LEVELLAND, Texas – Trojan sophomore Tanesha Edmond (St. Elizabeth, Jamiaca) won her second national title on Thursday by winning the high jump during the final day of the NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Edmond, who won the heptathlon on Wednesday, won the high jump with a jump of 1.75-meters (5’8¾”) on Thursday. She tied Ashley Reid of Johnson County Community College (KS) at 1.75-meters, but reached and cleared that height in less attempts.
Edmond is the second Trojan to win two national championships in one meet. Anna Buenneke (So., Hazelton, IA) last accomplished that feat by winning the 3000- and 5000-meter runs at the 2011 NJCAA Indoor National Championships.
In the team scores, the NIACC women finished eighth out of 24 teams with 26 points, while the men’s team placed in a tie for 27th out of 35 with five points. Meet host South Plains College won both meets, with the women scoring 184.5 points, and the men recording 163 points.
While Edmond scored 20 of the NIACC women’s 26 points, Buenneke scored the last six. Buenneke earned one of those points on Thursday with an eighth place in the 5000-meter run in a time of 20:08.50. Earlier in the week, she finished fifth in the 10000-meters for the Trojans first five points.
On the men’s side, Trent Smith (Fr., Charles City, IA) led Thursday’s efforts with a 12th in the 5000 in 16:31.53, while Lance Maxwell (So., Racine, WI) placed 17th in the discus with a 44.88 meter (147’3”) toss.
The meet ended NIACC’s track season. Both teams will lose seven sophomores. Andrew Corcoran (Sumner, IA), Cody Manchester (Mason City, IA), Denzel Samson (Fort Worth, TX), Maxwell, Marquez Hobson (Minneapolis, MN), Mathew Ferris (LeMars, IA) and RJ Harris (Des Moines, IA) will move on for the men.
For the women, Buenneke, Ashley Ubbelohde (Waterloo, IA), Caila Jones (Spirit Lake, IA), Darcy Nelson (Lake Mills, IA), Heidi Hain (Nora Springs, IA), Samoane Waddy (Boone, IA) and Edmond will all move on.