Local Track And Field Athletes Advance To Regionals
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Staff Report-
PLYMOUTH — The Tippecanoe Valley boys track and field team finished third at Thursday’s Plymouth Sectional and advanced numerous competitors on to next week’s South Bend St. Joseph Regional. The host Plymouth Pilgrims won the meet with 115.5 points, followed by Rochester (103), Tippecanoe Valley (70) and Manchester (66), to round out the top four. The Triton Trojans compiled 50 points, finishing eighth. From Valley, senior Nolan Sponseller finished in the top four in four events, therefore moving on to the regional, including second in the 400 and 200, as well as second in the 4x100 relay (Neil Clampitt, Brandon Murphy, Michael Thacker). Sponseller also anchored the 4x400 relay of Murphy, Jared Mikel and Clampitt. The Manchester Squires had four athletes qualify for the regional, led by Colin McNeeley and Brodi Carter. McNeeley finished first in the 200 (23.30) and second in the 100, while Carter won at 110 hurdles (16.27) and was the runner-up at high jump. PLYMOUTH SECTIONAL Team Scores – 1. Plymouth 115.5, 2. Rochester 103, 3. Tippecanoe Valley 70, 4. Manchester 66, 5. Culver Military Academy 65, 6. Northfield 64, 7. North Miami 52, 8. Triton 50, 9. Caston 22.5, 10. Culver 15 (Top 4 Advance to Regional) 100 – 1. Michael Hartman (Ply) 11.22, 2. Colin McNeeley (Man) 11.32, 3. Neil Clampitt (TV) 11.53, 4. Michael Thacker (TV) 11.62, 5. Jeremy Jones (Tri) 11.68; 200 – 1. McNeeley (Man) 23.30, 2. Nolan Sponseller (TV) 23.74, 3. Jones (Tri) 24.15, 4. Thacker (TV) 24.19; 400 – 1. Hartman (Ply) 52.41, 2. Sponseller (TV) 52.68, 3. Jack Barron (Ply) 53.81, 4. Brandon Kamp (Roch) 54.26; 800 – 1. Landrum Neer (CMA) 2:01.64, 2. Mason Reed (Ply) 2:04.07, 3. Noah Clampitt (TV) 2:08.94, 4. Austin Andrews (Nf) 2:09.03, 6. Derek Johnston (Tri) 2:12.98, 7. Tom Solano (TV) 2:14.03; 1600 – 1. Wesley Meyer (Roch) 4:43.12, 2. Austin Frye (Nf) 4:51.86, 3. Johnston (Tri) 4:55.10, 4. Nicholas Schindler (Roch) 4:56.00, 6. Bailey Watkins (Tri) 5:04.01; 3200 – 1. Devin Tracy (Nf) 9:57.55, 2. Villalobos Tumoine (CMA) 10:01.04, 3. Seth Cousins (Cas) 10:14.32, 4. Eli Pugh (Roch) 10:26.07, 8. Brandon Maull (TV) 11:09.41; 110 Hurdles – 1. Brodi Carter (Man) 16.27, 2. Levi Schuler (Ply) 16.37, 3. A.J. Styers (Ply) 16.59, 4. Gunner Ream (Man) 17.82, 5. Jessie Burkholder (Tri) 17.84, 6. Deontee Smith (TV) 17.86; 300 Hurdles – 1. Styers (Ply) 41.79, 2. Heath Miller (Nf) 42.04, 3. Dillon Meadway (Tri) 43.20, 4. Caleb Nash (CMA) 43.98, 5. Carter (Man) 45.88, 8. Ream (Man) 46.6. 