his fourth place finish in the mile. Laari ran 4:21.01 to win his heat but was outrun by three others in the final heat for his fourth place effort.
Alex Richemond took fourth in the 200m for Barton in a time of 21.32 and Henderson fifth in the 400m in 47.96.
Cougar baseball shocks No. 3 Cowley Tigers
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Published: Apr 2, 2025, 9:54 PM
ARKANSAS CITY -- The Barton Cougar baseball team scored early and often plating 11 of its runs over the first four innings to upset No. 3 Cowley College 12-8 on Tuesday. The Cougars (21-8) have won four in a row over the Tigers (23-7). Barton plays Jayhawk West leader Colby at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lawson-Biggs Field. The Cougars travel to Colby Sunday. Tyler Janssen led the Cougars balanced offensive attack providing three of the Cougars six extra base hits on the afternoon, finishing 3-for-5 and single shy of the cycle. The freshman drove in four runs highlighted behind his fourth-inning three-run round tripper for his fourth of the year. Eight of Barton's nine in the lineup furnished a hit with Janssen being joined by Kyle Graves 3-for-6 day at the plate and RBI, as the duo combined for six of the Cougars 14 hits on the afternoon. Kyle Walker was second in runs produced, driving in two of his three runs during Barton's four run top of the second frame, finishing 2-for-5 at the dish with a walk. Rounding out the Cougars' multi-RBI performances was Ayden Hadley and Wyatt Yetter, each driving in two runs apiece. Hadley distributed his pair with a first inning double while Yetter added the final run of a three-run first on a groundout followed by a leadoff fourth inning blast for his first big fly of the season. Despite finishing 0-for-1 at the plate, Barrett Donaldson generated three of Barton's nine walks created with a run scored. Braden Hauschel earned a no-decision in his one-inning of work allowing three runs on two hits with a walk and strikeout. Eli Lang (1-0) notched his first collegiate victory tossing 4.1-innings in relief scattering seven hits and three runs with Landon Haines getting the final two outs of the sixth allowing one hit with a stirkeout. Andrew McCarthy tossed a scoreless seventh with a strikeout while operating around a pair of walks. Cade Kunz handled the eighth yielding two runs on a hit and collected a strikeout before handing off to Preston Golden for the ninth, as the sophomore locked it down
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