The South Adams Starfires got their first taste of a big outdoor track meet Saturday when they traveled to Minster Memorial in Ohio and finished a respectable tenth place.
“It was a great day for both teams,” noted head coach Clint Anderson. “The boys maybe didn’t show it in the team score but Minster is a meat grinder of a meet and that hides some otherwise solid improvements for the team.”
Meet Notes:
-South Adams’ 4×800 relay team of Caiden Neuenschwander, Dakota Sprunger, Wyatt Mann and Oscar Vasquez set a new season best to finish in seventh place in 9:04.80.
-Freshman Dakota Sprunger cut 15 seconds off his PR in the mile to finish ninth, breaking the five-minute mark to finish in 4:57.74.
-Teammate Wyatt Mann was just behind Sprunger and also ran a season best.
-Caiden Neuenschwander ran his fastest 400 of the year and took eighth place in 54.77, the fastest time of any county runner so far this season.
-Another one of coach Clint Anderson’s talented freshman, Tytus Lehman, lowered his 300 hurdles PR to 45.35 with a seventh-place finish, beating out teammate Conner Hyman.
-Neuenschwander also ran a season-best 800 for fifth place, setting a county-best mark in 2023 of 2:08.01.
-The 4×400 relay team of Burton Lefever, Conner Hyman, Caiden Neuenschwander and Nathan Plattner for the Starfires also ran a season best, finishing in tenth place in 3:50.07.
-Burton Lefever eclipsed his best long jump distance of the year by half an inch to finish seventh.
-Lehman also set a season best and was directly behind Lefever in the standings.
-Thomas Murphy registered his best throw of the year in the shot put to take 16th place with a toss of over 35 feet.
Boys Meet
Team Scores
1. Marion Local 143
2. West Liberty-Salem 87
10. South Adams 17
11. FW Canterbury 14
4×800 Relay
1. New Bremen 8:24.46
7. South Adams 9:04.80
110 M Hurdles
1. Colton Reese-Versailles 14.91
6. Conner Hyman-SA 17.21
7. Tytus Lehman-SA 17.46
Prelims
Conner Hyman-SA 17.21
Tytus Lehman-SA 17.53
100 M
1. Harrison Wendel-St. Henry 11.19
Prelims
Burton Lefever-SA 12.18
24. Nathan Plattner-SA 12.78
1600 M
1. Adam Ballas-Ft. Loramie 4:42.43
9. Dakota Sprunger-SA 4:57.74
13. Wyatt Mann-SA 5:02.40
4×100 Relay
1. St. Henry 44.40
12. South Adams 50.39
400 M
1. Frank Rethman-Ft. Loramie 52.00
8. Caiden Neuenschwander-SA 54.77
16. Zach Schwartz-SA 58.47
300 M Hurdles
1. Owen Rindler-Marion Local 41.14
7. Tytus Lehman-South Adams 45.35
11. Conner Hyman-South Adams 45.49
800 M
1. Ethan Davis-Houston 2:02.98
5. Caiden Neuenschwander-SA 2:08.01
18. Wyatt Mann-SA 2:18.67
200 M
1. Nate Buschur-Marion Local 22.95
Prelims
20. Burton Lefever-SA 25.71
23. Isaac Dee-SA 25.98
3200 M
1. Asher Long-Covington 9:53.01
12. Dakota Sprunger-SA 11:38.48
15. Deacon Bierbaum-SA 11:45.04
4×400 Relay
1. Marion Local 3:32.65
10. South Adams 3:50.07
High Jump
1. Will Russel–Canterbury 6-02
Long Jump
1. Dan Bruns-Marion Local 20-07
7. Burton Lefever-SA 18-11.5
8. Tytus Lehman-SA 18-07.5
Discus
1. Dustin Quinter-St. Henry 146-05
23. AJ Thompson-SA 94-08
29. Blaine Duff-SA 76-02
Shot Put
1. Dustin Quinter-St. Henry 54-04.25
16. Thomas Murphy-SA 35-00.5
18. AJ Thompson-SA 34-08.75
Pole Vault
1. Nate Buschur-Marion Local 14-06
4×200 Relay
1. St. Henry 1:32.57
11. South Adams 1:43.51