The two-time defending NJCAA champion Chaparrals stepped inside the Track and Field Center at Gately Park in Chicago on Friday and Saturday and competed at the Aurora Grand Prix.
 
Highlighting the meet was freshman Jack Sauder, who earned a Division I indoor and D3 outdoor qualifying pole vault height of 14 feet, 5 ¼ inches (4.4 meters) and placed fifth.
 
Earning D3 outdoor marks for the men were freshman sprinter Noah Mack, who ran 23.03 seconds in the 200, sophomore All-American Anthony Eddy in the 800 (2:02.54) and freshman shot putter Dustyn Kocsis (11.79 m / 38-8 1/4).
 
Mack also placed third in the 60 in 7.00 seconds after running a 6.99 time in the preliminaries.
 
For the women, Patty Karpiesiuk and All-American Paulina Stachura each met D3 standards in both the high jump and 400, while All-American Lillian Buzani met the standard in both the 800 and 1500.
 
Karipiesiuk cleared 4-11 (1.5 m) and Stachura 4-9 (1.45). Buzani ran 2:34.42 in the 800 and her mile time of 5:41.69 converted to a qualifying time in the outdoor 1500.
 
The Chaps compete Saturday at Olivet Nazarene.
 
Aurora Grand Prix
Jan. 27-28, 2023
Gately Park, Chicago
Men
Scored 12 points
60 meters: Finals: 3. Noah Mack 7.00; Prelims: Mack 6.99, Tramere Cornelius 7.48
60 hurdles: Graham McAninch 9.24
200: Mack 23.03 $, Cornelius 24.07, Dominic Cokinis 25.78, Koral Flinn 29.43
400: McAninch 53.37, Sebastian Esparza 55.62, Derek Erdman 56.75, Harry Llobera 57.72, Jacob Heidler 64.68, Parker Walsh 68.14
800: Anthony Eddy 2:02.54 $, Randy Almarales 2:06.50, Nicholas Keeling 2:07.17, Esparza 2:09.67, Caleb DeBoer 2:12.97, Jacob Heidler 2:31.44, Parker Walsh 2:36.71
Mile: Eddy 4:40.68, DeBoer 4:45.37, Almarales 4:47.36
3000: Sheldon Powell 9:06.52, Axel Huerta 9:17.59
Long jump: Flinn: 4.64 (15-2 ¾)
Pole vault: 5. Jack Sauder 4.4 (14-5 ¼) @$
Shot put: Dustyn Kocsis 11.79 (38-8 ¼) $, Luke Gavin 10.15 (33-3 ¾)
Triple jump: Flinn 11.01 (36-1 ½)
Men's Weight Throw: Dustyn Kocsis 9.73 (31-11 ¼), Gavin 7.97 (26-1 ¾)
4 x 400 relay: 3:46.51 (McAninch, Erdman, Sauder, Llobera)
 
Women
Scored .5 points
200: Patty Karpiesiuk 28.25, Paulina Stachura 28.26, Morgan Clifford 30.77
400: Karpiesiuk 66.10 $, Stachura 67.12 $, Clifford 70.16
800: Lilian Buzani 2:34.42 $, Emiliia Kadiyala 3:05.84
Mile: Buzani 5:41.69 $, Kadiyala 6:47.97
High jump: 8. Karpiesiuk 1.5 (4-11) $, Stachura 1.45 (4-9) $
Long jump: Stachura 4.43 (14-6 ½)
 
@ — Met NJCAA Division I Indoor standard
$ — Met NJCAA Division III Outdoor standard
Note: Buzani's mile time converted to 1,500 meets D3 standard