April 19, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release by Mike Marzolf

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Lyles Lashley, coach (620) 792-9370
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Patterson wins 400m hurdles for Cougars at John Jacobs
The Barton County Community College women’s track team continues to wrack up the medals as the outdoor season moves along. The Cougars traveled to the John Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Okla. Saturday to compete in the event on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. The Cougars Veronia Patterson captured a gold medal in a new event and several other Cougars took silver and bronze in the meet that featured several region NCAA Division I schools.

Highlights
Veronia Patterson – a 400m runner for the Cougars –continued her successful cross over to jumping hurdles while running the 400m with a win at the John Jacobs. Patterson won the race in 1:00.22. She finished 4th in 1:03.09 at the Texas-Arlington Invitational two weeks ago in her inaugural running of the event. Keisha Brown added silver in the 100m hurdles, taking 2nd in 13.73, well ahead of 3rd place.

Juanita Broaddus picked up a silver and bronze on the day, placing 2nd in the 200m and 3rd in the 100m. Broaddus was 2nd to Olympian and former Cougar Laverne Jones in the 200m. Jones ran unattached and won the event in 23.14. Broaddus was 2nd in 23.30. Jones also won the 100m in 11.43 with Broaddus 3rd in 11.58. The 4x400m relay team took 2nd as well to Baylor.

In the field, Barton took 2nd and 3rd in the high jump with Shaunette Davidson placing 2nd at 5-8.75 and Portia Nash 3rd at 5-7. Nash added a 3rd place effort in the triple jump and Brown did likewise in the long jump. Carly Bloomfield, the defending champion in the javelin at the NJCAA Championships, was 2nd at the John Jacobs with a throw of 130-11.

Results
Full results can be found at the Barton County athletic website at www.bartonccc.edu/sports

Next
Sat., April 16 – John Jacobs Invitational (University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla.)

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