Brogan Green, left and Trey Good of Fairbanks match each other stride-for-stride in the 100-meter dash at the Virg Rankin Invitational. Good took second place and Green was third. (Photo submitted)
North Union High School hosted its annual Virg Rankin Invitational on Friday where teams from Jonathan Alder, Fairbanks, Upper Sandusky, Pleasant and Elgin competed, along with the host Wildcas.
Upper Sandusky took the boys team title with 134 points.
Fairbanks was second with 129.5 points, Jonathan Alder finished with 104 points for third and North Union finished in fourth with 93.5 points.
Jonathan alder won the the girls meet with 170 points. The Lady Panthers took second place with a team score of 119 points and the Lady Cats finished in sixth place with 41 points.
The Lady Pioneers took first place in nine of the 17 events.
Local first-place finishers in the girls events were:
-100 meter dash, Madeleine Freyhof, Jonathan Alder, 13.10;
-200 meter dash, Kinley Green, Fairbanks, 28.28,
-400 meter dash, Jessica Kelley, Jonathan Alder, 1:03;
-800 meter run, Elaina Winslow, Jonathan Alder, 2:31;
-1600 meter run, Rachael Hoover, Fairbanks, 5:24;
-3200 meter, Morgan Hicks, Jonathan Alder, 11:40;
-100 meter hurdles, Macy Miller, Fairbanks, 16.16;
-300 meter hurdles, Miller, Fairbanks, 49.17;
-4×100 meter relay, Jonathan Alder, 54.10;
-4×200 meter relay, Jonathan Alder, 1:55.25;
-4×400 meter relay, Jonathan Alder, 4:21;
-4×800 meter relay, Jonathan Alder, 10:09;
-High jump, Miller, Fairbanks, 5-4;
-Long jump, Miller, Fairbanks, 16-00.25.
The remaining athletes finished in the top three. They are as follows:
-100 meter dash, Green, 2nd, Fairbanks, 13.51’
-200 meter dash, Audrey Benedict, 3rd, North Union, 29.07;
-800 meter run, Evie McDaniel, 2nd, Jonathan Alder, 2:38;
-3200 meter run, Eliza Streit, 2nd, Jonathan Alder, 12:02;
-100 meter hurdles, Laura Deitweiler, 2nd, Jonathan Alder, 17.71;
-300 meter hurdles, Ellie Carter, 2nd, Fairbanks, 52.93, Deitweiler, 3rd, Jonathan Alder, 53.64;
-4×100-meter relay, North Union, 2nd, 55.47;
-4×200-meter relay, Fairbanks, 2nd, 1:55.99;
-4×400-meter relay, Fairbanks, 3rd place, 4:32,
-4×800-meter relay, Fairbanks, 2nd, 10:41;
-Pole vault, Joselyn Zuro, 2nd, Jonathan Alder, 7-0;
-Long jump, McDaniel, 2nd, Jonathan Alder, 15-2;
-Shot put, Kaylee Brestle, 2nd, North Union, 30-1; Kayla Fryman, 3rd place, Jonathan Alder, 30-0;
-Discus, Fryman, 2nd place, Jonathan Alder, 104-9.5; Georgia Wheeler, 3rd, Jonathan Alder, 96-1.
First place finishers in the boys events are as follows:
-200 meter dash, Trey Good, Fairbanks, 22.87;
-400 meter dash, Jonas Watkins, Jonathan Alder, 54.58;
-3200 meter run, Sergey Dutt, Jonathan Alder, 10:27;
-300 meter hurdles, Gage Wilson, Fairbanks, 43.11;
-4×100 meter relay, Fairbanks, 46.85;
-4×200 meter relay, Fairbanks, 1:37;
-High jump, Joey Walker, Jonathan Alder, 6-3;
-Long jump, Walker, Jonathan Alder, 18-11;
-Shot Put, Drue Duncan, North Union, 44-9;
-Discus, Bryant Fannin, Fairbanks, 127-10.25.
The remaining athletes finished in the top three. They are as follows:
-100 meter dash, Trey Good, 2nd, Fairbanks, 11.39, Brogan Green, 3rd, Fairbanks, 12.0;
-200 meter dash, Josh Kaeser, 3rd, Jonathan Alder, 23.049;
-400 meter dash, Kyler Wilson, 3rd, Fairbanks, 57.49;
-800 meter run, Danny Burgraff, 3rd, North Union, 2:09;
-1600 meter run, Jacob Willis, 2nd, North Union, 4:53; Colyn McDaniel, 3rd, Jonathan Alder, 4:55;
-3200 meter run, Willis, 2nd, North Union, 10:47, Jeremy Zeigler, 3rd, Fairbanks, 10:50;
-110 meter hurdles, Ricky Weigand, 2nd, North Union, 17.41, Zach Picklesimer, 3rd, 17.59.
-4×100 meter relay, North Union, 2nd, 47.98, Jonathan Alder, 3rd, 48.5;
-4×200 meter relay, Jonathan Alder, 2nd, 1:37.69;
-4×400 meter relay, Fairbanks, 2nd, 3:42, Jonathan Alder, 3rd, 3:43;
-4×800 meter relay, Jonathan Alder, 2nd, 8:51, Fairbanks, 3rd, 8:56;
-High jump, Hudson Davis, 2nd, North Union, 5-10, Andy Higginbotham, 3rd, Fairbanks, 5-8;
-Pole vault, Henry Hayward, 2nd, North Union, 8-6;
-Long jump, Andy Higginbotham, 2nd, Fairbanks, 18-8;
-Discus, Caleb Keene, 2nd, Jonathan Alder, 121-7.
Fairbanks is scheduled to return to action Tuesday at Cardington. North Union will return to action Friday at the Elgin Relays and Jonathan Alder will see the track again Wednesday at Mechanicsburg.
Drue Duncan of North Union hurls a shot during the shot put event at the Virg Rankin invitational. Duncan took first place in the event. (Photo submitted)
Laura Deitweiler, left of Jonathan Alder, Macy Miller, center and Ellie Carter, right, of Fairbanks all leap over a hurdle during the 100-meter event at the Virg Rankin Invitational. Miller took first place, while Deitweiler was second and Carter finished fourth. (Photo submitted)