HAWKINS BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD IN BLUE DRAGON DEBUT

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

TOPEKA – Freshman Brooke Hawkins had a memorable debut for the Hutchinson Community College women's track and field team on Saturday at the Washburn Rust Buster Classic at the Washburn Indoor Athletic Facility.

Hawkins broke a school record, earned a spot in the 2024 NJCAA Indoor Championship and was an event winner on Saturday.

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The Blue Dragon freshman won the Rust Buster triple jump, breaking a 21-year-old Blue Dragon record with a jump of 38 feet, 8 3/4 inches, which is also a national qualifying jump. Hawkins broke the 2001 record of 38-4 1/2 set by Alicia Dansby.

Hawkins had two other Top 10 performances on Saturday. She placed fifth in the high jump clearing 5 feet, 3 inches, which ties for the ninth-highest indoor high jump in Blue Dragon history. Hawkins was eighth in the long jump at 17-5 1/2 (5.32m).

Sophomore Liberty Limon posted two Top 10 finishes on Saturday. She finished ninth in the triple jump with a top jump of 33-5 1/4 (10.19m). She was 10th in the high jump after clearing 4-11.

There were three other Blue Dragon all-time Top 10 performances posted on Saturday.

Freshman Kamisha Williams-Dominique finished 15th in the 200 meters, running the third-fastest Blue Dragon 200 indoor time of 25.95 seconds.

Sophomore Taylor Hoskinson posted a PR and the third-best Mile run time in Blue Dragon history of 5:23.83. Sophomore Ellie Van Zelfden had the eighth-fastest Mile run time Saturday with a mark of 5:35.08.

The Blue Dragons will split the team next week and compete at both the Wichita State Herm Wilson Invitational and the Pittsburg State Classic.