All seven schools from the ACAC competed in Friday’s conference meet at Bluffton
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Notes & Results:
-Emmerson Smith (SA) ran a season best to reach the 100 M Finals, where she finished eighth. Teammate Lydia Bauman also ran a PR in the prelims.
-Trinitee Brown (Heritage) set a season best in the 200 M Prelims, then did it again to move up the ladder and finish in fourth in 28.21.
-Lydia Bauman also set a PR in the 200 M Prelims for the Starfires.
-Dinestee Williams-White was the champion of the 400 with a new career best of 1:03.75 for Heritage.
-Stella McIntire ran the 400 for the first time this year for South Adams and ran the fastest time of any Adams County athlete all season in that event, finishing third and missing out on a surprise ACAC title by just .6 seconds.
-Olivia Lybarger (Heritage) ran her best 400 of the season and finished just behind McIntire in fourth.
-Gabi Landis was unchallenged in the 800, winning by a margin of nearly eight seconds for the Jets. The story was the same in the 1600, where she finished ahead of the rest of the field by 17 seconds.
-Nia Litwiller (SA) finished fourth in the 800 with a season-best time.
-Alyssa Fruechte was seventh for Adams Central in the 800 and finished with her best time of the year.
-Elise Hissong of Heritage ran her best mile of the year and finished eighth.
-Kapri Bixler won the 100 hurdles with her best time of the season in the finals. Teammate Ava Schmit was third and also ran her best time of the year after finishing with an identical time to Bixler in the prelims.
-Bixler made it a Hurdles double with a new career best, surpassing last year’s time in the ACAC Finals by .08 to win in 47.96. Schmit was just behind her with a season best, as well.
-Madison Hamilton went below 50 for the first time in her career, taking third for AC in 49.69.
-Hamilton was also part of the Jets’ 4×4 team that finished second with a season-best time of 4:23.42. She was joined by Gabi Landis, Ashlyn Doster and Juliana Sipe.
-Heritage also set a season mark with their fourth-place finish in the 4×400. Finishing in 4:27.71 were Piper Pierce, DiNestee Williams-White, Olivia Lybarger and Rosalinda Medina.
-Featuring the champions of the 800, the 1600 and the 3200, it was no surprise that the Adams Central 4×800 team dominated. They ran their best time of the season and finished 30 seconds ahead of second-place South Adams.
-Heritage’s Piper Pierce, a state indoor qualifier this winter, did not beat the mark she set against South Adams last month, but still won the long jump with a mark that would have won last year’s sectional.
-Maya Gerber’s best toss in the shot put was good enough to beat teammate and runner-up Madilyn Scheumann and go down as the Heritage star’s best throw of the year. Scheumann was within an inch of her season best.
-The highlight of the night, though, was Gerber’s toss in the discus. Actually, it was both tosses. She went 127-11, which exceeds the qualifying mark for the State Meet, then went even better in the finals to win with a distance of 132-11. That is a new career mark for the Heritage senior and is a whopping 16 feet better than any throw before Friday night for this season. Only six girls at last year’s State Finals exceeded 132 feet.
-Scheumann was third in the discus with her own PR of 113 feet.
-Liz Gerber cleared 90 feet and finished seventh with her career-best throw.
Team Scores
Jay County 122, Woodlan 116.5, Heritage 108, South Adams 108, Adams Central 63, Bluffton 54, Southern Wells 10.5
Note: ***-indicates athlete met IHSAA State Meet qualification mark.
