Highland, MG win titles at Middle School County Meet

By ROB HAMILTON

High­land and Mount Gilead claimed team titles at last Wednesday’s Mid­dle School County Meet.

In the track meet, hosted by Mount Gilead, the Lady Indi­ans fin­ished with 141 points, while North­mor scored 82, High­land had 66 and Gilead Chris­t­ian tal­lied 18. Card­ing­ton did not score in the meet.

Mount Gilead won seven events on their way to claim­ing the team title. Olivia Brewer took first in the 100 in a time of 13.0 and won the 200 in 27.5. She also teamed with MaKaylee Wyatt, Cam­bry Arnold and Jenna Ship­man to win the 800 relay in 1:56.6.

Ray­gan Wal­ters took the shot put with an effort of 29’6”, while Mor­gan Brooke claimed the high jump by clear­ing 4’2”, Jenna Ship­man won the long jump with an effort of 14’6.5” and Brit­tany Schuller tied for the pole vault cham­pi­onship by clear­ing 6’.

North­mor was led by Isabelle Dit­ul­lio, who won three events. She took the 1600 in 5:57.6, the 400 in 1:09.4 and the 800 in 2:48.8. Also, the 400 relay team of Brook­lyn Mayes, Bai­ley Komer, Brooke Buz­zard and Megan Simp­son took first in 57.5 and Kar­alee Pat­ter­son tied for first in the pole vault at 6’.

For High­land, the 1600 relay team of Lizzy Rus­sell, Meg Mitchell, Han­nah Lucius and Anna Con­nors took first in 4:53. Also, Savan­nah Rus­sell won the dis­cus with an effort of 74’7.5”.

Gilead Chris­t­ian also won two events, as Lydia Mor­gan took the 100 hur­dles in 17.0 and the 200 hur­dles in 33.0.

In the boys’ meet, High­land was boosted to their win by claim­ing five events. They scored 100 points, North­mor fin­ished with 92.5, Mount Gilead had 74.5, Card­ing­ton placed fourth with 39 and Gilead Chris­t­ian tal­lied six.

Gar­rett Mentzer won the 100 in 12.2 and the 200 in 25.0. He was also on the 400 relay with Andrew Davis, Nathan Bent­ley and Tyler Tolle. They won in 51.2.

Also, Noah Drake took the 110 hur­dles in 18.8 and Bent­ley won the 200 hur­dles in 31.2.

North­mor got wins in four events. Josh Caudill won the shot put in 39’2”, while James Walker took the high jump in 4’10”. Also, Jacob Marks won the long jump with a leap of 15’7.75” and Aaron Vitte cleared 8’6” to win the pole vault.

Mount Gilead claimed three events, includ­ing two relays. Kyle Blan­ton, Nick Weiss, Kyle Ciballi and Deon­dre Cook won the 1600 relay in 4:15; while Blan­ton, Weiss, Jonah Bar­nett and Jor­dan Jen­nings won the 800 relay in 1:51.4. Also, Josiah Schirtzinger won the dis­cus with an effort of 103’2”.

For Card­ing­ton, Jacob Long claimed the 1600 in 5:06.5 and the 800 in 2:23. Also, Spencer Bax­ter won the 400 in 57.6.

Gilead Christian’s top place­ment was in the long jump, where Austin Hal­labrin fin­ished third.

North Union Relays

The Mount Gilead girls fin­ished sec­ond at Friday’s North Union Relays, while North­mor took third.

The Lady Indi­ans won a num­ber of events in plac­ing sec­ond behind Jonathan Alder in the meet.

The 6400 relay of Ray­chel Gress, Mikaela Bush, Ken­zie McKir­gan and Sophia Friesen took first in 24:15. Gress, Bush, Rachel Bush and Bryanna Bolha took the 3200 relay in 10:27.79.

The dis­cus trio of Marisa Nel­son, Jessie Baldridge and Kara McNamee also took first place. Those same three also won the shot put competition.

Mount Gilead also took sec­ond place in the shut­tle hur­dles, 800-meter sprint med­ley and 1600 relay.

Many of Northmor’s points came from sec­ond– and third-place fin­ishes. They took sec­ond in the 6400 relay, dis­tance med­ley, 3200 relay and shot put relay and also placed third in the 400 relay, 1600 relay, long jump relay and dis­cus relay.

In the boys’ meet, Mount Gilead took third place, while North­mor was sixth.

