Indians sweep Morrow County track meet

By ROB HAMILTON

The host school had a big day Tues­day when Mount Gilead held the Mor­row County Track Meet at their facilities.

The Indi­ans took wins in both var­sity meets. In the girls’ com­pe­ti­tion, they edged North­mor 99.5 to 95. High­land was third with 36.5 points and Card­ing­ton scored 19.

Mount Gilead won 10 events on their way to tak­ing the tro­phy, with Shelby Rizor tak­ing three of those first place finishes.

She claimed the pole vault by clear­ing 11’6” and took the 100 in 13.4, as well as claim­ing the 200 in 27.5.

Jessie Baldridge added a pair of wins, tak­ing the shot put with a throw of 35’7” and the dis­cus with an effort of 109’8”.

Mount Gilead added wins in a pair of relays, as the quar­tet of Rachel Bush, Bryanna Bolha, Ray­chel Gress and Mikayla Bush took the 3200 relay in 10:08. To fin­ish the meet, the same four girls took the 1600 in 4:19.

Bolha added a win in the 100 hur­dles (17.6), while Rachel Bush won the 300 hur­dles in 49 sec­onds and Mikayla Bush took the 800 in 2:21.3.

Northmor’s second-place fin­ish with high­lighted by five event wins. Dani Blum pro­vided two of them, as she took first in the 1600 in 5:42.4 and won the 3200 in 12:14.8.

The team of Chantel Cline, Tay­lor Coul­son, Allie Tupps and Gabrielle Woods took the 400 relay in 53.7. Cline added a win in the long jump, by going 15’4” and Melissa Dan­ner cleared 4’6” to fin­ish tops in the high jump.

Both High­land and Card­ing­ton won one event apiece in the meet.

The Scots were led by Katie Davies win­ning the 400 in 1:05; while Cardington’s 800 relay team of Sami Ben­nett, Ches­ney Adams, Syd­ney Zier­den and Shelby Harper took first in 1:57.

In the girls’ JV meet, North­mor and Mount Gilead com­bined to win every event. The Knights took eight, while the Indi­ans claimed four.

Northmor’s Jamie Van­derkooi won the 100 hur­dles, 300 hur­dles and 200 dash; while Michelle Waugh took first in the high jump and 400. Also, Megan Milavec won the long jump, Sierra Bell took the dis­cus and Jesamie Houghtby claimed the 100.

For Mount Gilead, Ken­zie McKir­gan took the 1600 and 3200, while Emily Garry won the shot put and Tay­lor Hack took first in the 800.

The boys’ meet saw the Indi­ans fin­ish with 90 points, while North­mor scored 82. High­land took third with 43 and Card­ing­ton tal­lied 39.

Logan Chap­man claimed wins in both throw­ing events for Mount Gilead, win­ning the shot with a throw of 43’6” and the dis­cus with an effort of 130’6.5”.

The Indi­ans added wins in two relays. The team of Paul Melcher, Cam­den West, Tyler Beck and Bran­son West took the 3200 relay in 8:54. Also, Jason Hea­cock, Chap­man, Kolby Sny­der and Ethan Har­ris won the 1600 relay in 3:42.

Also, Snyder took the long jump with an attempt of 18’9.25”, Hea­cock won the 400 in 53.0 and Har­ris claimed the 300 hur­dles in 41.8.

The Knights won eight events to help them claim sec­ond place. The 800 relay of Gar­rett Karcher, Clint Crose, Lorin Camp­bell and Trevor Pryor won in 1:38; while Tyler Beck, Crose, Jamie Baldridge and Karcher took the 400 relay in 46.9.

Bran­don Loyer won two events, tak­ing the 1600 in 4:48 and the 800 in 2:09. Ethan Nichols cleared 13’ to win the pole vault, while Crose won the 100 in 11.5, Camp­bell claimed the 200 in 23.8 and Bran­don Ney­man won the 3200 in 10:52.

Shawn Beltz of High­land took first in the 110 hur­dles with a time of 15.8 to pace the Scot effort. For Cardington, Zach Zvan­sky won the high jump by clear­ing 5’10”.

Mount Gilead won all but one event in the JV meet, while Highland’s C.J. Moser took first place in the 400 for the other win.

Alex Blan­ton won the pole vault and high jump for the Indi­ans, while Keane Delp took the shot put and 100 and Joseph Elson took the 300 hur­dles and 200. Also, Ken­ton Picker won the long jump, Ian Delp took the dis­cus, Ethan Hat­field won the 1600, Grant Picker was first in the 800 and Nicholas Mid­daugh claimed the 3200.

Mount Gilead Invitational

The Mount Gilead girls track team claimed a big win on Sat­ur­day, as they took first place in their own invitational.

The Lady Indi­ans scored 126 points to top West Holmes by five in the 12-team meet. Locally, North­mor was fourth (89.5), Gilead Chris­t­ian took ninth (12) and Card­ing­ton was 10th (6.5).

