
For those interested in Tuesday’s meet, we at WZBD offer you a full look at results from Z-Land athletes, along with notes on certain accomplishments.
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Team Scores
1. Homestead 187
2. Huntington North 98
3. Heritage 59.5
4. FW Wayne 58
5. South Adams 54
6. New Haven 47
7. Bishop Luers
8. Adams Central 34
9. Bellmont 27
10. FW Canterbury 10
100 M Finals
1. Gabby Carlisle-Bishop Luers 12.73
7. Piper Pierce-Heritage 13.25
100 M Prelims
Piper Pierce-Heritage 13.20
Ava Johnson-Heritage 14.10
Emmerson Smith-SA 14.26
Amerie Walda-AC 14.35
Haley Jauregui-AC 14.90
Sophia Schumm-Bellmont 14.91

Ainsley Braun-Bellmont 14.91
Lydia Bauman-SA 15.18
200 M Finals
1. Channing Xayarath-FW Wayne 26.27
7. Khia Cannon-Bellmont 27.97
8. Trinitee Brown-Heritage 28.22

200 M Prelims
Tylar Moore-Homestead 226.85
Trinitee Brown-Heritage 27.88
-Brown set a new PR in the prelims, beating her previous time of 28.21 in the ACAC Finals.
Khia Cannon-Bellmont 27.88
-Cannon ran the best time of her career in the prelims.
Emmerson Smith-SA 29.43
Haley Jauregui-AC 30.07
-Haley’s time was a new PR.
Lydia Bauman-SA 30.59
Chloe Post-Bellmont 30.82
Kendall Roy-Heritage 30.95
Lillee Dull-AC 32.57
400 M
1. Channing Xayarath-FW Wayne 58.96
7. DiNestee Williams-White-Heritage 1:04.02
9. Stella McIntire-SA 1:04.82
10. Olivia Lybarger-H 1:05.88
12. Aleena Bierbaum-SA 1:09.05
800 M
1. Lucy Kramer-Homestead 2:21.72
4. Gabi Landis-AC 2:30.99
7. Nia Litwiller-SA 2:39.05
-Litwiller’s time was just faster than her previous career best from the ACAC meet.
9. Adalynn Watson-SA 2:42.18
11. Alyssa Fruechte-AC 2:43.90
12. Natalie Otte-Heritage 2:48.68
-Otte cut six seconds from her time at the New Haven Relays to run a personal career best.
16. Mackenzie Selzer-Bellmont 3:06.00
19. Sophie Burke-Heritage 3:16.43
1600 M
1. Caterina Perego-Homestead 5:14.47
2. Gabi Landis-AC 5:20.29
-Gabi’s effort was outstanding and also the best of her career.
4. Adalynn Watson-SA 5:41.69
-Watson also turned in the best performance of her career in the mile.
9. Nia Litwiller-SA 6:00.32
11. Ava Smith-Heritage 6:24.10
12. Chloe Garcia-Bellmont 6:52.02
14. Sophia Silva-Bellmont 7:52.32
3200 M
1. Addison Knoblauch-Homestead 10:42.61 (meets state qualifying standard)
4. Madison Gerber-AC 12:55.66

7. Elise Hissong-Heritage 14:32.82
8. Kalle Trausch-SA 14:54.38
100 M Hurdle Finals
1. Ellie Irwin-Homestead 15.44
3. Kapri Bixler-SA 16.02
-Bixler qualified for regional with her best time of the season.
4. Ava Schmit-SA 16.77
100 M Hurdle Prelims
Kapri Bixler-SA 16.29
Ava Schmit-SA 17.25
Tia Coyne-Bellmont 19.08
-This time was a new PR for Coyne.

