Emilykate Hopson-Boyd

• Article
• May 01, 2016

The Barton Community College women's track and field team captured the program's 26th Region VI Outdoor Championship on Saturday as the Lady Cougars won eleven of the twenty-two events this past weekend at Garden City Community College's Broncbuster Stadium. Adding the title to its Region VI Indoor championship, the Lady Cougars didn't compete in three events but dominated the championship in cold and blustery conditions nonetheless while also being crowned the Jayhawk West Conference champions. The region title was the first for Barton since 2009 racking up 189 points to unseat defending region champion Coffeyville Community College by twenty-four points and running away with the conference title by sixty-three points over runner-up Butler Community College.

• Article
• March 05, 2016

For the third straight year a member of the Barton Community College women's track and field team was the buzz at the NJCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field National Championships. Previously it was the performances from distance standout Lydia Mato, but this past weekend the torch was passed to Ayesha Champagnie as multi-event freshman broke three Pentathlon records helping lead the Lady Cougar to a sixth place national finish this weekend. Held at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the Region VI champion Lady Cougars scored 50 points in garnering ten All-American performances with three coming Champagnie accumulating twenty-three points.