Huntington North won the boys side of the track and field meet at Bellmont Tuesday night 97-35 while the two girls team split the spoils by finishing even at 63.5 points apiece.
“It was a beautiful night for a track meet,” noted BHS head coach Dave Hakes. “Every freshman had at least one PR, so the young guys are working hard and it’s showing with their performances.”
Some highlights:
-Ben Sprague ran season-best times in the 200M and the 400M, taking second in the latter with a time of 25.7.
-Harry Gunsett ran a season best in the 800 and won by four seconds over Keagan Price.
-Ian Webb went nine seconds faster in the mile and won in 4:52.50, while classmate and eternal running partner Elijah Obringer was behind him in second.
-Obringer took the 3200, though, by less than a second over Webb, beating his time from last week’s meet at Jay County by a fraction of a second.
-Noah Short debuted in the 110 hurdles and took fourth with a team-best time of 20.70.
-Short, who is coming off a phenomenal senior swim season, also ran the 300 hurdles and ran a team-best 51.90 to finish fourth.
-Trevor Smith won the pole vault in his first opportunity this year with a height of 11-00.
-Ben Sprague finished fifth with a team-best 16-01.5 in the long jump.
-Alex Schirack’s fine start to the throwing season continued with a fourth-place finish in the shot with a distance of 39-05.5.
-Aidan Ford started his season with the best discus throw of the young season for coach Dave Hake’s boys with a distance of 106-09 for fourth place.
Girls Meet
-Haleigh Wesley turned in a season-best time in the 100 to win in 13.20 and then did the same in the 200 to win in 27.40.
-Sydney Keane was second in the 400 with a season-best time of 1:05.70.
-Keeley Carpenter ran 11 seconds faster than last week to take second in the 800 in 2:51.22.
-Ellen Scott was seven seconds faster than last week’s meet and better than any time in 2022 in winning the mile in 6:06.50.
-Bre Feasel ran her best time in the mile and was third in 6:53.10.
-Freshman Emily Barton made her debut in the 100 hurdles and was second in 19.70 for the Braves, beating out veterans Madison Witte and Addie Kintz
-Senior Addie Kintz equalled her career best in her first pole vault attempt of the year with a 7-00 to take second.
-Kintz also set a new PR in the shot put by clearing 30 feet for the first time to finished third.
-Sierra Schmidt won the discus with a season best of 107 feet.
Boys Meet
100 M
1. Brayden Voght-HN 11.50
2. Trevor Smith-B 11.90
5. Evan Sovine-B 13.20
6. Aiden Miller-B 13.80
200 M
1. Brayden Voght-HN 23.40
4. Ben Sprague-B 25.70
5. Ivan Vergara-B 27.95
6. Collin Esparza
400 M
1. Noah Wagner-HN 55.70
2. Ben Sprague-B 56.40
800 M
1. Harry Gunsett-B 2:19.10
2. Keagan Price-HN 2:23.40
1600 M
1. Ian Webb-B 4:52.50
2. Elijah Obringer-B 5:16.50
3. Keagan Price-HN 5:25.00
3200 M
1. Elijah Obringer-B 10:43.60
2. Ian Webb-B 10:44.70
3. Dominic Lisinicchia-HN 11:24.50
110 M Hurdles
1. Micah Plemons-HN 16.00
4. Noah Short-B 20.70
5. Jonathan Barton-B 20.80
6. Xavior Palacios-B 23.30
300 Hurdles
1. Micah Plemons-HN 41.20
4. Noah Short-B 51.90
5. Xavior Palacios-B 52.80
6. Jonathan Barton-B 54.80
4×100 Relay
1. Huntington North 46.30
2. Bellmont 47.40
4×400 Relay
1. Huntington North 3:56.20
2. Bellmont 4:33.50
4×800 Relay
1. Huntington North 10:09.00
2. Bellmont 10:33.70
High Jump
1. Brayden Voght-HN 5-06
2. Collin Esparza-B 5-00
2. Peyton Blair-B 5-00
Pole Vault
1. Trevor Smith-B 11-0
2. Dominic Lisinicchia-HN 9-0
3. Evan Sovine-B 7-06
Long Jump
1. Braeden Christiansen-HN 19-01.75
5. Ben Sprague-B 16-01.5
7. Noah Short-B 15-01.25
8. Ivan Vergara-B 14-11.75
Shot Put
1. Cole McCarver-HN 43-04.5
4. Alex Schirack-B 39-05.5
5. Aidan Ford-B 35-02
7. Payton Miller-B 33-08
8. Zane Roop-B 32-00.5
Discus
1. Cole McCarver-HN 126-08
4. Aidan Ford-B 106-09
5. Alex Schirack-B 104-05
7. Aidan Wemhoff-B 87-09
8. Brendan Wilson-B 84-03
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