300 M Hurdles
1. Kapri Bixler-SA 47.16
-Bixler needed a career best to beat Ellie Irwin and she did just that, shaving .8 off her time in the ACAC Final to win the sectional title.
2. Ellie Irwin-Homestead 47.34
4. Ava Schmit-SA 48.19
-Schmit shaved a fraction of a second off her best time of the year to take fourth place.
7. Madison Hamilton-AC 51.33
9. Rosalinda Medina-Heritage 52.00
-Medina’s time marked a new personal best for the sophomore.
13. Tia Coyne-Bellmont 54.33
-Coyne ran a season best in the event for Bellmont.
4×100 M Relay
1. Homestead 50.88

5. Heritage 53.01
7. South Adams 54.55
8. Bellmont 55.42
9. Adams Central 56.16

4×400 M Relay
1. Huntington North 4:11.03
3. Bellmont 4:22.43
-The third-place finish was also a season best for the Braves and better than any time last season.
4. Adams Central 4:22.67
-The Jets cut just less than a second from their season-best time at the ACAC meet to take fourth place.
5. Heritage 4:30.56
7. South Adams 4:41.36
4×800 M Relay
1. Homestead 9:23.12 (New sectional record & meets state qualifying mark)
3. Adams Central 10:11.84

-This was the best time all season for the Jets.
5. South Adams 11:04.08
6. Bellmont 11:17.65


High Jump
1. Ellie Irwin-Homestead 5-05 (meets state qualifying standard)
4. Jazlyn Brown-Bellmont 4-10
-Brown equaled her career best at the sectional meet. Only Ellie Irwin went over 4-10 in the meet.

5. Ashlyn Doster-AC 4-08

8. Ava Johnson-Heritage 4-06
-Johnson cleared 4-06 for the first time in her career.

11. Faith Zuercher-AC 4-04
-Zuercher reached her best height of 2024 in the meet and equaled her career best from last season.
11. Maya Schlemmer-Bellmont 4-04

Pole Vault
1. Colette Graf-Homestead 10-03
2. Stella McIntire-SA 8-06
Long Jump
1. Piper Pierce-Heritage 16-04
-Pierce won the meet by five inches and was still a foot short of her best distance this season.
4. Trinitee Brown-Heritage 15-06.5


6. Kapri Bixler-SA 15-04.5

9. Jazlyn Brown-Bellmont 14-08.5

12. Taylor Louis-Bellmont 14-02
15. Paige Hamilton-AC 13-06
16. Aleena Bierbaum-SA 12-02
17. Reine Atouba-AC 12-01
Shot Put
1. Hailey Cole-Bellmont 43-04 (Meets state qualifying standard, sets new school and sectional record)

-Cole set a new school record last week at 41-03 and crushed that with an outstanding throw to beat Maya Gerber, who had just broken the sectional record herself. Her distance of 43-04 would have been in the Top 10 at the State Finals last year.

2. Maya Gerber-Heritage 40-07.75 (Set new sectional record before Cole’s throw)
-Gerber’s sectional-record mark was quickly overshadowed by Cole’s monster throw, but Gerber still came within three inches of her career best set at last year’s meet against Jay County.
3. Madilyn Scheumann-Heritage 37-01
10. Liz Gerber-SA 29-00.25
13. Liz Selzer-Bellmont 25-05.25
15. Megan Yoder-SA 25-00.25
18. Anna Thomas-AC 22-07.75
20. Aliya Bissekeyeva-AC 19-09.5

Discus Throw
1. Maya Gerber-Heritage 139-03 (Meets state qualifying standard and sets new sectional record)
-Gerber smashed her personal best from earlier in the year by nearly seven feet. Only four girls at last year’s state meet threw further than Gerber’s 139-03.
2. Makenna Dommer-New Haven 132-11 (Meets state qualifying standard)
5. Madilyn Scheumann-Heritage 107-02
8. Liz Gerber-SA 94-00
-Gerber’s throw was the best of her career.
9. Megan Yoder-SA 84-02
10. Hailey Cole-Bellmont 81-06

14. Melanie Eicher-AC 67-03
-Eicher added two feet to her PR from last week’s ACAC meet.
15. Anna Thomas-AC 61-05
17. Liz Selzer-Bellmont 55-03