Emily Thomas, left, of Marysville competes during the 100 meter hurdles during a recent meet. She placed seventh during the Hilliard Bradley Invitational.
(Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
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Marysville’s boys and girls track and field teams placed fourth during the recent Hilliard Bradley Invitational.
Lancaster captured top honors in the boys meet with 142 points.
The Golden Gales were followed by Pickerington North-117, Hilliard Bradley-81, Marysville-74, Dublin Jerome-74, Hilliard Davidson-60 and Grove City-27.
Pickerington North claimed first-place accolades in the girls meet with 121.5 points.
Dublin Jerome was the runner-up with 105, followed by Lancaster-95, Marysville-79.5, Grove City-60, Hilliard Bradley-58.75 and Hilliard Davidson-55.25.
Top 10 finishes for the Monarchs were as follows:
Boys
-110 meter hurdles: Roberto Galvis, first, 15.10; Noah Keener, tied for 10th, 18.55;
-100 meter dash: JT Hiltscher, second, 11.16; Dominic Brown, ninth, 11.71;
-1600 meter run: Evan Donahue, sixth, 4:36.54;
-400 meter dash: Hiltscher, second, 50.83; Ethan Boylan, fifth, 52.60;
-300 meter hurdles: Galvis, sixth, 42.70;
-800 meter run: Mack Weithman, first, 1:59.53; Paxton Herring, fourth, 2:02.07;
-200 meter run: Brown, sixth, 23.13;
-3200 meter run: Levi Weithman, second, 9:40.24; Adam DeSutter, seventh, 9:54.39;
-High jump: Brody McSwords, eighth, 5-3;
-Shot put: Jason Moore, fifth, 44-7; Keegan Allen, 10th, 39-0;
-Discus: Keegan Allen, sixth, 124-3;
-4×800 meter relay: fourth, 8:34.39 (Luke Reighard, Lance Bodine, Dylan Garber, Aiden Grome);
-4×200 meter relay: sixth, 1:35.01 (Waylon McDaniel, Ben Evers, Jonathan Perdue, Abe Hanselman);
-4×100 meter relay: fifth, 46.04 (Hanselman, Gabe Tran, McDaniel, McSwords);
-4×400 meter relay: sixth, 3:36.81 (Brown, M. Weithman, McDaniel, Herring).
Girls
-100 meter hurdles: Emily Thomas, seventh, 17.8; Keilana Ferguson, 10th, 18.25;
-100 meter dash: Shannon Cordle, third, 13.28;
-1600 meter run: Ava Elliott, second, 5:20.01; Mallory Huffman, third, 5:28.05;
-400 meter dash: Myranda Streng, fifth, 1:04.02; Madison Hubbell, 10th, 1:08.45;
-300 meter hurdles: Olivia Brooks, seventh, 50.82; Angel-Christina Moss, ninth, 54.30;
-800 meter run: Marguerite Foust, second, 2:23.76; Cameron Cave, third, 2:32.78;
-200 meter dash: Ferguson, 10th, 28.91;
-3200 meter run: Bailey Gross, second, 11:31.10; Alana Fernandez-Busto, sixth, 13:12.58;
-High jump: Audrey Spooner, third, 4-10;
-Pole vault: Ava Schmutz and Klaire Rocazella, tied for sixth, 7-0;
-Long jump: Thomas, ninth, 14-5;
-Shot put: Nevaeh Hillyard, sixth, 29-6; Olivia Looney, seventh, 29-5.5.
-4×800 meter relay: third, 10:38.43 (Lyla Channell, Gross, Kylie Andrews, Caylee McAdow);
-4×100 meter relay: first, 50.45 (Ferguson, Cordle, Brooks, Aelyn Baumbarger);
4×200 meter relay: sixth, 1:52.40 (Regan Forkin, McKenna Schwartzengraber, Emma Hoyt, Myranda Streng);
-4×400 meter relay: sixth, 4:24.53 (Brooks, Foust, Channell, Cave).
There was a mixed shuttle hurdles event that was also held.
The MHS team of Thomas, Galvis, Moss and Keener placed third with a time of 1:09.19.
“Most of our varsity athletes ran a modified schedule to help freshen up ahead of championship season,” said MHS head coach Luke Sundermeier. “This allowed some underclassmen to gain valuable experience.”
The Monarch teams will compete in the Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal meet this week.
Action will begin Thursday at 4 p.m. at Big Walnut High School.
Competition will conclude on Saturday, beginning at 3 p.m. at Westerville North.