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BCC indoor track teams take second place
NJCAA Region VI championship
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MANHATTAN — The Barton Community College men’s and women’s track and field teams both finished in second place at the 2012 Region VI Indoor Championship this past weekend at Ahern Field House in Manhattan.
The Cougars came up three points short of Johnson County as the champion was determined in the final event of the day, the 4x400 relay. Barton trailed by one and needed the win but Johnson County beat out the Cougars by .53 seconds to capture the championship. 
The Lady Cougars held an eight-point lead on Coffeyville headed to the 4x400 relay, but due to injury, Barton’s second-seeded relay team was unable to compete. 
Coffeyville finished in second place in the event, which closed the gap to earn a tie with Barton for second place overall.
The Cougars won six events on the day highlighted by sophomore Jharyl Bowry, who captured first place in the high jump, second place in the long jump and third place in the triple jump on the way to earning the Outstanding Male Field Event Athlete award. Bowry won the high jump at a national qualifying two meters even though he hadn’t competed in high jump this year.
In the long jump Bowry captured second place at 7.33 then rounded out his field events by adding a third-place finish in the triple jump with a jump of 14.29.
Tony Green closed out the triple jump with a first-place finish for the Cougars with a 14.89 winning jump. Green also captured third place in the 60-meter hurdles.
On the track, Barton scored wins in 60 dash, 400 dash, 800 run and 60 hurdles.
Akeem Haynes captured the 60 dash with a time of 6.83 while also finishing seventh in the 200 dash. Aliaksandr Linnik, who almost made up the deficit from the anchor position of the 4x400 relay, won the 400 with a time of 49.31, as well as finishing in sixth place in the 60 dash at 6.95. 
Tayron Reyes and Demetrius Lindo rounded out the first-place finishes on the track by winning the 800 at 1:57.76 and 60 hurdles with a time of 8:18. Lindo also finished in fifth place in the 60 dash at 6.89 and sixth place in the 200 with a time of 22:25.
Usually a strong area for the Cougars, Barton was only able to gain six points in the throws via Wes Tuck’s fifth-place 14.45-meter throw and Tyler Rathke’s 14.15 seventh-place throw in the shot put.
The Lady Cougars won five events with Janee Mickens and Yakaterina Miroshnikova each winning two of the four. Mickens won the shot put and weight throw with heaves of 13.90 and 16.27, respectively. 
Miroshnikova won the mile run at 5:26.50 and the 1,000 run with a time of 3:00.86, both nearly five seconds in front of her nearest competitor. Agata Klimovich captured Barton’s other first-place finish with a 57.47 time in the 400.
Kandace Thomas finished second in the 60 dash at 7.64 and competing in the long jump for the first time this season finished third with a jump of 5.27.  Dana Gates also did well in the field as she finished in second place in the long jump at 5.30 and her 10.21 jump was good for fifth place in the triple jump.
Ellinwood native Paulina Montoya was one of five Lady Cougars to score in two events as she placed fourth in the 5,000 run with a time of 19:35.11 and sixth in the 3,000 run clocking in at 11:41.04.
Barton will spend the next two weeks training and healing injuries in preparation for the 2012 NJCAA Indoor Championship on March 2-3, in Lubbock, Texas.

Second-place Cougars sweep Garden City
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BARTON SPORTS INFORMATION PHOTO DIEGO SANO Barton Cougar Aly Lawrence delivers a base hit.
The Barton Cougar softball team drilled five homers to spark a doubleheader sweep over Garden City 12-1 and 9-6 Sunday at Cougar Field. The Cougars (25-9, 19-3 Jayhawk) drop Garden City to 19-15, 11-9 Jayhawk. The Cougars travel to Dodge City Wednesday. Karter Alvord's grand slam ended game one 12-1 after Chloe Enslinger and Elina Bartlett homered earlier. Bartlett's 3-run shot in game two set the stage for a 9-6 victory for the Cougars' 14th straight win over Garden City. Alvord and Chloe Enslinger led the squad's 20 hits with 4-of-7 performances each, Alvord's 9th home run clinching game one as Enslinger's two-run shot in the opener's third frame posted her 14th home run of the year putting Barton up 3-0. Peyton McCormick finished 3-of-6 with three RBI, connecting on her 9th of the year on a solo fence clearer in the fourth inning of the nightcap for a 5-2 lead. Bartlett belted two home runs, opening with a 2-of-3 performance with a pair of RBI's including a fifth inning dinger before her 3-run blast in game two's first frame recorded her 6th of the year. Meleia Ingram (13-4) struck out nine batters, yielding a homer to Garden City's Alyssa Santana. Brooklynn Angielski (10-4) yielded 10 hits and struck out three batters. Reliever Alicia Goseland pitched two frames, yielding a trio of seventh-inning runs. COUGARS 12, GARDEN CITY 1 (G1) — Laney Wood's one-out single in the third would score on McCormick's reach on error, with Enslinger's two-run long ball growing the lead to 3-0. The Cougars scored four fifth-inning runs. Aly Lawrence tripled and scored on McCormick's sac fly. Bartlett's home run was followed by Ava Fink's 2-run single for a 7-1 lead. Garden City committed two errors with Lawrence and Enslinger reaching base. Bartlett's sac fly to left plated one. Thatcher's hit-by pitch set the table for Alvord's grand slam homer. COUGARS 9, GARDEN CITY 6 (G2) — Wood's leadoff walk scored on McCormick's first of two hits in the nightcap. Bartlett extending her consecutive game hit streak to 10 straight by connecting on a no-doubt, three-run blast for her second yard exiter of the twinbill. Garden City connected on five hits in the fourth inning to cut the deficit in half, three hits coming with two outs including Santana's 2-RBI single. McCormick's 9th long ball of the year got one of the runs back in the home half with Garden City answering in the top of the fifth on a one-out hit and stolen base scoring on a double. The Cougars fired back with a 4-run fifth inning. Fink's ground out pushed one across the dish with two more heading home on Wood's 8th double. A fielding error would close out the four-run frame. Garden City scored a trio of seventh-inning runs, Maria Avendan Fori's hit an RBI triple followed by Maysen Kurene-Iwikau's 8th homer. Garden City 000 010 — 1 4 4 Barton 003 045 — 12 11 0 Ballestra Vargas, Olison (5) and Vonk. Ingram and Enslinger. W—Ingram 13-4. L—Ballastra Vargas. 2B—BC—Lawrence. 3B—BC—Lawrence. HR—BC—Enslinger, Bartlett, Alvord; GC—Santana Garden City 000 210 3 — 6 14 2 Barton 400 140 x — 9 9 0 Kurere Iwikau, Powell (5) and Galicia. L—Kurere Iwakau. 2B—BC—Wood, Thatcher, Alvord; GC—Kurere Iwikau, Olison. 3BGC—Avendnu Fori. HR—BC—Barlett, McCormick; GC—Kurere Iwikau JAYHAWK WEST Hutchinson 19-1 27-5 Barton 179-3 25-9 Butler 12-4 23-5 Garden City 11-9 19-15 Dodge City 11-9 19-19 Seward 5-13 11-21 Pratt 5-15 9-25 Colby 4-14 23-18 Hays NW 0-18 0-26 4-6—Barton 12-9, Garden City 1-6; Hutchinson 8-9, Friends 0-1; Pratt at Seward; Dodge City at Garden City 4-7—Hutchinson at Butler; Pratt at Fort Scott 4-9—Barton at Dodge City; Seward at Butler; Garden City at Pratt; Hays NW at Colby 4-10—Seward at Hays NW
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