Freshman pole vaulter Mya Mangan cleared an indoor personal-best vault of 9 feet, 10 ½ inches and qualified for next month's NJCAA meet while competing Friday at North Central's Slick Invitational.
 

Mangan joins distance ace Lillian Buzani (3000 m) as the only Chaps making the trip to Pittsburg, Kan., on March 4-5.
 
Friday's meet was the regular-season finale for the indoor portion and the Chaps made sure it was an evening worthwhile as mid-distance runners Anthony Eddy and Spensir Stec and long jumper John Sassan qualified for the NJCAA D3 outdoor meet this spring.
 
"We've had a productive month of meets where we have qualified a number of athletes for May,'' head coach Robert Cervenka said. "No doubt we want to defend our national titles for men and women and we're on our way.''
 
For the women, sprinter Kiara Carter placed seventh in the 200 in 26.74 seconds and the 4 x 400 relay team of Alexandra Ochab, Morgan Clifford, Paulina Stachura, and Carter placed second in 4:18.39.
 
Buzani improved her mile time to 5:25.32, converting to 5:01.21 in the 1500, some 37 seconds faster than the D3 outdoor standard.
 
For the men, Eddy and Stec reached the outdoor standard in the 800, with Eddy running 2:02.87 and Stec right behind at 2:03.68.
 
Sassan became the third long jumper to make the standard with his 20 feet, 5 inch effort, good for eighth place on the night.
 
Placing for the Chaps were Josh Rivers (third in the long jump and sixth in the high jump) and long jumper Diego Villalobos, who finished fifth.
 
 
Slick Invitational
Feb. 18
North Central College
 
Men
60 – Alejandro Resendiz 8.06
200 — Josh Rivers 23.33, Judah Herring 25.41, Lochlain Hardin 25.72, Alejandro Resendiz 26.89
400 — Harry Llobera 56.53, Judah Herring 57.02
800 — Anthony Eddy 2:02.87, Spensir Stec 2:03.68, Derek Erdman 2:05.42, Axel Huerta 2:09.73
Mile — Freddy Munoz 4:54.40
3000 — Axel Huerta 9:12.22, Hector Herrera 9:39.96, Caleb DeBoer 9:49.60, Christian Volle 11:20.07
60 hurdles — Max Szul 9.37
4 x 400 relay — Erdman, Szul, Stec, Eddy 3:39.73; Llobera, DeBoer, Herrera, Munoz 4:01.22
High jump — 6. Josh Rivers 1.84 (6-0 ½)
Pole vault — Ryan Rinella 3.75 (12-3 ½)
Long jump — 3. Rivers 6.78 (22-3), 5. Villalobos 6.57 (21-6 ¾), 8. John Sassan 6.22 (20-5)
Shot put — Kendal Scott-Nellem 9.06 (29-8 ¾)
 
Women
200 — 7. Kiara Carter 26.74, Paulina Stachura 27.70, Alexandra Ochab 28.55, Jade Campos 29.79
800 — Belle Adduci 2:33.41, Alyssa Gaski 2:44.99, Emilya Kadiyala 2:55.80
Mile — Lillian Buzani 5:25.32
60 hurdles — Morgan Clifford 10.86
4 x 400 relay — 2. Ochab, Clifford, Stachura, Carter 4:18.39; 6. Gaski, Adduci, Campos, Buzani 4:31.65
Pole vault — Mya Mangan 3.01 (9-10 ½)
Shot put – Sierra Battee 9.91 (32-6 ¼), Darnyce Springfield 6.79 (22-3 ½)
 
NJCAA Qualifiers
Indoor
Women
3,000 – Lillian Buzani
Pole vault — Mya Mangan

NJCAA Division 3
Outdoor
Women
200 — Kiara Carter, Paulina Stachura
400 — Paulina Stachura, Alexandra Ochab
800 — Belle Adduci, Shaylinn Aver
1,500 — Lillian Buzani, Shaylinn Aver
4 x 400 relay — Alexandra Ochab, Belle Adduci, Paulina Stachura, Morgan Clifford
Pole vault — Mya Mangan
Shot put — Sierra Batee

Men
200 — Josh Rivers
800 – Anthony Eddy, Spensir Stec
Long jump — Josh Rivers, Diego Villalobos, John Sassan
High jump — Josh Rivers
Pole vault — Ryan Rinella

(as of Feb. 21, 2022)