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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.
First-place Cougars complete 4-game sweep
Barton baseball
Published: Apr 7, 2025, 3:13 PM
First-place Cougars sweep Colby COLBY — The Barton Cougars solidified first place with a 4-game sweep of Colby Sunday 9-4 and 8-6 in 10 innings. The Cougars (25-8, 16-4 Jayhawk) lead Cloud County (26-11, 15-5 Jayhawk) by one game. COUGARS 9, COLBY 4 (G1) — Barton's Ayden Hadley homered, doubled and singled and drove home five runs. Wyatt Yetter doubled home a run. The Cougars' defense converted a pair of double plays. Bartlett 3-run homer followed McCormick's RBI single for a 4-0 lead. Hadley and Yetter delivered RBI doubles in a 3-run fifth inning for 7-0 lead. Colby ripped a 2-run fifth-inning homer and added two sixth-inning runs after a trio of walks. Barton's Owen Pote (5-2) earned the pitching victory. COUGARS 8, COLBY 6 (G2) — The Cougars parlayed four walks and a hit batter for a pair of 10th-inning runs. Hunter Alvord and Hadley drew bases-loaded walks for an 8-6 lead. Hadley's third-inning double scored Alvord. Colby tied it 1-1 after three innings. Four Colby singles led to a 3-1 lead. Alvord's fifth-inning homer made it 3-2. Kyle Graves' RBI single and Tate Blasi's RBI bases-loaded fifth-inning walk handed the Cougars a 4-3 lead. Colby's 2-run seventh-inning homer handed the Trojans a 5-4 lead. The Cougars led 6-5 after Hadley's scored on an error after he doubled home pinch-runner Cooper Tabor. Colby ripped a homer for a 6-6 tie. Cougar reliever Landon Haines (3-0) struck out five batters in 32/3 innings. Barton 040 230 0 — 9 Colby 000 022 0 — 4 Pote, McCarthy (6), Golden and Hadley. W—Pote, 5-2. 2B—BC—Hadley, Yetter 2; C—Thatcher. HR—BC—Hadley (7) Barton 001 012 002 2 x— 8 Colby 001 200 201 0 — 6 Minaker, Haines (7) and Hadley. W—Haines, 3-0. 2B—BC—Hadley 2, Walker. HR—BC—Alvord (8) JAYHAWK WEST Barton 16-4 25-8 Cloud 15-5 26-11 Colby 10-6 22-15 Butler 11-7 19-14 Hutchinson 8-8 26-11 Dodge City 8-12 22-15 Garden City 5-11 16-18 Pratt 3-13 10-28 Seward 2-12 15-22 4-3—Barton 7-19, Colby 0-0; Hutchinson 2-5, Cloud 1-13; Dodge City 12-14, Garden City 11-3; Neosho 11-6, Pratt 4-5 4-5—Butler 7-12, Seward 4-0; Pratt 5-6, Neosho 4-2 4-6—Barton 9-8, Colby 4-6; Cloud 5-16, Hutchinson 2-4; Pratt at Neosho 4-7—Seward at Butler 4-8—Barton at McPherson JV; Cloud at SE, Neb.; Neosho at Butler; Garden City at McCook, Neb. 4-10—Barton at Garden City; Cloud at Highland; Seward at Colby; Hutchinson at Butler; Dodge City at Pratt
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