Wednesday Division III track results

By ROB HAMILTON

After the first day of activ­ity at the Divi­sion III regional track meet at Fair­field Union High School, two indi­vid­ual ath­letes and one relay team had qual­i­fied for the state meet.

Mount Gilead’s girls’ 3200 relay team took third in their race with a time of 9:48.66 to advance. In the girls’ shot put, Northmor’s Kris Pfis­ter took fourth with an effort of 35’1”. Also, the boys’ pole vault had Ethan Nichols plac­ing fourth by clear­ing 13’4”.

In Wednesday’s action, finals were held in half the field events and the 3200 relays, while pre­lim­i­nary heats were held in the sprints, hur­dles and the other three relay races.

Many other local ath­letes par­tic­i­pated in field events and the 3200 relays. Mount Gilead’s boys placed eighth in the 3200 relay in 8:38.57; while North­mor also ran in the event.

Danny Bruce of Gilead Chris­t­ian barely missed mov­ing on in the long jump, as he placed fifth with a leap of 19’10”. Also, Cardington’s Zach Zvan­sky placed sev­enth in the pole vault by clear­ing 12’8”.

Logan Chap­man (dis­cus) and Ethan Har­ris (long jump) of Mount Gilead; as well as Northmor’s Tyler Beck (dis­cus), Jamie Baldridge (pole vault) and Kyn­dall Williams (shot put) also com­peted in field events.

A num­ber of local run­ners qual­i­fied for Friday’s finals.

For the North­mor girls, their 400 relay fin­ished pre­lims with the fastest time of 52.3, while Allie Tupps had the third-best time in the 400 at 1:01.68. On the boys’ team, Clint Crose qual­i­fied eighth in the 100 with a time of 11.62.

Mount Gilead’s boys had Har­ris qual­ify sixth in the 300 hur­dles with a time of 40.55. For the girls, their 1600 relay qual­i­fied fourth in 4:14.35, Rachel Bush had the fifth-best time in the 300 hur­dles (48.41) and Shelby Rizor qual­i­fied eighth in the 200 in 27.65.

Gilead Christian’s Bruce took the sixth spot in the boys’ 200 in 23.35; while Lyn­dee Say­ers took the eighth qual­i­fy­ing posi­tion in the girls’ 300 hur­dles in 49.3.

Also run­ning in pre­lim­i­nary races, but not advanc­ing to the finals were Mount Gilead’s Har­ris (110 hur­dles), Jason Hea­cock (400) and the boys’ 1600 relay; as well as Northmor’s Tayler Coul­son (200), Clint Crose (200) and boys’ 800 relay.

Posted by Rob Hamilton on May 24 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.