Track teams are seeing plenty of competition in meets

By ROB HAMILTON

In Saturday’s Buck­eye Val­ley Invi­ta­tional, the Card­ing­ton boys fin­ished fourth and the girls were fifth.

The boys fin­ished with 74 points. Zach Zvan­sky won twice, clear­ing 11’ in the pole vault and run­ning the 200 in 25.33. He also placed sec­ond in the high jump.

Mitchel Yake won the 1600 in 5:00 and placed sec­ond in the 800. Also, Dustin Briggs was third in both the 100 hur­dles and 300 hur­dles and Mat Nadzam took third in the discus.

The girls scored 48 points to fin­ish fifth in their meet. They claimed first in the 800-meter relay in 2:01 and also were sec­ond in the 3200 relay.

Kelsee Lothes placed third in both the shot and dis­cus, while Sami Ben­nett placed third in the 400.

Gilead Chris­t­ian Eagles

On Sat­ur­day, Gilead Christian’s track team com­peted at the Lick­ing Heights Invitational.

The girls’ team fin­ished ninth, while the boys were 10th.

For the girls, who scored 17 points, Lyn­dee Say­ers won the 300 hur­dles in 53.84. Mary Arring­ton, Cassie Smoth­er­man and Kris­ten Mohre also scored points for their team.

The boys, who scored 22 points, were led by Danny Bruce. He fin­ished sec­ond in the long jump and third in the 400. He was also on the plac­ing 800-meter relay with Aaron Mar­tin, Caleb Mosher and Tan­ner Kurilec.

Mosher and Mar­tin, as well as Zack Baker, also scored points in indi­vid­ual events.

North­mor Knights

North­mor swept a quad­ran­gu­lar meet with Buck­eye Cen­tral, Gilead Chris­t­ian and South Cen­tral on Thursday.

The host Knights dom­i­nated the girls’ meet, scor­ing 145.5 points. Buck­eye Cen­tral scored 48, Gilead Chris­t­ian had 27.5 and South Cen­tral fin­ished with 25.

North­mor won 10 events with Dani Blum and Chantel Cline win­ning two.

Blum took the 1600 in 5:42.6 and the 3200 in 12:06.7. Cline won the long jump (14’5”) and the high jump (4’4”).

The quar­tet of Blum, Sarah Ruhl, Megan Milavec and Bri Heminger won the 3200 relay in 12:01.2; while the team of Tayler Coul­son, Jesamie Houghtby, Ellen Petulla and Jamie Van­derkooi won the 800 relay in 2:04.7.

Lau­ren Bood cleared 7’6” to win the pole vault, Kris Pfis­ter took the shot put with an effort of 35’9”, Coul­son won the 200 in 28.7 and Allie Tupps claimed the 100 in 13.6.

For Gilead Chris­t­ian, Lyn­dee Say­ers was a dou­ble win­ner, tak­ing the 100 hur­dles in 17.7 and the 300 hur­dles in 50.7.

The boys scored 87 points to fin­ish in front of South Central’s 74. Buck­eye Cen­tral scored 56 and Gilead Chris­t­ian tal­lied 30.

The team of Eric Linn, Bran­don Ney­man, Jacob Hill and Bran­don Loyer won the 3200 in 9:35.1; while Clint Crose, Jamie Baldridge, Trevor Pryor and Tyler Beck teamed to win the 400 relay in 47.9.

Crose also won the 100 in 11.3, while Hill took the 1600 in 5:09.8 and Ney­man claimed the 800 in 2:12.1. Also, Gar­rett Karcher won the high jump with an effort of 5’8” and Ethan Nichols cleared 13’6” to win the pole vault.

Gilead Christian’s effort was led by Danny Bruce. He won the long jump by record­ing a leap of 19’9.5”.

Dur­ing the pre­vi­ous week, the Knight girls beat Ridgedale 94–43, win­ning three relays in the process.

Blum, Katie Bur­son, Heminger and Ruhl won the 3200 relay in 11:36.1. The team of Coul­son, Heminger, Milavec and Petulla took first in the 800 relay in 2:06.9 and the quar­tet of Bur­son, Heminger, Milavec and Tupps took first in the 1600 relay in 4:46.5.

Tupps added wins in the 100 (13.3) and 800 (2:33.5), while Blum won both the 1600 (5:43) and 3200 (12:38.9). Cline also won twice, tak­ing the long jump with an effort of 14’ and the high jump with a leap of 4’4”.

Also, Coul­son won the 200 in 28.8, Kyn­dall Williams took the dis­cus with an effort of 103’5” and Kris Pfis­ter claimed the shot with a throw of 34’2.5”.

Ridgedale Inv. (girls)

The Mount Gilead Indi­ans were tops in the 12-team Ridgedale Invi­ta­tional on Sat­ur­day, April 7. Only results from the girls’ meet had been received by deadline.

Mount Gilead fin­ished with 137 in the girls’ meet, while North­mor took sec­ond with 116.5. High­land also com­peted and scored 37 points for eighth place.

Taryn Chap­man won two events for Mount Gilead, clear­ing 4’10” in the high jump and run­ning the 300 hur­dles in 46.3.

Jessie Baldridge took the shot put with a throw of 33’7.25” and was sec­ond in the dis­cus. That event was won by team­mate Marisa Nelson’s throw of 99’4”.

Shelby Rizor won the pole vault by clear­ing 11’ and was sec­ond in the 100. Mikaela Bush added a win in the 800 (2:23) and was sec­ond in the 1600.

The team of Chapman, Bryanna Bolha, Han­nah Scott and Rizor won the 800 relay in 1:52.6; while the quar­tet of Chap­man, Bolha, Rachel Bush and Mikaela Bush took the 1600 relay in 4:15. Rachel Bush also was sec­ond in the 300 hurdles.

Northmor’s Allie Tupps won the 400 in 1:03 and took first in the 200 with a time of 28.7. Also win­ning was the 400 relay of Tupps, Chantel Cline, Tayler Coul­son and Gabrielle Woods (53.8). Dani Blum won the 3200 in 12:12 and was third in the 1600. She also teamed with Katie Bur­son, Bri Heminger and Sarah Ruhl to win the 3200 relay in 11:00.

Also, Coul­son was sec­ond in the 200, Kris Pfis­ter was sec­ond in the shot put and Heminger took third in the 800.

Highland’s Amanda Mosier won the 100 hur­dles in 15.6. The Scot 1600-meter relay fin­ished third.

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