Chattahoochee Tech Qualifies Four Athletes for NJCAA Nationals

  • Steve Prettyman
    Coach
    sprettyman
    Chattahoochee Tech Student Athletes Shauntia Mosley, Jovelle Patterson, Ioni Christian, Harrison Philp, Andrew Archer, and Linda Rongoey will be attending the National Junior College Athletic Association Outdoor National Track and Field Championships in Hutchinson, KS May 19th through May 23rd.

    Shauntia Mosley will represent CTC in the Long Jump (she is currently ranked 7th in the event) and in the 100 meter dash. She is the school record holder in the event with a personal best distance (set at UGA two weeks ago) of 18' 10.5". Her 100m time (12.44 set at Troy Invitational) ranks her 41st.

    Jovelle Patterson (North Atlanta HS) will respresent CTC in the 800 meter run (she is currently ranked 20th). She just reset the school record at this weekend's GA Tech Invitational (90 colleges and Universities were at GA Tech, CTC was the only JC) with a time of 2:18.96.

    Ioni Christian (Kell HS) will represent CTC in the 100 meter Dash (she is currently ranked 13th) and the 200 meter dash (she is currently ranked 29th). She broke the school record in the 100 meter dash at the Troy Invitational with a time of 11.94. At the UGA Invitational, two weeks ago, she reset the school record in the 200m dash with a time of 25.14.

    Harrison Philp will represent CTC in the 800 meter run (he is currently ranked 25th). He reset the school record at this weekend's GA Tech invitational with a time of 1:56.31.

    Andrew Archer and Linda Rongoey will be attending the meet as team captains. Andrew Archer also competed in the GA Tech invitational this past weekend. Andrew set a new personal record in the 400 meter run with a time of 49.89. He just missed the school record which was set in 2007. This is the first time that Andrew has broken the 50 mark as a CTC athlete. He finishes the season ranked 74th in the NJCAA National Rankings (out of 262).

    Go Golden Eagles!

    Coach Steve Prettyman
    Chattahoochee Technical College
    Marietta, GA
    sprettyman@chattahoocheetech.edu