Northern Colorado track and field athletes delivered several top performances at the Doug Max Invitational on May 2, with event victories and podium finishes in both men’s and women’s competitions.
The results highlight a strong showing for Northern Colorado, as athletes placed highly across various events. These achievements demonstrate the team’s depth in sprints, hurdles, jumps, and middle-distance races.
Tyler Rogers led the men’s team by winning the long jump with a distance of 7.47 meters. Rogers also finished sixth in the 200 meters. In the sprints, Daniel Beckford took fifth place in the 100 meters with a time of 10.65 seconds. Johnny Fisher placed fifth in the 200 meters while also finishing among the top competitors in other sprint events alongside teammates Jaydon Sundbye and Max Streufert. Raphael Egbuchilem secured a top-five finish in the 400 meters by clocking a time of 46.80 seconds.
Beckford added to his accomplishments by taking third place in the men’s 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.04 seconds, leading four Northern Colorado athletes into that event’s top eight spots. Kaliff Guevara achieved second place in triple jump (14.70m), while Rogers’ win anchored strong field event results for Northern Colorado.
On the women’s side, Caydence Brewer won the women’s 200-meter race (24.60) and placed fourth in the 100 meters (12.11). Teammates Alexia Austin, Marely Del Campo, and Alison Hoodak all finished within the top ten for that event as well. Austin earned second place in women’s hurdles (13.57), followed closely by Sherika Thomas who was third (14.02). Monique Stewart and Regina Mpigachai claimed second and third places respectively in both middle-distance races—the women’s 800- and Mpigachai again placing third for her team over fifteen hundred meters.
In field events for women, Kiana Van Haaren won long jump with a mark of six-point-zero-two meters; April Necaise was runner-up high jumper at one-point-seven-one meters; while their relay team came second overall at forty-six point ninety-six seconds.
Northern Colorado will continue its outdoor season after this successful meet.
