Broncbuster men compete at Region VI Championships

By Mike Pilosof

Arkansas City, KS-The Broncbuster men competed in the Region VI Championships at Cowley College over the weekend.

Debonaire Williams was solid once again, placing third in the decathlon with a new personal best score of 5746. Teammate Ivan Cornelius took fifth with a PR of 5394.

Meantime, Angel Ayala took fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:48.65, Fabian Nava jumped 6.93 meters in the long jump, good enough for fifth and a new PR before posting a season-best high jump mark of 1.75 meters. The men's 4x400 team of Maliek Roberson, Isaiah Armstrong, Jereun Wagner, and Matiyron Easley ran a season-best 3:21.17-finishing sixth while Jalen Jackson was eighth in the high jump, tying his career best of 1.90 meters. He also had a PR in the 100 meters (11.10).

Shaun Jonson made major strides in the 400-meter hurdles, clocking in a PR of 57.48 (eighth place), and the men's 4x100 team (Easley, Ivan Cornelius, Thaj Ferguson, and Wagner) took eighth with a time of 42.74.

Personal Best Performances:

Isaiah Armstrong: 200- 22.43/400- 48.88

Noah Gentry: Javelin- 28.37 meters

Elisha Handsaker: 800- 2:06.77

Johnny Lozano: 10,000m- 39:30.54/ 3000 Steeplechase- 12:03.62

Maliek Roberson: 200- 21.92

Jose Ruiz: 1500- 4:25.04/5000-17:31.33

Cameron Collins: Decathlon- 4604