Roadrunners capture a pair of top eight finishes at the Coach Richard Alsup Open

Maryville, Mo. The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Roadrunners track and field team brought home two top eight finishes from the Coach Richard Alsup Open hosted by Northwest Missouri State University on Saturday, Jan. 17. inside the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse in Maryville, Mo.

Sophomore Zeshaun Ballance-Gray of Kansas City, Mo. led the team with a third-place finish in the triple jump with a jump of 14.05 meters. The Roadrunners 4x800m relay team consisting of freshman Carter Moss of Centralia, Mo., freshman Hayden Krentz of Hamilton, Mo., freshman Sam Tagtmeyer of Sedalia, Mo. and freshman John Kuntze of Odessa, Mo., finished eighth with a time of 8:32.48.

"We faced our toughest competition of the season," said head coach Brad Hagedorn. "We had a bounce back from our performances last weekend in Cape Girardeau. I felt that what we saw at Northwest was more indicative of what our team is capable of. This is important because our season does not get easier as we travel to Pitt State next weekend. "

SFCC will return to action on Friday, Jan. 30 at the Washburn Open in Topeka, Kan.

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics