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Rock Chalk Classic
Kansas City Finds Success in Distance Events at Rock Chalk Classic
4/26/2025 11:14:00 PM | Track and Field
Seven Roos earned top five placements across a bevy of events in Lawrence
LAWRENCE, KAN. - Kansas City put together a steady team performance at the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday afternoon. One of the more impressive showings for the Roos came from their distance running group, which totaled several top five performances.
Most notably, Luke Swarts and Sam Cleary showed up and showed out in the 1500m and 5000m races respectively. Swarts delivered a second place time of 4:08.86, giving the freshman a career-best time for the event. Cleary notched a stellar 5000m time of 15:05.48, finishing fourth in the event and first among the four Roos in the race.
Additionally, several other Roos stood out including Ellie Gira in the 400m, Kai White in the 800m and Tonique Fleming in the 100m and 200m sprints. Gira came less than a half a second shy of her personal best in the 400m, totaling a time of 1:00.71 to place 12th in the event. White took third place in the 800m, recording a time of 1:56.50 in the race. Fleming nabbed two career-best times, running a PR 12.56 in the 100m dash and another PR of 26.03 in the 200m.
FULL RESULTS
Women's Long Jump
Jaleesa McWashington / 3rd | 5.37
Naomi Eyanagho / 8th | 5.00
Men's Long Jump
Brant Wilson / 7th | 6.75
Victor Sewankambo / 11th | 6.42
Channing Rainbolt / 16th | 6.02
Dontez Carr / 17th | 6.00
Women's High Jump
Taylor Bailey / T-5th | 1.53
Lily Bremer / T-5th | 1.53
4x100m Relay
Kansas City (Rogers, Eugene, Sewankambo, Lanham) / 3rd | 43.74
Men's 1500m
Luke Swarts / 2nd | 4:08.86
Women's 400m
Ellie Gira / 15th | 1:00.71
McKenna Hood / 22nd | 1:03.21
Alyiah Shirley / 24th | 1:03.64
Men's 400m
Najee Simpson / 13th | 49.83
Women's 100m Hurdles
Naomi Eyanagho / 10th | 15.52
Women's 100m
Tonique Fleming / 14th | 12.56
Kyrah Anderson / 21st | 13.20
Men's 100m
Victor Sewankambo / 13th | 10.96
Dontez Carr / 32nd | 11.80
Women's 800m
Maggie Boley / 7th | 2:28.33
Men's 800m
Kai White / 3rd | 1:56.50
Connor Jacober / 10th | 1:58.78
Nathaniel Hartman / 17th | 2:02.38
Ian O'Neal / 20th | 2:03.96
Women's 200m
Tonique Fleming / 16th | 26.03
Jayden Lightford / 21st | 26.56
Melissa Jackson / 28th | 27.68
Kyrah Anderson / 33rd | 28.27
Naomi Eyanagho / 34th | 28.31
Men's 200m
Dontez Carr / 24th | 23.72
Channing Rainbolt / 25th | 23.80
Men's 4x400m Relay
Kansas City (Isaac Kane, Kai White, Connor Jacober, Ian O'Neal) / 3rd | 3:26.32
Women's 5000m
Madelyn Russell / 12th | 18:42.06
Men's 5000m
Sam Cleary / 4th | 15:05.48
Evan Kiefer / 5th | 15:44.56
Athanasius Kibiwott / 7th | 16:02.90
Eli Block / 8th | 16:06.64
UP NEXT
Kansas City takes a crack at the USD Tune-Up next Friday and Saturday in Vermillion, S.D. as the Roos will compete at the home of Summit League foe South Dakota on May 2-3.
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