Men’s Track and Field Take Second at AMC Championships, Earn Six First-Place Finishes

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Columbia College men’s track and field team competed at the American Midwest Conference (AMC) Championships, earning a second place finish. The Cougars totaled a score of 227.
 
Columbia earned six first place finishes and named 16 athletes to the All-Conference Team. For his performance in high jump, Jason Parker also qualified for Nationals.
 
All-Conference Athletes

• Bernard Bailey (400 Meter Dash, 4×100 Meter Relay, 4×400 Meter Relay)
• Conner Diaz (800 Meter Run, 4×400 Meter Relay, 4×800 Meter Relay)
• Oscar Curry (800 Meter Run, 1500 Meter Run, 4×400 Meter Relay, 4×800 Meter Relay)
• Will Cherrington (5000 Meter Run, 10000 Meter Run)
• Silas Woodbury (110 Meter Hurdles)
• Ryan Harvey (400 Meter Hurdles)
• Ryan Brown (3000 Meter Steeple)
• Jace Carr (4×100 Meter Relay, 4×400 Meter Relay)
• Sheldon Bergheger (4×100 Meter Relay)
• Grant Erisman (4×100 Meter Relay, Javelin)
• Peter Giles (4×800 Meter Relay)
• Kalieb Redda (4×800 Meter Relay)
• Jason Parker (High Jump)
• Ethan Phillips (Triple Jump)
• Kenny Miller (Discus)
• Gavin Frantz (Hammer)

 
AMC Champions

• Bernard Bailey (400 Meter Dash – 50.56)
• Conner Diaz (800 Meter Dash – 1:54.65)
• Bailey,Carr,Bergheger,Erisman (4×100 Meter Relay – 42.79)
• Jason Parker (High Jump – 2.02m)
• Ethan Phillips (Triple Jump – 13.72m)
• Kenny Miller (Discus – 43.97m)

 
100 Meter Dash
Sheldon Bergheger – 5th (11.21 finals)
Grant Erisman – 10th (11.56)
Bernard Bailey – 11th (11.60)
Ryan Harvey – 13th (11.68)
Cameron Elder – 14th (11.80)
Silas Woodbury – 20th (12.24)
 
200 Meter Dash
Sheldon Bergheger – 4th (23.17)
Bernard Bailey – 9th (23.07)
Jace Carr – 12th (23.36)
Cameron Elder – 16th (23.57)
 
400 Meter Dash 
Bernard Bailey – 1st (50.56)
Jace Carr – 7th (52.34)
Cameron Elder – 9th (53.27)
 
800 Meter Run
Conner Diaz – 1st (1:54.65)
Oscar Curry – 3rd (1:57.63)
Ryan Brown – 7th (2:00.52)
Peter Giles – 9th (2:04.06)
Grayson Knernschield – 10th (2:05.44)
Austin Tegeler – 13th (2:10.09)
 
1500 Meter Run
Oscar Curry – 2nd (4:02.90)
Kalieb Redda – 4th (4:04.05)
Grayson Knernschield – 11th (4:30.70)
 
5000 Meter Run
Will Cherrington – 2nd (15:52.15)
Kalieb Redda – 4th (16:02.87)
Noah Bredehoeft – 14th (18:15.70)
 
10000 Meter Run
Will Cherrington – 2nd (34:28.16)
Noah Bredehoeft – 6th (38:45.15)
 
110 Meter Hurdles
Silas Woodbury – 2nd (15.97)
Reed Layton – 4th (16.95)
 
400 Meter Hurdles
Ryan Harvey – 3rd (58.15)
 
3000 Meter Steeple
Ryan Brown – 2nd (10:22.82)
 
4×100 Meter Relay
Bailey,Carr,Bergheger,Erisman – 1st (42.79)
 
4×400 Meter Relay
Carr,Curry,Diaz,Bailey – 2nd (3:23.19)
 
4×800 Meter Relay
Redda,Diaz,Giles,Curry – 2nd (7:53.08)
 
High Jump
Jason Parker – 1st (2.02m)
Silas Woodbury – 6th (1.84m)
Baden Glass – 7th (1.79m)
Reed Layton – 8th (1.79m)
 
Long Jump
Ethan Phillips – 3rd (6.57m)
Grant Erisman – 5th (6.46m)
Ryan Harvey – 7th (6.11m)
Marc White – 8th (6.10m)
Jace Carr – 9th (6.05m)
Reed Layton – 10th (5.80m)
 
Triple Jump
Ethan Phillips – 1st (13.72m)
Grant Erisman – 3rd (13.01m)
Marc White – 8th (11.90m)
Reed Layton – 9th (11.85m)
 
Shot Put
Tyler Hilgedick – 5th (14.05m)
Brenin Howell – 6th (14.02m)
Gavin Frantz – 7th (13.92m)
Dylan Spencer – 10th (12.72m)
Griffin Booth – 14th (11.89m)
 
Discus
Kenny Miller – 1st (43.97m)
Brenin Howell – 4th (40.85m)
Dylan Spencer – 6th (36.99m)
Gavin Frantz – 7th (35.77m)
Tyler Hilgedick – 11th (31.56m)
 
Hammer
Gavin Frantz – 2nd (49.79m)
Tyler Hilgedick – 6th (44.62m)
Dylan Spencer – 7th (44.61m)
Griffin Booth – 11th (39.50m)
Brenin Howell – 13th (36.64m)
 
Javelin
Grant Erisman – 1st (48.90m)
Noah Neher – 12th (33.88m)
 
Columbia will return to action at the USF Fighting Chance Invite on May 10-11 before heading to the NAIA Outdoor Championships May 22-24.