El Dorado, Kan. - The Butler Community College outdoor track teams swept the team titles at the Region VI Championships in Coffeyville May 1-3. The Butler women won going away with 219 team points. The win gives the Butler women a sweep of the Region VI outdoor track, indoor track and cross country championships. The feat is a first in school history and the first by a Region VI school since Barton in 1999. The Butler men also finished first with 157 points, followed closely by Barton (140 1/2), Cloud (127 1/2), Hutchinson (114) and Cowley (99). The Grizzly women’s team won eight events at the Region VI Meet. They were led by a 1-2-3 finish in the 1500 meters by Patrober Murindat (5:07.48), Leah Thompson (5:11.04) and Jennifer Butler (5:11.52). Murindat also won the 5000 meters with a time of 19:07.16. Chelsea Hayes tripled up, winning the 100 (:11.71), 200 (:24.74) and the long jump (19-3 1/2), setting school records in the 100 and 200. Latoya Sanderson won the 400 meters with a time of :56.61. Markeva Daye won the triple jump with a school record of 39-3 1/4. Shannon Moore won the seven-event heptathlon, finishing with 4,392 points, winning by over 500 points. Moore added second-place finishes in the 200 (:25.01) and the 400 (:56.99). Moore was voted the Field Athlete of the Meet while Hayes was voted the Track Athlete of the Meet. Christine Addison (40:44.89) and Holly Poe (40:54.33) were second and third, respectively, in the 10,000 meters while Crystal Stegman was third in the 800 (2:26.78). Sanderson added a third-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles (1:04.72) while Sydnee Cole placed third in the 3000-meter steeplechase (12:32.60). The 4x400 relay team of Stegman, Blair Vignery, Ali Haffner and Megan Henson finished third (4:12.08), as did the 4x800 relay team of Stegman, Butler, Thompson and Murindat (10:04.06). The Butler men won five events. Obakeng Ngwigwa won the 200 (:21.03) while Aundrea Williams won the 400 hurdles (:54.31). David Wainaina won the 5000 (15:09.92) while Jackson Koech won the 10,000 (33:25.04). Justin Oliver won the 10-event decathlon with a total of 5,890 points, winning by 69 points. Wainaina added a third-place finish in the 1500 (4:11.32) while Joel Rop was second in the 1500 (4:08.77) and third in the 800 (1:55.64) and the 5000 (15:28.97). Koech was also second in the steeplechase (9:43.27) while Kipp Schuler added a third-place finish in the 10,000 (34:37.92). Sam Woods was second behind Williams in the 400 hurdles (:56.64). The 4x800 relay team of Wainaina, Gavin Moore, Anselmo Borunda and Ollice Burke finished second in 7:53.63. The 4x400 relay team of Burke, Woods, Ben Harris and Andrew Corbin placed third in 3:22.08. The 4x100 relay team of Woods, Harris, Ryne Evans and Raymond Cason was fourth in :43.88. “We had our ups and downs, but we came out on top, just where we wanted to be,” said Butler head coach Kirk Hunter. “For our women to sweep all three team titles this season is just amazing. I don’t know if this is our first men’s track title ever, but I know it’s our first since I’ve been here. Coach Frazier (assistant Eugene) has done so much for this program, he deserves a lot of the credit, as do the athletes themselves. It was a great team effort, and we can’t wait for Nationals.” The Last Chance Meet for National Meet qualifying will be Thursday at Arkansas City. This year’s NJCAA National Championships will take place May 15-17 at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas.