Hutchinson CC Sports Information

HOBBS, NM – Freshman Silvetre Kibarar was the only point scorer for the Hutchinson Community College men's track and field team on Friday at the NJCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday.

Kibarar finished sixth overall in the 3,000-meter steeplechase final. He posted a time of 9:43.47. The Blue Dragons now have four team points. The Blue Dragon 4x800 relay placed eighth on Thursday.

The Blue Dragons will have several distance runners in Saturday's finals.

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Three Blue Dragon athletes qualified for the 1,500-meter finals. Andrew Kibarar, who has the fastest 1,500-meter time in the nation this season, posted the second-fastest 1,500 qualifying time of Friday with a mark of 4:04.76. Freshman Brett Hillabrand was seventh in qualifying Friday with a time of 4l06.17. Sophomore Connor Kaufman was 10th in qualifying with a time of 4:09.63.

Freshman Elijah Fisher placed 10th in the long just with a best jump of 24 feet 1 1/2 inches.

Sprinter Brock Apppiah didn't qualify for the 100-meter finals. He ran a preliminary time of 10.62 seconds, which was the 23rd-best time in the preliminary round.

Hutch's 4x100 relay of Dusty Torres, Denilson Whitmore, Appiah and Elijah Smith missed on the finals with a time of 3:23.03.

On Saturday, the Blue Dragons will compete in three events.

Anthony Gallardo will compete in the Javelin. In addition to their 1,500-meter finals, Kibet and Hillabrand and Kibarar will run in the 5,000-meter finals.