RANDY HISNER
WZBD.com
NEW HAVEN – Adams Central’s Braylen Cowans isn’t a high jumper, but he leaped about six feet in the air after his discus throw hit the ground 170 and a half feet away from the circle Thursday at the New Haven Boys’ Track and Field Sectional.
The celebration was well deserved. The monster throw gave him a 10-foot winning margin over runner-up Quenten Price of Bishop Luers and earned him the only blue ribbon among Z-Land athletes. Cowans, only a sophomore, added over 14 feet to his previous best of 156-4 to nab the top seed in next week’s Carroll Regional, a bit under two feet ahead of Alexandria’s Ian Canfield.
Heritage’s Alex Nagle also had a major improvement with his fourth-place effort of 143-1, well over his PR of 129-4, as nine of the top ten athletes in the event took advantage of the perfect wind conditions to establish personal bests.
As expected, Homestead dominated the meet with 163 points to the 100.5 of runner-up and defending champion New Haven. Huntington North took third with 85.5. Heritage was the top Z-Land team, in fifth place with 51, just three points from fourth-place Norwell. Adams Central was seventh (37 points), South Adams tenth (15 points), and Bellmont eleventh (13 points).
Homestead had five individual champions, led by double-winner Braylin Tisdale, who won the 110 hurdles in 13.84 and the 300 hurdles in 39.18. The Spartans also took titles in the 4X100 and 4X800 relays.
Huntington North had a double individual champion in Nolan Mitchell (100 meters in 11.00 and 200 meters in 22.30), and New Haven’s distance ace, senior Bryan Garcia, won the 1600 meters (4:20.72) and the 3200 meters (9:27.39). He is the top seed in both events for the regional.
Adams Central had the only runner-up finish for area squads with its 4X800 relay team. The only third-place finish for Z-Landers was in the 100 meters by Heritage’s Lucas Weber (11.09). Weber also took fourth in the 200 meters (22.92).
Other local fourth-place finishes came from Deacon Bierbaum of South Adams in the 1600 meters (4:42.37), Ethan Crockett of AC in the 3200 (10:04.1), sophomore Sawyer Thiele of Heritage in the 300-meter hurdles (41.34), William Patterson of South Adams in the long jump (20-10.25), Alden Bowers of Heritage in the shot put (43-4.5), Heritage’s 4X100 relay, and the aforementioned Nagle of Heritage in the discus.
Bellmont’s highest finisher was senior Hayden Whittenbarger in fifth in the 3200 meters in a big PR of 10:35.84.
The regional meet will be held at Carroll High School next Thursday, May 28, starting at 6:00 P.M.
FULL RESULTS & NOTES
Team Scores: 1st-Homestead 163, 2nd-New Haven 100.5, 3rd-Huntington North 85.5, 4th-Norwell 54, 5th-Heritage 51, 6th-South Side 46, 7th-Adams Central 37, 8th-Wayne 33, 9th-Bishop Luers 23, 10th-South Adams 15, 11th-Bellmont 13, 12th-Canterbury 3
100 M Final
1. Nolan Mitchell-HN 11.00
3. Lucas Weber-Heritage 11.09
7. Will Patterson-South Adams 11.60
100 M Prelim Times
Lucas Weber-Heritage 11.37
William Patterson-South Adams 11.62
Parker Frietas-Bellmont 11.75
Jordan Rooks-Heritage 12.00
Alex Alana-Adams Central 12.14
Peyton Gephart-Adams Central 12.23
Landry Moser-South Adams 13.97
200 M Final
1. Nolan Mitchell-Huntington North 22.30
4. Lucas Weber-Heritage 22.92
200 M Prelim Times
Lucas Weber-Heritage 22.91
Taurean Brown-Heritage 23.73
Parker Frietas-Bellmont 24.19
Peyton Gephart-Adams Central 24.40
Braylynn Cover-Adams Central 26.88
Landry Moser-South Adams 29.33
-Brown, Frietas and Gephart all ran season bests in the prelims but were not fast enough to reach the final.
