Butler men have four top-10 finishes at national meet
March 4, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas -- The Butler men's indoor track and field team had four top-ten finishes at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships this past weekend.
Butler freshman sprinter Alfred Larry took sixth place in the 400-meter dash with a 47.97 time in the finals. The mark was the fifth-best all time in school history. Larry, along with Paris Carson, Steven Calloway and DeMarquis Mims, were part of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed fourth.
The men's distance medley relay team of Taylor Parker, Mims, Coty Williams and Israel Mendoza finished fifth with a time of 10:26.73. Freshman Tyler Knight set the third-best school record and placed eighth in the pole vault.
The men's team finished overall in 18th place with 12.5 points.
| MEN | |||
| 55m dash | Shauron Jennings | 6.43p | 17th place - 12th All-time at Butler |
| Cameron Hampton | 6.53p | 32nd place | |
| 200m dash | Cameron Hampton | 22.40p | 31st place |
| 400m dash | Alfred Larry | 47.85p / 47.97f | 6th place - 5th All-time at Butler |
| 600m run | Paris Carson | 1:22.54p | 15th place |
| Steven Calloway | 1:25.75p | 23rd place | |
| Leroy Moore | 1:40.60p | 28th place | |
| 1000m run | Taylor Parker | 2:34.97p | 15th place |
| Drake Brown | 2:38.20p | 21st place | |
| Coty Williams | 2:41.68p | 33rd place | |
| DMR | 10:26.73 | 5th place | |
| Taylor Parker (1200m) | 3:11.3 | ||
| DeMarquis Mims (400m) | :48.4 | ||
| Coty Williams (800m) | 1:57.1 | ||
| Israel Mendoza (1600m) | 4:28.3 | ||
| 4x400m relay | 10:26.73 | 5th place | |
| Alfred Larry | 47.3 | ||
| Paris Carson | 48.4 | ||
| Steven Calloway | 48.3 | ||
| DeMarquis Mims | 49.3 | ||
| Pole vault | Tyler Knight | 14' 9" | 8th place - 3rd All-time at Butler |