College track and field: Five qualify

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Vanguard University had five qualifiers for

the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships after its first day of

competition Friday, with one All-American mark and one runner advancing

to today’s finals.

Justin Vagle, a redshirt freshman from Minnesota, earned his first

NAIA All-American recognition, going 6-7 to tie for sixth in the high

jump.

Freshman Devario Johnson just missed All-America consideration by

placing seventh in the long jump. Johnson’s longest jump of the day was

23-2.

Tony Magana entered the 5,000-meter run seeded 15th after qualifying

for the meet with a 15:18.48 time two weeks ago. Magana finished fifth

in his heat and posted the eighth fastest time among all runners, with a

14:58.85 mark. The time qualifies Magana for today’s final race and is a

personal record for the junior transfer from Orange Coast, besting his

old mark by nearly 20 seconds.

On the women’s side, Debby Baeder, stopped the clock in 7.79 seconds

in the 55-meter race, finishing a nonqualifying fifth in her prelim.

Jenny Thune went 2:25.11 in the 800 meters and finished sixth in her

semifinal heat.