BLUE DRAGONS TAKE 32 QUALIFIERS TO NJCAA INDOOR NATIONALS

Elisha Williams (left) and Laura Avila (right) will be competing with the Blue Dragon track and field teams at the NJCAA Indoor Championships beginning Friday in Lubbock, TX
Elisha Williams (left) and Laura Avila (right) will be competing with the Blue Dragon track and field teams at the NJCAA Indoor Championships beginning Friday in Lubbock, TX
March 6, 2025

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

Coming off their best-ever performances in the Region 6 Indoor championships two weeks ago, the Hutchinson Community College men's and women's track and field teams now take aim at the 2025 NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, which begin Friday at Texas Tech University.

The 2025 Region 6 champion Blue Dragon men have 10 athletes competing in 18 individual events beginning on Friday. The Blue Dragon women, who finished third at the Region 6 championship have nine athletes competing in 14 different events.

BLUE DRAGON TRACK AND FIELD
NJCAA Indoor National Championships – Day 1
When: Friday, March 7, 2025
Where: Texas Tech Sports Performance Center, Lubbock, TX
Times: Multi-events – 9 a.m.; Field events – 1 p.m.; Running Events – 1:30 p.m.
Video: NJCAA Network (all day – PPV)
Live Results: TTU Sports Information
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The Blue Dragon distance runners will see plenty of action over the two-day run of the indoor championships at the Texas Tech Sports Performance Center.

Sophomore Farrin Mangelson is scheduled to compete in three events – the Mile run, 3,000-meter and 5,000 meters. Mangelson is the Blue Dragon indoor record holder in the 3,000 (8:19.75) and 5,000 (14:35.35) and is 10th in Dragon history in the indoor Mile (4:19.62). Mangelson qualified in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters and received a while-card invitation in the Mile.

The women will be led by sophomore Jordyn Picolet, who will compete in three events – 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters and Mile run). Like Mangelson, Picolet owns Blue Dragon indoor school records in the 3,000 (10:19.29) and 5,000 (18:06.64).

Here are all the Blue Dragon 2025 Indoor national qualifiers, including national ranking and qualifying marks:

Men
Titus Kiprotich
18. 5,000 Meters – 14:37.76
22. 3,000 Meters – 8:22.46
25. Mile run – 4:10.64

Cornelius Kogo
34. 3000 Meters – 8:28.14
Mile Run- No time (white card entry)

Leo LeGrand
19. 800 Meters – 1:53.06
18. 1,000 Meters – 2:27.85

De'Shawn Lester
18. 600 Meters – 1:19.73

Kebba Makalo
21. 60 Meters – 6.77
27. 200 Meters – 21.54

Farrin Mangelson
18. 3,000 Meters – 8:19.75
16. 5,000 Meters – 14:35.35
Mile Run – No time (white card entry)

Malique Parkinson
16. Triple Jump – 47-7 3/4

Jayce Spencer
14. Pole vault – 14-4 1/2

D'Antonio Warren
52. 200 Meters – 21.78

Elisha Williams
15. 600 Meters – 1:19.46
3. Long Jump – 25-0

WOMEN
Laura Avila
68. Mile Run – 5:23.57
40. 5,000 Meters – 18:35.89

Grace Bender
16. Pole vault – 10-0

Abigail Grantham
28. 1,000 Meters – 3:07.09
45. Mile Run – 5:18028

Aiyanna Green
16. Shot Put – 41-1
12. Weight Throw – 49-3

Deisheline Mayer Scott
7. Shot put – 45-1
16. Weight Throw – 48-3 1/2

Alycia McCoy
15. Pole vault – 10-2 3/4

Janiel Monteque
8. Shot put – 44-2 1/2

Jordyn Picolet
29. 3,000 Meters – 10:19.29
26. 5,000 Meters – 18.06.64
Mile run – no time (white card entry)