The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

A FEW Bahamians made their presence felt for their respective colleges at the National Junior College Athletic Association's Indoor Championships over the weekend at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Sophomore Denvaughn Whymns helped the South Plains Texans to a third-place finish in the men's division with his second in the men's long jump with a leap of 7.63m on his fifth attempt.

Whymns' series of jumps included 7.29m on his first, pass on his second, 7.48m on his third, 7.42m on his fourth and 7.48m on his sixth and final attempt.

Shakwon Coke, of Barton County Community College, won with 7.78m on his fifth attempt.

Whymns, who came out of CC Sweeting High School, also ended up fifth in the men's 60m hurdles final in 8.06 seconds. Philip Lemonious of Barton County Community College was the winner in 7.80. Whymns was second in the preliminaries of the men's 60m hurdles in 7.93 for the fifth-fastest qualifying time.

Mookie Rolle, a Queen's College graduate now competing for Highland Community College, had the 10th fastest qualifying time of 1:21.64 in the men's 600m as he got second in his heat, but he missed out on the ninth and final spot for the final.

The final spot went to Shamar Deacon of Iowa Western Community College in 1:21.24.

Rolle also ran the second leg of Highland's 4 x 400m relay team that placed eighth in 3:16.84.

Butler Community College won in a time of 3:11.90. Rolle also anchored their 4 x 800m relay team that got disqualified.

Also in the 4 x 800m, Phillip Armbrister, out of St Anne's High School, represented Butler Community College as they didn't finish the race.

SAC graduate Dachye Stubbs, competing for Cowley College, was 13th in the women's shot put with her only successful toss of 11.85m on her first attempt.

Lea Grady of Iowa Central Community College won the event with a heave of 15.76m on her second try.

Bria Sands, the sister of national triple jump record holder Leevan 'Superman' Sands, also qualified to compete in the nationals for Life University in the women's triple jump.

But unfortunately, she didn't as she came home to attend the funeral service for her father, Leevan 'Dragon' Sands Sr, on Sunday at the Hillside Seventh Day Adventist Church.