Tri-C Track Athletes Heading to Nationals

Four individuals and one relay team to represent the College at championships

The Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C^®) women’s track team qualified four individual student-athletes and one relay team to compete in this week’s NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Kansas.

Representing Tri-C will be:

Kamry Brown: 400-meter run

The freshman from Lima enters nationals ranked 34^th in the country in the 400-meter run. She earned a spot on the podium in three individual sprint events at the regional championships.

Vanessa Lane: high jump and heptathlon

The freshman from Tallmadge posted the ninth-highest jump in the nation during the outdoor track season. In the seven-event heptathlon, she enters the competition ranked 16^th among competitors.

Caroline Lapish: 3,000-meter steeplechase

The sophomore from Madison enters the event with the nation’s 19^th fastest time. A cross country All-American in 2016, she has competed in indoor and outdoor track nationals every season she has competed for Tri-C.

Chanavier Robinson: long jump

The sophomore from Ravenna won the regional title in the long jump, where she is ranked 19^th in the country. She dominated the regional meet with victories in four individual events.

Relay team: 4x800-meter relay

Lapish, Sonnie Sauvinsky (Rootstown), Shelbie Sporcich (Ashtabula) and Naomi Walker (North Olmsted) will pass the baton. Tri-C enters the event with the 14^th fastest time of the season.

The National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place Thursday through Saturday (May 17-19) at BG Products Veterans Sports Complex in El Dorado, Kansas.

May 15, 2018

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