Mount Gilead’s quar­tet of Ethan Hat­field, Ryan Hayes, Tyler Beck and Cam­den West won the 6400 relay in 20:48.

Fin­ish­ing sec­ond were the shut­tle hur­dles, 3200 relay, 800 relay, pole vault relay and the shot put relay and tak­ing third was the 1600 relay.

Northmor’s duo of Ethan Nichols and Jamie Baldridge won the pole vault relay. The team was sec­ond in the 1600 relay.

Yel­low Jacket Relays

In Saturday’s Yel­low Jacket Relays, the High­land girls took fourth in the Divi­sion II-III meet, while Card­ing­ton was fifth.

Highland’s 6400 relay team of Lydia Hock­en­berry, Nic­hole Carter, Angel­ica Pres­ley and Sarah Klugh took first in 27:55.92.

Tak­ing sec­ond was the 1600 relay; while third place fin­ishes went to the 3200 relay and dis­tance medley.

Card­ing­ton took third place in the 1600 sprint med­ley for their high­est place­ment in the meet.

In the boys’ meet, High­land fin­ished fifth, while the Pirates fin­ished sixth.

Highland’s team of Logan Eber­sole, James Hub­bard, Quen­ton Miller and Josh Irvin took the 6400 relay in 21:44.06.

The Scot shut­tle hur­dle relay was sec­ond, as was the 3200 relay. Plac­ing third was the 1600 relay.

Cardington’s 1600-meter spe­cial med­ley and dis­tance med­ley both took third place in the meet.

North­mor vs. Highland

North­mor swept a tri­an­gu­lar meet last Tues­day against High­land and Elgin.

The Knight boys scored 67 points to top the Comets (51) and Scots (43).

North­mor claimed three of the meet’s four relay races. Jacob Hill, Eric Linn, Bran­don Ney­man and Bran­don Loyer took the 3200 relay in 9:48.1; Clint Crose, Jamie Baldridge, Trevor Pryor and Tyler Beck won the 400 relay in 47.6 and Lorin Camp­bell, Baldridge, Beck and Crose won the 1600 relay in 3:55.8.

Camp­bell added wins in the 400 (1:00.6) and 200 (24.1). Also, Loyer won the 3200 in 10:54.6, Ney­man took the 1600 in 4:48.2 and Crose won the 100 in 11.8.

High­land got two wins from Shawn Beltz, who won the 110 hur­dles in 16.9 and the 800 in 2:14.2. Tyler Dud­geon won the 300 hur­dles in 46.7 and Colton Stan­ley took the dis­cus with an effort of 112’6”.

In the girls’ meet, North­mor won with 99 points, while High­land scored 51 and Elgin tal­lied 15.

North­mor won the 3200 relay as Dani Blum, Bri­anna Heminger, Megan Milavec and Sarah Ruhl fin­ished in 11:40.2. The team’s 400 relay of Chantel Cline, Tay­lor Coul­son, Allie Tupps and Gabrielle Woods won with a time of 55.3.

Cline added wins in three events, as she took first in the high jump (4’4”), long jump (14’7.5”) and 300 hur­dles (58.1).

Tupps won the 100 in 13.7 and the 800 in 2:38.5. Blum added wins in the 1600 (5:58.8) and 3200 (11:40.8). Also, Kris Pfis­ter won the shot put with a throw of 35’0.5” and Coul­son took the 200 in 28.3.

High­land won the other two relays. Chelsea Kane, Katie Davies, Tay­lor Han­k­ins and Amanda Mosier won the 800 relay in 1:55.3. Also, Kayla Davies, Michelle Katona, Stacy Ben­nett and Autumn Mentzer took the 1600 relay in 4:46.

Katie Davies won the 400 in 1:07.8 and Mosier took the 100 hur­dles in 16.2.

Card­ing­ton Pirates

Card­ing­ton fin­ished third in a tri­an­gu­lar last week against Clear Fork and Loudonville.

The boys won four events. Zach Zvan­sky took the pole vault by clear­ing 12’, leapt 5’10 in the high jump and won the 200 in 24.24. Also, Mitch Yake topped the field in the 1600 in 5:02.9.

The girls didn’t win any events, but Ches­ney Adams was sec­ond in the 100 and the 1600 relay of Adams, Shelby Harper, Sami Ben­nett and Syd­ney Zier­den also was runner-up.

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