Broncbuster men compete at Region VI Championships
By Mike Pilosof
Pittsburg, KS-Garden City competed in the 2020 Region VI Indoor Championships at Pittsburg State University over the weekend.
Ja'vondre Edwards took seventh in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries; then clocked a time of 8.32 seconds to take fifth in the finals.
Gerald Brown ran another lifetime best in the 400-meter dash, timing out at 50.05 seconds; good for 21st place. He also ran a career-best time in the 60-meter dash (7.15 seconds).
The 4x400 team of Christian Walker, Brown, Jacquez Jones and Marvin Gatlin, ran a season-best time of 3:22.17; good for 10th place. They were one second shy of the national-qualifying mark.
Jae Sutherland posted a PR in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 8.83 seconds (16th in the prelims). Jacquez Jones ran a personal best in the 600-meters (1:24.34), and Isaiah Harvey took 22nd in the 60-meter dash with a career-best mark of 7.03 seconds. He recorded a PR in the 200-meter dash (22.56 seconds).
Next up: The National Indoor Meet, which starts Thurs. Mar. 5 in Lynchburg, VA.
National Qualifiers:
Debonaire Williams: Heptathlon
Ja'vondre Edwards: 60-meter hurdles
Jae Sutherland: 60-meter hurdles
Gerald Brown: 400-meter dash