Will Patterson was the star of Stars Tuesday night against Heritage and Bluffton. He broke a long-standing record in the long jump with his attempt of 21 feet and 7.75 inches. The record had been in the SA record book since 1982 when Jere Johnson went 21-05. Braden Bixler equaled that mark back in 2021, but Patterson surpassed it by 2.75 inches Tuesday.
Patterson’s winning time in the 100 was his best of the year and faster than last year’s sectional-winning time. His 11.15 was .41 seconds better than his previous best this year, clocked against Southern Wells.
It was a similar story for Heritage’s Lucas Weber, who ran a career best and beat last year’s sectional finals winning time with a 22.46 in the 200 for the first-place points.
Wyatt Comment (Heritage) set new personal marks in both throwing events, winning the shot and finishing second in the disc.
In the girls’ meet, South Adams sprinter Luelle Shoch won the 100 with an outstanding time of 12.82. It’s been several years since the Stars have had a girl break the 13-second mark in that sprint.
Kapri Bixler added another exceptional performance in the 100 hurdles, winning in 15.26 for a new career-best time for the elite Starfire runner.
Boys’ Meet
100 M
1. Will Patterson-SA 11.15
2. Saul Flores-B 11.47
3. Jordan Rooks-H 11.56
4. Damariea Matthews-H 11.77
6. Kingston Howard-H 11.87
200 M
1. Lucas Weber-H 22.46
2. Will Patterson-SA 23.29
4. Cade Foster-H 24.02
4. Daelyn Calhoun-H 24.02
-Foster and Calhoun finished in a dead heat with times that were season bests for both Heritage sprinters.
400 M
1. Deacon Bierbaum-SA 54.26
2. Tavion Miles-SA 55.58
4. Eduardo Lopez-H 59.28
5. Gabe Perales-SA 1:00.26
6. Mo Esarhaek-H 1:01.81
-Deacon Bierbaum ran the 400 for the first time this year and shot up to the top of the Starfire leaderboard with his winning time of 54.26.
800 M
1. Maddox White-B 2:07.65
2. Aaron Baeumler-H 2:18.72
3. Josh Mickem-SA 2:19.78
4. Brodey Landis-H 2:35.00
6. Easton O’Dell-SA 2:44.08
-Baeumler’s time was his fastest of the year.
1600 M
1. Josh Mickem-SA 5:17.76
4. William Voglewede-H 5:29.84
-Voglewede ran a season-best time for the Patriots in the 1600.
3200 M
1. Case Neuenschwander-B 11:32.84
2. Alex Smith-H 11:59.80
3. Jacob Heflin-SA 12:06.63
4. Daniel Rupp-SA 12:34.75
110 M Hurdles
1. Parker Barnes-B 15.10
300 M Hurdles
1. Graham Linderwell-B 47.03
4×100 Relay
1. Bluffton 44.52
2. Heritage 45.55
4×400 Relay
1. Bluffton 3:40.06
3. South Adams 3:55.20
5. South Adams 4:09.69
6. Heritage 4:16.84
4×800 Relay
1. Bluffton 8:55.21
2. South Adams 8:56.46
High Jump
1. Parker Barnes-B 5-08
2. Alex Mantle-H 5-06
Long Jump
1. Will Patterson-SA 21-07.75
2. Sawyer Thiele-H 19-11.75
5. Kingston Howard-H 18-11.5
8. Mo Esarhaek-H 15-10.75
Pole Vault
1. Matthew Tierney-B 10-00
1. Cade Foster-H 10-00
3. Jon Davis-Hopper-H 10-00
6. Gavin Juricak-H 8-06
Discus
1. Wyatt Holmes-B 132-08
2. Wyatt Comment-H 129-01
3. Alistair Dunaway-H 118-09
4. Tre’Shon Washington-H 115-04
7. Griffin Stanton-SA 113-02.5
13. Carter Hermann-SA 95-07.5
19. Daniel Rupp-SA 74-01
Shot Put
1. Wyatt Comment-H 44-08
2. Tre’Shon Washington-H 41-08
3. Alistair Dunaway-H 41-01
5. Diego Arriaga-SA 38-11.5
16. Carter Hermann-SA 31-08
18. Griffin Stanton-SA 30-04
-Diego Arriaga continued to build up his PR in the shot, going eight inches longer Tuesday for a new mark.
