Joey Walker of JA shows determination running a leg of a CBC relay race. Walker, who won the boys high jump at 6-2, helped the Pioneers to a fourth-place slot in the Kenton Trail Division.
(Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
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Reggan Gray of Jonathan Alder runs down the stretch of a race during the Central Buckeye Conference meet. She helped lead the Lady Pioneers to the CBC Kenton Trail Division championship.
(Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
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Jonathan Alder scored at least one point in every event and ran away with the Kenton Trail girls title of the Central Buckeye Conference track meet at Bellefontaine.
The Lady Pioneers opened with 39 points in the four events competed last Tuesday. They continued their domination in the remaining events and finished with a final count of 155.
Bellefontaine was second with 120 points.
Alder won two relay and two individual events.
The 4×200 team of Jessica Kelley, Alex Shaw, Joselyn Zuro and Madeline Frehoff posted a winning time of 1:51.95.
The 4×400 of Mikayla Jewell, Mary Ferrito, Natalie Heflin and Kelley finished first in the time of 4:20.73.
Picking up individual wins were Kelley (400, 1:03.23) and Helena O’Connor (pole vault, 8-6). O’Connor set a Kenton Trail meet record.
Others placing for Alder were:
Laura Detwiler (second, 100 hurdles, 16.96), Hannah Yates (sixth, 100 hurdles, 19.00), Freyhof (third, 100, 13.42), Jewell (sixth, 100, 13.89), Eliza Streit (1600, second, 5:36.61), Avery Wynk (1600, fifth, 5:54.04; 800, third, 2:31.51), 4×100 team of Hailey Lisska, Zuro, Shaw and Freyhof (third, 53.19), Heflin (third, 400, 1:05.11), Laura Detwiler (300 hurdles, second, 50.13), Reggan Gray (800, second, 2:31.19), Freyhof (200, third, 28.26), Lisska (long jump, fifth 14-11.75), Kendall Keene (discus, sixth, 84-10) and Yates (pole vault, second, 7-6).
The Alder boys finished fourth with 78.5 points. London was the meet winner 127 points.
Joey Walker finished first in the high jump with a leap of 6-2, while Will Jackson was sixth in the same event at 5-6.
Other placers for the Pioneers were:
Lucas White (110 hurdles, fourth, 17.15; 300 hurdles, sixth, 46.53), Cameron Jewell (100, fourth, 11.73; 400, second, 51.74), Sergey Dutt (1600, third, 4:43.66), Brady Tremayne (1600, sixth, 4:49.63), the 4×100 team of White, Walker, Leighton Kordack, Johann Boeckl (fifth, 46.70), Jonas Watkins (300 hurdles, second, 43.26), Luke Goode (800, second, 2:04.44) and the 4×400 team of Watkins, Boeckl, Goode and Jewell (second, 3:33.72).
The North Union boys finished fourth (57 points) and the Lady Cats were fifth (38) in the Mad River Division.
Tyler Huff and Hannah Carney each earned a first-place slot.
Huff won the boys 3200 in the time of 10:55.23, while Carney led the field in the girls 400 with a time of 1:00.01.
Carney set a Mad River meet record in the 400 (59.82) and 200 (26.92) in the qualifying races.
Earning placement points for the boys team were:
Huff (fifth, 1600, 5:05.53), Brennan Burke (fourth, long jump, 18-4; fourth, 110 hurdles, 17.75), Wyatt Davis (fifth, long jump, 18-1), Lincoln Harrah (second, 100, 11.47; second, 200 22.93), Ethan Young (seventh, 100, 12.56), 4×200 team of Ricky Weigand, Trey Bosaler, Cayden Lassiter, Burke (fourth, 1:38.27), 4×100 team of Weigande, Young, Burke, Harrah (second, 45.55), Bossaler (third, 400, 54.57), Traven Reber (sixth, 800, 2:27.05), Lassiter (eighth, 200, 26.17). Mitchell Marlette (seventh, 3200, 12:27.29) and 4×400 relay team of Reber, Zane Temple, Owen Hoffer, Bossaler (sixth, 4:01.18).
Earning placement points for the Lady Cats were:
4×800 relay team of Kendal Music, Lauren Hall, Catherine Hinkle, Savannah Amstutz (fifth, 11:41.01), Kaylee Brestle (eighth, shot put, 31-1/4), Gillian Stone (eighth, 100 hurdles, 20.79; sixth, 300 hurdles, 58.40), 4×200 team of Audrey Benedict, Lindsay Willis, Lacetyn Riffle, Riley Heminger (fifth, 1:59.36), 4×100 realy team of Benedict, Willis, Cora DeBoer, Hemlinger (fourth, 55.85), Hinkle (fourth, 300 hurdles 55.33), Savannah Amstutz (fourth, 800, 2:36.77), Carney (second, 200, 26.84) and 4×400 relay team of DeBoer, Hinkle, Riffle, Amstutz (fifth, 4:47.17).