DANE FUELLING
WZBD.com
HUNTERTOWN – Carroll hosted and dominated the local girls track and field regional Tuesday, capturing the team title by nearly 50 points and winning six different events. The Chargers will send nine different athletes to the State Finals next week at North Central in Indianapolis.
Athletes from Z Land were not shut out from state berths, however, as the area continued its streak of throwers competing at the state meet with one thrower from Heritage (see gallery below) making the cut.
Alexa Walter, who won the sectional last week, finished second in the shot and just short of the regional title. She advances to the State Finals with one more attempt to break her school record of 41-03.
DiNestee Williams-White cut a full second from her PR, set back at the ACAC meet, in the 400 to beat out several girls in the fast heat and finish seventh in the event for Heritage.
Kapri Bixler’s performance in the opening heat of the 100 M hurdles was her best of the season and it put her in the finals with some of the best athletes in the state, wearing South Adams on her chest. Bixler finished in eighth place.
Luelle Schoch of the Starfires went 4-10 for the first time in the high jump and finished in 16th place.
Bixler also scored points in the 300 hurdles, cutting .4 from her previous career best from the ACAC meet to take seventh in 47.04.
Emerson Meredith of Norwell (See below) had a great night on the north end of the stadium in the pole vault, defying the wind and clearing 11 feet to claim the regional title over Alexandra Gates of Leo.
Local vaulters Stella McIntire (SA) and Chloe Post (B) both equaled their season bests to round out their seasons.
Bellmont’s 4×400 relay team rounded out the night for local athletes with an outstanding performance, finishing in second place in their heat with a new season-best mark. Ashley Bleke, Quinn Buchan, Kaitlyn Barton and Khia Cannon’s time of 4:10.81 was three seconds faster than Homstead’s winning time at last week’s sectional (in the rain) and the Braves’ time was good enough to beat the Spartans in the overall standings.
Team Scores: 1st-Carroll (FW) 110.5, 2nd-FW Northrop 62, 3rd-Concordia Lutheran 60.5, 4th-Homestead 53, 5th-Columbia City 42, 7th-Norwell 27, 14th-Heritage 13, 20th-Bluffton 5, 24th-South Adams 4.5, 26th-Bellmont 3
100 M Final
1. Nadia Ford-Carroll 11.90
2. Eva Mueller-Carroll 12.25
3. Kobe Johnson-Dwenger 12.39
100 M Prelim Times
Ava Troxel-Norwell 13.22
Ryland Graft-Norwell 13.54
200 M
1. Nadia Ford-Carroll 24.02
2. Eva Mueller-Carroll 25.80
3. Mia Bollinger-Delta 26.12
4. Jada Dale-Norwell 26.49
8. Ariel Beiswanger-JC 27.24
200 M Prelim Times
Jada Dale-Norwell 26.34
Ariel Beiswanger-JC 26.70
400 M
1. Reagan Furnas-Dwenger 57.67
2. Jada Dale-Norwell 58.34
3. Alyson Sauter-Leo 58.99
7. DiNestee Williams-White-Heritage 1:00.48
14. Peyton Carpenter-JC 1:05.38
16. Ariel Beiswanger-JC 1:06.25
800 M
1. Riley Myers-Columbia City 2:17.06
2. Maddie Gentz-Concordia Lutheran 2:17.07
3. Brylee Crass-Concordia Lutheran 2:17.37
8. Cora Kunkel-Bluffton 2:27.29
12. Brooklynn Byrum-JC 2:29.77
13. Ashley Tucker-Norwell 2:30.67
1600 M
1. Mallory Weller-Concordia 4:43.81
2. Daphne Weller-Concordia 4:57.24
3. Rowyn Norris-Concordia 5:00.33
3200 M
1. Mallory Weller-Concordia 10:27.09
2. Kenya Leitch-Columbia City 10:38.06
3. Daphne Weller-Concordia 10:42.28
4. Alice Friesen-Huntington North 10:44.21
100 Hurdles Final
1. Khala Williams-Thomas-FW Northrop 14.47
2. Alyssa Davis-Carroll 14.50
3. Analise Smartt-Homestead 14.55
8. Kapri Bixler-South Adams 15.92
100 Hurdle Prelim Times
Kapri Bixler-SA 15.85
McKinsey Amstein-Heritage 16.56
Bailey Jenkins-So. Wells 17.31
Dakota Lee-Bluffton 17.69
300 M Hurdles
1. Adelle Schlotterback-Carroll 44.05
2. Khala Williams-Thomas-FW Northrop 44.34
3. Alyssa Davis-Carroll 44.38
7. Kapri Bixler-SA 47.04
15. Dakota Lee-Bluffton 49.99
4×100 Relay
1. Carroll (FW) 47.18
2. FW Northrop 48.56
3. Delta 50.02
7. Jay County 51.77
Norwell DQ
4×400 Relay
1. Carroll (FW) 3:56.60
2. Bishop Dwenger 3:57.03
3. FW Northrop 3:58.60
5. Norwell 4:10.18
6. Bellmont 4:10.81
Bleke-Buchan-Barton-Cannon
16. Jay County 4:27.01
4×800 Relay
1. Columbia City 9:16.11
2. Concordia Lutheran 9:28.61
7. Bluffton 10:18.08
15. Jay County 10:45.06
High Jump
1. Katelyn Peters-Carroll 5-04
2. Lilyana Mayberry-Winchester 5-04
3. Ariahlynn Stanger-Madison Grant 5-03
14. Jenna Dues-JC 4-10
16. Luelle Schoch-SA 4-10
17. Haley Williamson-Norwell 4-08
17. Ava Johnson-Heritage 4-08
Maya Schlemmer-Bellmont No Height
Pole Vault
1. Emerson Meredith-Norwell 11-00
2. Alexandra Gates-Leo 11-00
3. Makenzie Emrick-Homestead 10-06
7. Stella McIntire-SA 9-00
10. Maria Hemmelgarn-JC 9-00
10. Kendall Dunwiddie-Nor 9-00
16. Addison Raber-Bluffton 8-00
16. Chloe Post-Bellmont 8-00
Long Jump
1. Ellie Campbell-Oak Hill 17-10.5
2. Alivia Rice-FW Northrop 17-09.5
3. Niahmyah Anderson-FW Northrop 17-05.75
9. Ana Lehman-SA 15-10
11. Kapri Bixler-SA 15-06.75
Shot Put
1. Mia Bustos-Eastbrook 40-09
2. Alexa Walter-Heritage 40-01.75
3. Lily George-Carroll 39-11
7. Alexandria Koby-Bluffton 36-07.25
11. Jordyn Hutzler-JC 33-10.5
15. Rori Drayer-Bluffton 33-03
16. Ashlie Needler-Southern Wells 32-07.75
Discus
1. Jennessa Shields-Oak Hill 117-03
2. Lily George-Carroll 115-06
3. Mia Bustos-Eastbrook 114-00
6. Alexa Walter-Heritage 108-10
13. Rori Drayer-Bluffton 95-05
14. Jordyn Hutzler-JC 95-03
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