Tri-C Claims Fifth Consecutive NJCAA Regional Indoor Track Championship

Triceratops run, jump and throw to individual and relay titles in 12 events

Dayvione Briggs won four individual titles and anchored a first-place relay team to power the Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C^®) women’s track team to its fifth consecutive indoor track regional championship.

Briggs took top honors in the long jump and triple jump before moving to the track and winning the 60-meter hurdles and 400-meter dash. The Cleveland Heights native also ran the last leg of the winning 4x400-meter relay team.

Other Triceratops climbing to the top of the podium included:

• Journee Carnegie (Berea) in the weight throw
• Hannah Heath (Sullivan) in the 3,000-meter run
• Keasia Jenkins (Niles) in the 60-meter and 200-meter dash
• Claudia Mendek (North Royalton) in the 5,000-meter run
• Juliet Rayer (North Royalton) in the 800-meter run
• Ellexis Tracy (Sheffield) in the shot put

I’Tayia Harris (Lima) teamed with Briggs, Jenkins and Rayer to win the 4x400-meter relay.

The performances lifted the Triceratops to the top of the standings at the NJCAA Region XII Indoor Track Championships held Feb. 15 at the University of Findlay. Tri-C has won the past five indoor titles and 19 overall since 2000.

The team is ranked 24^th in the nation in the latest NJCAA/U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Poll.

February 17, 2020

John Horton, 216-987-4281 john.horton@tri-c.edu