For the Indi­ans, Shelby Rizor won the pole vault by clear­ing 11’6” and took third in the 100 dash. The quar­tet of Ray­chel Gress, Bryanna Bolha, Mikaela Bush and Rachel Bush won the 3200 relay in 10:06.4. Mikaela Bush took the 800 in 2:24 and was sec­ond in the 1600. Taryn Chap­man won the 400 in 1:00, while Rachel Bush claimed the 300 hur­dles in 48.6

Mount Gilead’s Jessie Baldridge took sec­ond in both the shot and dis­cus, while the team’s 1600 relay placed sec­ond. Han­nah Scott placed in a tie for third in the high jump.

Northmor’s Dani Blum took the 3200 in 12:29.3 and was third in the 1600. Chantel Cline fin­ished sec­ond in the long jump, along with the 400 relay. Kris Pfis­ter fin­ished third in the dis­cus, as did the team’s 3200 relay, Allie Tupps in the 800, Tay­lor Coul­son in the 200 and the shut­tle hur­dles relay.

Gilead Christian’s Lyn­dee Say­ers took sec­ond in the 400.

For Card­ing­ton, their 1600 relay placed sixth.

In the boys’ meet, the Indi­ans took sec­ond place with 93.5 points. North­mor claimed fourth with 79.5, while Card­ing­ton was sev­enth with 40 and Gilead Chris­t­ian placed 10th with 29.

The Indi­ans’ Logan Chap­man won the dis­cus with a throw of 130’7” and was sec­ond in the shot. The shut­tle hur­dles team of Cam­den West, Noah Scott, Joseph Elson and Bran­son West placed first in 1:08.

Kolby Sny­der claimed sec­ond in the long jump, as did Ethan Har­ris in the 300 hur­dles. Noah Scott took third in the shot, as did the 3200 relay team and Jason Hea­cock in the 400.

Northmor’s Ethan Nichols tied for first in the pole vault with an effort of 14’, while Lorin Camp­bell won the 200 in 23.2. The Knights were sec­ond in the 400 relay. Gar­rett Karcher placed third in the high jump, as did Clint Crose in the 100, the team’s 800 relay, Bran­don Ney­man in the 1600 and the 1600 relay.

Lead­ing the way for the Pirates was Zach Zvan­sky, who won the high jump with an effort of 6’, was sec­ond in the 200 and also took third in the pole vault. Dustin Briggs placed third in the 110 hurdles.

Gilead Christian’s Danny Bruce won the long jump by going 19’11.25”, was sec­ond in the 100 and third in the 300 hurdles.

Due to space lim­i­ta­tions, full results of the Mount Gilead Invi­ta­tional will be in next week’s edition.

Elgin Invi­ta­tional

Mount Gilead took sec­ond place in both the boys’ and girls’ meets at the Elgin Invi­ta­tional on Fri­day, April 27.

The Indian girls fin­ished with 91 points to place sec­ond behind River Val­ley, who won both meets.

The duo of Shelby Rizor and Rachel Bush took first place in the pole vault. In the shot put relay, Jessie Baldridge, Kara McNamee and Marisa Nel­son com­bined for first place.

Mount Gilead also won the 800 sprint med­ley, as Han­nah Scott, Salina Mulkey, Rizor and Mikaela Bush won the race in 1:58.7.

To bol­ster their point tally, the team took sec­ond in the dis­cus relay, the 6400 relay, 3200 relay and 1600 relay.

For Mount Gilead’s boys, the trio of Kolby Sny­der, Noah Scott and Ethan Har­ris fin­ished first in the high jump relay. Also, the quar­tet of Jason Hea­cock, Logan Chap­man, Sny­der and Har­ris won the 1600 relay in 3:41.6.

The Indi­ans placed sec­ond in the long jump relay and shut­tle hur­dles and took third in the pole vault relay, dis­cus relay, shot put relay, 6400 relay and 3200 relay.

North­mor fin­ished third in the girls’ meet and fourth in the boys’ meet.

The Lady Knights claimed sec­ond place in the shot put relay, 400-meter relay, dis­tance med­ley and 800 sprint relay. They also were third in the long jump relay, dis­cus relay, 6400 relay, shut­tle hur­dles, 3200 relay and 400-meter hur­dles relay.

In the boys’ meet, North­mor was paced by their 6400 relay team of Eric Linn, Bran­don Ney­man, Jacob Hill and Bran­don Loyer; who took first in 20:22.9.

The Knights got sec­ond in the pole vault relay and 3200 relay. They also were third in the 400 relay, 800 relay, dis­tance med­ley and sprint medley.

Gilead Chris­t­ian Eagles

A cou­ple Gilead Chris­t­ian ath­letes had big days when the school com­peted in the Buck­eye Cen­tral Invi­ta­tional last Tuesday.

The boys fin­ished sixth in the nine-team meet with 52 points, as Danny Bruce claimed two first-place fin­ishes. He won the 100 in 11.35 and took the long jump with an effort of 19’8.75”. He also placed third in the 300 hur­dles, while team­mate Aaron Mar­tin was third in the discus.

For the girls, who placed eighth with 30 points, Lyn­dee Say­ers was the top scorer.

She took sec­ond in the 100 hur­dles and third in the 400. Also, Mary Arring­ton was third in the 3200.

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