The Briar Cliff track and field team battled cold, windy conditions on day two of the Red Raider Open Thursday in Orange City, Iowa. Paxon Fleming, Isabel Sayler and Ben Jefferies highlighted the day with first-place finishes in their respective events.
 
"Today weather was a huge factor, but we went out and got after it anyway," said head coach Scott Barnes. "We knew our efforts wouldn't show up in the clock and distances, but it's meets like this that make you tougher and able to make the next step. With 10 days off from a meet, we look to get some great workouts in and do great at USD."
 
Fleming finished first with a time of 16.23 in the 110-meter hurdles and was 0.92 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. 
 
Sayler won her second straight triple jump with a leap of 10.24m. Sayler won the triple jump at the Sioux City Relays last week with a mark of 10.71m.
 
Jefferies was the first to cross the finish line in the 100m with a time of 11.05 seconds.
 
Osiel Ochoa had a strong showing in the 400 and 200 with second and third place finishes, respectively. His 400 time was 54.42 seconds, while he had a mark of 23.90 seconds in the 200. Dominic Archer was fourth in the 100 at 11.87, Ryan Kotey was sixth at 11.97 and Ramon Harkins finished seventh at 12.13 seconds. 
 
Tulsa Janish was sixth in the 400 with a time of 58.80 seconds, and Caleb Sassman was just behind Janish at 1:01.22 and placed eighth. Robert Amaro's time of 2:04.81 seconds was good for a seventh-place finish in the 800. Robert Breen was eighth in both the 100 and 200 with times of 12.37 and 25.12 seconds, respectively. Kenny Nolan was 11th in the 1500m with a time of 4:59.46. The Charger 4x400 relay team of Kotey, Archer, Fleming and Jefferies was the top time at 3:31.58.
 
Brynden Kinnaman's throw of 37.09m in the discus was good for a second-place finish. He was third in the shot put at 13.43m. Lakey Martin was fifth in the shot put at 11.83m and sixth in the discus at 33.61m.
 
Hope Wagner took second in the shot put with a mark of 13.16m. The Charger 4x100 team of Jasmine Joseph, Kiana Vereen, Ariyah Williams and Sayler ran a time of 53.89 seconds.
 
Vereen was sixth in the 100 at 13.44 seconds, and Joseph was 10th with a time of 14.14 seconds.
 
Pluma Pross' time of 30.31 seconds was good for sixth in the 200, and she placed ninth in the 800 at 2:53.45 seconds. Lexi Weber was eighth in the 200 at 31.39 and finished her 1500-meter run in 6:12.02.  
 
The Chargers will have a break before competing next at the South Dakota Challenge in Vermillion, South Dakota on April 22-23.
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