400 M
1. Keith White-New Haven 49.59
5. Myles Harris-Heritage 53.79
8. Maddux Miller-Bellmont 54.10
11. Nehemiah Richmond-Bellmont 55.47
16. Colby Schmucker-Adams Central 56.77
18. Gabe Perales-South Adams 58.16
20. Oakley Boxleitner-Adams Central 1:01.33
800 M
1. Jace Trevino-Homestead 1:55.17
6. Mason Manley-Adams Central 2:04.65
7. Tyler Schwartz-Adams Central 2:06.97
9. Easton O’Dell-South Adams 2:13.29
13. Aaron Baeumler-Heritage 2:22.14
18. Owen Garcia-Bellmont 2:28.45
20. Gavin Braun-Bellmont 2:35.83
21. Zekiel Baumer-South Adams 2:47.37
1600 M
1. Bryan Garcia-New Haven 4:20.72
4. Deacon Bierbaum-South Adams 4:42.37
6. Corban Roth-Heritage 4:53.16
8. Joe Kozlowski-Bellmont 4:56.64
10. Logan Heiman-Adams Central 5:02.82
16. Gavin Braun-Bellmont 5:19.48
17. Josh Mickem-South Adams 5:19.88
18. Preston Hoffman-Adams Central 5:22.84
19. William Voglewede-Heritage 5:27.00
-Bierbaum ran a career best in the 1600, taking fourth and capping off a season where he cut 17 seconds from last year’s best time.
-William Voglewede turned in his best 1600 of the year for the Heritage Patriots.
3200 M
1. Bryan Garcia-New Haven 9:27.39
4. Ethan Crockett-Adams Central 10:04.10
5. Hayden Whittenbarger-Bellmont 10:35.84
9. Isaiah Bedwell-Adams Central 10:57.79
11. Logan Whitacre-Bellmont 11:18.32
13. Alex Smith-Heritage 11:24.20
15. Jacob Heflin-South Adams 11:58.65
17. Daniel Rupp-South Adams 12:09.66
-Bedwell’s time was a career best for the Jet distance runner.
-Alex Smith made a major cut to his career mark, trimming 22 seconds from the time he clocked at the ACAC meet.
-Heflin and Rupp both ran season bests for the Starfires.
110 M Hurdles Final
1. Braylin Tisdale-Homestead 13.84
6. Sawyer Thiele-Heritage 16.44
-Thiele’s time in the finals was his career best.
110 M Hurdles Prelim Times
Sawyer Thiele-Heritage 16.83
Gavin Johnson-Adams Central 17.25
David Rich-Bellmont 17.74
Lincoln Resendez-Bellmont 18.20
Braxton Jarvis-Adams Central 20.45
-Johnson, Rich and Jarvis each had season bests in the prelims.
300 M Hurdles
1. Braylin Tisdale-Homestead 39.18
4. Sawyer Thiele-Heritage 41.34
10. Gavin Johnson-Adams Central 45.44
11. Geremew Gerber-Heritage 46.96
12. David Rich-Bellmont 47.86
17. Braxton Jarvis-Adams Central 53.66
-Along with his career mark in the 110 hurdles, Johnson also set a new career PR in the 300 hurdles.
4×100 Relay
1. Homestead 42.68
4. Heritage 45.33
8. Bellmont 48.17
4×400 Relay
1. New Haven 3:27.58
5. Heritage 3:42.10
6. Adams Central 3:46.48
7. Bellmont 3:48.26
9. South Adams 3:52.67
4×800 Relay
1. Homestead 8:22.18
2. Adams Central 8:37.01
6. South Adams 9:00.70
8. Heritage 9:09.58
11. Bellmont 9:46.03
High Jump
1st-D’Amir Lynch-Wayne 6-06
5. Alex Mantle-Heritage 5-10
Long Jump
1st-Michael White-Homestead 22-11.5
4. William Patterson-South Adams 20-10.25
6. Alex Alana-Adams Central 20-03.25
8. Sawyer Thiele-Heritage 19-09.25
13. Kingston Howard-Heritage 17-11.25
15. Jackie Faust-Bellmont 16-03.25
Pole Vault
1. Johnny Karl-Homestead 12-06
8. Landon Sielschott-Bellmont 10-06
9. Jon Davis-Hopper-Heritage 10-00
Discus
1st-Braylen Cowans-Adams Central 170-06
4. Alex Nagle-Heritage 143-01
6. Carter Beaver-Adams Central 131-06
12. Chris Richmond-Bellmont 116-00
14. Hunter Dekoninck-Heritage 111-02
16. Zayne Roop-Bellmont 103-10
19. Carter Hermann-South Adams 81-01
22. Griffin Stanton-South Adams 74-10
Shot Put
1. Mason Downey-Huntington North 51-01.5
4. Alden Bowers-Heritage 43-04.5
6. Zayne Roop-Bellmont 41-00
9. Dominic McDowell-Bellmont 38-00
11. Diego Arriaga-South Adams 37-11
15. Wyatt Comment-Heritage 35-04
18. Carter Beaver-Adams Central 34-09
19. Griffin Stanton-South Adams 34-02.5
20. Braylen Cowans-Adams Central 33-11
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