York College
Athletics Rising as the Nation’s Best
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t wasn’t enough for the YC women to win the conference championship at the close of the outdoor track and field season and for the men to finish runners-up. It wasn’t enough that student athlete Shaylee Carlock was named female track and field athlete of the year and head coach Justin Carver ’07 was named Women’s Track Coach of the Year for the MCAC conference. The Panthers weren’t satisfied with Carlock a combined 12 event champions, 10 First Team All-Conference athletes, and 13 named Second Team. These same athletes packed their bags the following week and set out for Joliet, Illinois to compete at the NCCAA National Meet. Nineteen colleges and universities were represented at the meet and in eight different events, York College athletes placed in the top ten. Carlock, a junior from Turney, Mo., and Andrew Aragon, Conference Event Champions and 1st Team All-MCAC • Shaylee Carlock: shot put and discus • Andrew Aragon: shot put and discus • Kawika Pedrina: 100m and 200m • Marybeth Ester: 200m • Jade Hodge: triple jump • Kameryn Brewster: 1500m • Karissa Austin: 800m • Women’s 4x100m relay: Ester, Liz Callaway, Hodge, Ebony Carther • Women’s 4x400m relay: Austin, Brewster, Kristin Tuttle, Ester
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Conference Champs! The women’s outdoor track and field team brought home the MCAC Championship while the men finished runners-up. Shaylee Carlock was named Female Track and Field Athlete of the Year and Justin Carver was named MCAC Women’s Track Coach of the Year.
a redshirt sophomore from Delta, Colo., were both ranked #1 in the NCCAA outdoor competition and each returned to campus once again as National Champions in the shot put. In February of this year, both Aragon and Carlock brought home the indoor shot put national championship trophies. Aragon recorded his personal best at the meet with a throw of 57’4¼” and won the event by four inches. Carlock’s throw of 46’9” Aragon bested the competition by five feet and set a new NCCAA record. Other athletes who finished in the top 10 were: • Marybeth Ester: 7th in the 200m • Patricia Robinson: 7th in the women’s shot put • Kayla Struck: 7th in the javelin • Jade Hodge: 8th in the triple jump • Andrew Aragon: 8th in the discus • Caleb Smith: 10th in the discus Coach Carver commented how the track and field program has been very blessed this year, noting the success of the indoor season and the recent conference championship. He added, “I couldn’t be more proud of not only how the athletes performed but how they carry themselves on a daily basis.” “Coach Carver really does an amazing job and his athletes are so respectful and Carver appreciative of how hard he pushes them and how much he really loves them,” said YC athletic direcJade Hodge tor Jared Stark. lll