100 M Finals
1. Matilda Mende-JC 12.83
3. Piper Pierce-H 13.12
5. Trinitee Brown-H 13.63
8. Emmerson Smith-SA 13.94
100 M Prelims
Piper Pierce-H 13.28
Trinitee Brown-H 13.63
Emmerson Smith-SA 13.74
Lydia Bauman-SA 14.23
Amerie Walda-AC 14.44
Haley Jauregui-AC 14.77
200 M Finals
1. Jenna Dues-JC 27.10
4. Trinitee Brown-H 28.21
5. DiNestee Williams-White-H 28.96
7. Emmerson Smith-SA 29.28
200 M Prelims
DiNestee Williams-White-H 28.21
Trinitee Brown-H 28.44
Emmerson Smith-SA 29.14
Lydia Bauman-SA 29.92
Haley Jauregui-AC 30.54
Lillee Dull-AC 21.92
400 M
1. DiNestee Williams-White-H 1:03.30
3. Stella McIntire-SA 1:03.90
4. Olivia Lybarger-H 1:04.36
6. Aleena Bierbaum-SA 1:05.91
11. Julianna Sipe-AC 1:09.22
800 M
1. Gabi Landis-AC 2:31.49
2. Adalynn Watson-SA 2:39.12
4. Nia Litwiller-SA 2:39.44
7. Alyssa Fruechte-AC 2:44.35
10. Ava Smith-H 2:50.97
11. Natalie Otte-H 2:55.00
1600 M
1. Gabi Landis-AC 5:29.83
3. Adalynn Watson-SA 5:55.29
4. Nia Litwiller-SA 6:00.67
7. Ava Smith-H 6:24.64
8. Elise Hissong-H 6:25.52
3200 M
1. Madison Gerber-AC 12:36.91
3. Adalynn Watson-SA 13:37.18
5. Nia Litwiller-SA 13:47.11
6. Elise Hissong-H 14:38.20
100 M Hurdle Finals
1. Kapri Bixler-SA 16.25
3. Ava Schmit-SA 16.59
100 M Hurdle Prelims
Kapri Bixler-SA 16.78
Ava Schmit-SA 16.78
Rosalinda Medina-H 20.38
300 M Hurdles
1. Kapri Bixler-SA 47.96
2. Ava Schmit-SA 48.22
3. Madison Hamilton-AC 49.69
9. Rosalinda Medina-AC 53.14
4×100 Relay
1. Jay County 50.87
3. Heritage 52.79
Brown-Pierce-Lybarger- Williams White
4. South Adams 54.15
Bixler-Bauman-Schmit-Smith
6. Adams Central 56.83
Walda-Dull-Jauregui-Doster
4×400 Relay
1. Jay County 4:21.19
Lopez-Kunkler-Hollowell-Murphy
2. Adams Central 4:23.42
Hamilton-Landis-Doster-Sipe
4. Heritage 4:27.71
Pierce-Williams White-Lybarger-Medina
5. South Adams 4:30.28
Bierbaum-Bauman-McInitre-Schmit
4×800 Relay
1. Adams Central 10:27.98
Landis-Hamilton-Sipe-Gerber
2. South Adams 10:58.98
Bierbaum-Litwiller-McIntire-Watson
5. Heritage 12:02.79
Otte-Smith-Hissong-Lybarger
High Jump
1. Mya Kunkler-JC 4-10
5. Ashlyn Doster-AC 4-06
6. Ava Johnson-H 4-04
8. Olivia Lybarger-H 4-02
9. Liz Gerber-SA 4-00
Long Jump
1. Piper Pierce-H 16-07.5
3. Kapri Bixler-SA 16-00.5
4. Trinitee Brown-H 15-09
9. Emmerson Smith-SA 13-09.5
12. Paige Hamilton-AC 12-06.75
14. Faith Zuercher-AC 11-04.75
Shot Put
1. Maya Gerber-H 38-10.5
2. Madilyn Scheumann-H 37-06.25
7. Elizabeth Gerber-SA 30-06
11. Megan Yoder-SA 25-11.5
12. Anna Thomas-AC 20-00
Discus
1. ***Maya Gerber-H 132-11
3. Madilyn Scheumann-H 113-00
7. Liz Gerber-SA 90-01
8. Megan Yoder-SA 89-9
13. Melanie Eicher-AC 65-11
14. Anna Thomas-AC 64-01