T&T’s Kelsey Daniel won the National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships men’s triple jump gold medal on the opening day of the three-day meet in Hobbs, New Mexico, USA on Thursday.

The New Mexico Junior College (JC) student leaped to 16.09 metres on his first and only attempt to finish ahead of Roman Kuleshov of Iowa Central Community College (CC) with 15.57m and Godwin Charles (Central Arizona) with 15.45m.

With the victory, Daniel of local club Kaizen Panthers added the NJCAA outdoor crown to the indoor gold he won in the event in March. The 2021 Pan American Under-23 Games silver medallist also won bronze in the long jump (7.78).

Antonia Sealy (Iowa Western CC), Shakira Kirk (Central Arizona), Christopher Crawford (Barton County CC) and Anson Moses (Cloud County CC), all won silver medals.

Sealy was second in the women’s heptathlon with new personal best (pb) tally of 5,221 points. The 2019 Carifta Games double medallist won the title last year. She was also fourth in the javelin (39.11) and sixth in the long jump (5.89).

Kirk landed silver in the women’s discus (47.42m) and was eight in the shot put (12.82).

Crawford clinched in the men’s shot put with a personal best effort of 18.40m. The Pentecostal Light and Life Foundation past student was also sixth in the discus (58.31) and ninth in the hammer (50.07pb). Moses was runner-up in the men’s decathlon with a personal best score of 6,666 points.

Che Saunders of New Mexico JC was seventh in the men’s 110m hurdles final with a 14.42-clocking. South Plains’ Justin Guy did not finish (DNF) the medal race.

At the end of the meet on Saturday, New Mexico JC and South Plains were the joint men’s winners with 100 points. Barton County was third, with Cloud County in fifth.

In the women’s division, Iowa Central was fifth with Central Arizona in 10th.

T&T athletes results

Men

Triple jump: 1st Kelsey Daniel (New Mexico JC/Kaizen Panthers) 16.09

Long jump: 3rd Daniel 7.78

Shot put: 2nd Christopher Crawford (Barton County CC/Unattached) 18.40

Decathlon: 2nd Anson Moses (Cloud County CC/Tobago Falcons) 6,666 pts

Discus: 6th Crawford 58.31

Hammer: 9th Crawford 50.07

110m hurdles finals: 7th Che Saunders (New Mexico JC/Kaizen Panthers) 14.42, DNF – Justin Guy (South Plains/Kaizen Panthers)/Prelims: 3rd Guy 13.84; 7th Saunders 14.09

200m prelims: 28th Marcus Purcell (Northwest Kansas/Memphis Pioneers) 21.09; 5th Nathan Farinha (Essex CC/Abilene Wildcats) 21.33; dnf Jonathan Farinha (Essex CC/Abilene Wildcats)

4x100m: 9th Northwest Kansas (Purcell) 40.23

Team Score: 1st New Mexico JC/South Plains 100 pts; 3rd Barton County CC 79.5; 4th Iowa Western CC 55.5; 5th Cloud County 48; 12th Western Texas 26, 26th Northwest Kansas 6.

Women

Heptathlon: 2nd Antonia Sealy (Iowa Western CC/FAP) 5221 pts (2022

Discus: 2nd Shakera Kirk (Central Arizona/Unattached) 47.42

Javelin: 4th Sealy 43.38 2022

Long jump: 6th Sealy 5.89

Shot put: 8th Kirk 12.82

4x100m: Disqualfied – Iowa Westen CC (Sealy)

4x400m: 8th Essex CC (Jelese Alexander/Zenith) 3.50.11

Team score: 5th Iowa Western 64; 10th Central Arizona 23