Jada Dale won the 200 and 400 M races at Thursday’s triple meet against Bellmont and South Adams with times that were faster than her sectional-winning times last year, showing just how elite of a sprinter she is in Northeast Indiana.
It was a razor-thin margin in the 100, where Ireland Shuck (SA) ran her career best but was clocked at .01 second behind Kaylee Eicher of Norwell.
Meanwhile, Quinn Buchan had an outstanding night in her final races on the home track with career-best times in the 200 and 400.
The meet also featured a new career mark for Kapri Bixler in the 100 hurdles. She won the event in 15 flat, a time that would have won sectional in two of the three seasons so far in Bixler’s career.
In the boys’ meet, Lincoln Resendez won both the 100 M Hurdles and the high jump with career-best marks.
Landon Sielschott, who had just set his new career mark in the pole vault at 10 feet at New Haven, went 10-06 for another PR.
Bellmont also got an outstanding mark from Chris Richmond, who won the discus. His old PR of 115-04, set against the same Starfires earlier this season, was shattered by his throw of 129-09 Thursday.
Girls’ Meet
Team Scores: Bellmont 78, Norwell 66, South Adams 38
100 M
1. Kaylee Eicher-N 13.50
2. Ireland Shuck-SA 13.51
3. Lanie French-B 13.60
4. Madyson Snyder-B 13.90
-Lanie French made a return to the 100 and ran the fastest time for the team this season.
200 M
1. Jada Dale-N 26.30
2. Quinn Buchan-B 28.00
3. Luelle Schoch-SA 28.30
-Quinn Buchan had to settle for second to the amazing Jada Dale, but her time of 28 seconds flat was her career best.
400 M
1. Jada Dale-N 58.00
2. Quinn Buchan-B 1:02.70
3. Aleena Bierbaum-SA 1:05.30
800 M
1. Ashley Tucker-N 2:36.10
3. Adi Watson-SA 2:50.00
1600 M
1. Kaitlyn Barton-B 6:22.40
2. Bridget Juengel-B 6:26.10
3. Isabella Suarez-B 6:52.00
4. Chloe Schmidt-SA 6:57.00
5. Sophia Silva-B 7:20.90
3200 M
1. Mya Oatess-N 15:53.00
100 M Hurdles
1. Kapri Bixler-SA 15.00
2. Lillian Mann-N 19.00
300 M Hurdles
1. Kapri Bixler-SA 48.00
2. Ryleigh Huffman-N 54.10
3. Madeline Witte-B 58.00
5. Ava Billman-B 1:05.80
-Besides her outstanding 100 hurdles time, Bixler also ran her season best in the 300 hurdles. Bixler won the event at sectionals as a sophomore and set her career mark of 47.04 at last year’s regional.
4×100 Relay
1. Bellmont 54.70
2. Norwell 58.00
4×400 Relay
1. Bellmont 4:33.50
2. South Adams 4:40.10
4×800 Relay
1. Norwell 10:58.10
2. Bellmont 12:48.10
High Jump
1. Luelle Schoch-SA 5-01
2. Haley Williamson-N 5-00
3. Maya Schlemmer-B 4-08
4. Aleena Bierbaum-SA 4-06
7. Ava Billman-B 4-04
Pole Vault
1. Chloe Post-B 8-00
2. Ryleigh Huffman-N 7-06
3. Madeline Witte-B 7-00
Long Jump
1. Kapri Bixler-SA 15-05
2. Haley Williamson-N 14-10.5
3. Maya Schlemmer-B 14-01.5
4. Madeline Witte-B 13-09.5
6. Ava Billman-B 12-10.5
-Maya Schlemmer had a season-best jump and was just two inches short of her career best.
-Witte’s distance was her career best.
Shot Put
1. Marianne Bleke-B 34-11
2. Evelyn Davis-N 30-11
3. Alayna Baker-B 29-10
5. Kenley Geels-SA 27-07
6. Lizzie Morehouse-B 27-01
8. Rory Feaster-SA 19-11
9. Anna Horkutsenko-SA 19-00
Discus
1. Braelyn Radecki-B 99-11
2. Kaylee Eicher-N 97-06
3. Kinleigh Coffey-B 96-10
4. Kenley Geels-SA 89-06
7. Anna Horkutsenko-SA 77-02
8. Lizzie Morehouse-B 64-07
9. Rory Feaster-SA 53-06
-Coffey’s throw Thursday was her career best.
Boys’ Meet
Team Scores: Bellmont 75, Norwell 62, South Adams 39
100 M
1. Will Patterson-SA 11.10
2. Matthew Hernandez-N 11.29
3. Parker Frietas-B 11.60
4. Nehemiah Richmond-B 11.75
200 M
1. Wesley Roach-B 23.80
2. Will Patterson-SA 23.90
3. Maddux Miller-B 24.80
-Wesley Roach pulled off the upset with a new career mark in the 200 for the Braves.
400 M
1. Maddux Miller-B 53.00
2. Tavion Miles-SA 56.00
3. Gabe Perales-SA 59.00
800 M
1. Easton O’Dell-SA 2:09.00
2. Easton Scherrer-N 2:10.00
3. Joe Kozlowski-B 2:13.90
4. Josh Mickem-SA 2:20.00
-Kozlowski ran a career best for Bellmont.
1600 M
1. Caiden Petrie-N 4:30.90
2. Deacon Bierbaum-SA 4:55.30
3. Gavin Braun-B 5:08.00
4. Josh Mickem-SA 5:09.00
3200 M
1. Hayden Whittenbarger-B 11:05.40
2. Logan Whitacre-B 11:14.50
3. Owen Adams-B 11:19.50
Whitacre and Adams followed behind teammate Hayden Whittenbarger for season bests for the Braves’ distance runners.
110 M Hurdles
1. Lincoln Resendez-B 17.60
3. David Rich-B 18.20
-Resendez won the 110 hurdles with a new career mark and David Rich was third with one of his own.
300 M Hurdles
1. David Rich-B 45.70
2. Cohen Garrett-N 48.00
-Rich also had a career night in the 300 hurdles, winning first-place points for BHS.
4×100 Relay
1. Norwell 45.00
2. Bellmont 46.90
4×400 Relay
1. South Adams 3:43.30
2. Bellmont 3:43.50
4×800 Relay
1. South Adams 9:25.80
2. Bellmont 9:53.80
High Jump
1. Lincoln Resendez-B 5-10
2. Titus Jacob-N 5-08
3. Mason White-B 5-02
4. Tavion Miles-SA 5-02
Pole Vault
1. Zach Roberts-N 11-00
4. Landon Sielschott-B 10-06
6. Sam Juengel-B 9-06
7. Emmett Lengerich-B 8-06
Long Jump
1. Will Patterson-SA 20-07
2. Preston Shirack-B 17-02
3. Parker Frietas-B 16-11.75
4. Mason White-B 16-11.5
5. Cole Sipe-B 16-03
Shot Put
1. Wyatt Clifton-N 49-07
2. Zayne Roop-B 40-04.5
5. Dominic McDowell-B 36-03
6. Diego Arriaga-SA 35-10
7. Griffin Stanton-SA 33-07
8. Oliver Goble-B 32-10.5
9. Carter Hermann-SA 27-05.5
Discus
1. Chris Richmond-B 129-09
2. Stellen Davis-N 124-01
5. Zayne Roop-B 105-11
6. Griffin Stanton-SA 104-08
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