Girls’ Meet
100 M
1. Luelle Schoch-SA 12.82
2. Carlee Strunk-B 13.07
3. Alia VanOsdale-H 13.52
4. Dhylan Gilbert-H 13.63
6. Marissa Cook-H 14.78
200 M
1. Di’Mond Williams-White-Heritage 26.93
2. Landry Grandlienard-B 27.96
3. Luelle Schoch-SA 28.25
-Schoch’s time in the 200 was also her season best.
5. Alia VanOsdale-H 29.77
6. Dhylan Gilbert-H 30.57
8. Kenley Geels-SA 31.58
400 M
1. Audrey Mechling-B 1:04.70
2. Adi Watson-SA 1:04.71
3. Aleena Bierbaum-SA 1:05.69
5. Ireland Shuck-SA 1:07.23
6. Anabell Shane-H 1:09.10
-Adi Watson’s first 400 of the year was a tough-luck losing effort after she finished .01 second behind Mechling. Regardless, it was the best time of the year for the Starfires.
-Bierbaum’s third-place time was her career best, as was Shuck’s.
800 M
1. Cora Kunkel-B 2:29.37
3. Audrey Meyer-H 2:54.20
5. Lily Hoting-H 3:03.00
6. Savannah Roy-H 3:03.47
1600 M
1. Emily High-H 5:57.70
2. Abigail Ramseyer-B 6:14.70
4. Elise Hissong-H 6:34.00
-Hissong’s time of 6:34 was her career best and was 30 seconds faster than last year’s best time.
3200 M
1. Abigail Ramseyer-Bluffton 11:44.83
2. Ava Gerber-H 14:28.39
3. Elizabeth Buuck-H 14:46.16
100 M Hurdles
1. Kapri Bixler-SA 15.26
2. McKinsey Amstein-H 15.97
5. Bailey White-H 18.59
6. Josie Simons-H 18.68
-All three Heritage hurdlers had season-best times.
300 M Hurdles
1. Rosalinda Medina-H 50.02
2. Bailey White-H 51.76
4. Josie Simons-H 57.90
4×100 Relay
1. Heritage 51.91
2. Bluffton 52.27
4. Heritage 57.55
4×400 Relay
1. Heritage 4:20.09
2. Bluffton 4:26.56
3. South Adams 4:44.41
4×800 Relay
1. Bluffton 12:04.95
2. Heritage 12:29.51
High Jump
1. Luelle Schoch-SA 5-00
2. Ava Johnson-H 4-06
4. Aleena Bierbaum-SA 4-06
5. Annabell Shane-H 4-00
Long Jump
1. Kapri Bixler-SA 15-07
2. Olivia Lybarger-H 15-06.5
Pole Vault
1. Addison Raber-B 8-00
2. Alia VanOsdale-H 6-06
Discus
1. Rori Drayer-B 110-02.5
2. Riley Roy-H 105-00
-Roy set a new personal mark Tuesday with her best throw.
3. Kenley Geels-SA 100-10
-Geels also set a new personal best, topping 100 feet for the first time.
6. Emma Jones-H 78-09
7. Joselyn Martin-H 70-06
9. Anna Horkutsenko-SA 66-04.5
15. Rory Feaster-SA 53-06
Shot Put
1. Alexandria Koby-B 35-09
2. Riley Roy-H 34-06
5. Kenley Geels-SA 28-05
6. Taylor Koch-H 27-09
13. Rory Feaster-SA 19-06
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