4x100 Relay – 1. Plymouth (Taylor Fulton, Hartman, Barron, Styers) 45.18, 2. Tippy Valley (Sponseller, Ne. Clampitt, Brandon Murphy, Thacker) 45.38, 3. North Miami (Jacob White, Edu Espinilla, Todd Pocock, Devin Crossland) 46.33, 4. Rochester (Tannor Campbell, Jacob Howdeshell, Micah Whitfield, DeShaun Whitfield) 48.50, 8. Triton (Phillip Stepp, Victor Rundberg, Jared Watson, Junki Park) 55.39; 4x400 Relay – 1. Plymouth (Reed, Fulton, Barron, Hartman) 3:29.00, 2. Rochester (Connor McLochlin, Howdeshell, Meyer, Kamp) 3:38.67, 3. Tippy Valley (Murphy, Jared Mikel, Ne. Clampitt, Sponseller) 3:39.84, 4. Northfield (Andrews, Jackson Beery, Miller, Marcus Kroh) 3:46.15, 6. Manchester (Ross Messer, Daniel Griese, Carter, McNeeley) 3:53.09, 7. Triton (Johnston, Jones, Meadway, Bryce Wanemacher) 3:53.62; 4x800 Relay – 1. Rochester (Kamp, Seth Moon, Pugh, Meyer) 8:25.57, 2. Plymouth (Kennedy Schnieders, Schuler, Zach Ballard, Reed) 8:34.33, 3. Northfield (Andrew, Mason Zolman, Kroh, Tracy) 8:44.02, 4. CMA (Alejandro Tumoine Villalobos, Neer) 9:03.71, 5. Manchester (Tristan Fields, Jon Rich, Skyler Burke, Andrew Longanecker) 9:16.08; High Jump – 1. Eric Burns (CMA) 6-2, 2. Carter (Man) 6-1, 3. Hunter (Roch) 5-10, 4. Quentin Douglass (Cas) 5-10, 7. Willy Inglehearn (TV) 5-8, 8. Meadway (Tri) 5-8; Pole Vault – 1. Cripe (Roch) 13-6, 2. Nash (CMA) 12-6, 3. Burkholder (Tri) 11-0, 4. Baker (Roch) 10-0; Long Jump – 1. Burns (CMA) 21-0, 2. White (NM) 20-11, 3. Fulton (Ply) 20-2, 4. Ne. Clampitt (TV) 19-10.5; Shot Put – 1. Kevin Huffman (NM) 47-5-5, 2. Gary Blevins (Man) 46-1, 3. Sam Castenada (Cul) 44-1.25, 4. Austin Calvert (Roch) 42-7, 6. Kain Coomer (Tri) 41-3, 7. Aaron Hoffman (TV) 40-11.5; Discus – 1. Patrick Kays (Roch) 133-7, 2. Alex Borse (NM) 132-1, 3. Austin Calvert (Roch) 131-9, 4. Blevins (Man) 129-10, 5. Trey Watkins (Tri) 123-3, 6. A. Hoffman (TV) 122-0, 8. Ben Ullery (Tri) 111-8.
Thursday in Fort Wayne
In a tough Fort Wayne Wayne Sectional Thursday, the Whitko boys track and field team finished fifth. Homestead won the meet with 137 points, while Whitko had 49.5. Finishing in the top four and moving on to the Marion Regional, were Walker Hobbs (2nd, shot put), Alex Morales (3rd, 110 hurdles), Brady Herendeen (3rd, long jump), Gavin Howard (4th, discus) and the fourth-place 4x100 relay (Will Bumbaugh, Garrett Elder, Herendeen, Gavin Powell). F.W. WAYNE SECTIONAL Team Scores – 1. Homestead 137, 2. F.W. Wayne 108, 3. Huntington North 79.5, 4. New Haven 69, 5. Whitko 49.5, 6. Columbia City 42, 7. Heritage 34, 8. Adams Central 30, 9. South Adams 29, 10. Bellmont 25.5, 11. F.W. Luers 17.5 (Top 4 Advance to Regional) 4x800 Relay – 1. Columbia City (David Fulk, Evan Harney, Andrew McFarland, Seth Kissinger) 8:25.33, 2. Huntington North (Luke Doughty, Austin Lange, Isaac Smith, Charles Mettler) 8:27.09, 3. Adams Central (Calvin Isch, Gavin Kaehr, Ben Lehman, Juwan Peralez) 8:27.12, 4. Homestead (Brayden Law, Benjamin Dvorack, Sam Dvorack, Preston Sterling) 8:27.69, 8. Whitko (Lane Wolf, Daniel Kirkham, Derek Miller, Dillon Patrick) 9:18.12; 100 – 1. Javin Easterly (Wayne) 11.02, 2. John Lark (Home) 11.04, 3. Lamar White (NH) 11.27, 4. Conner Bleke (Her) 11.28; 110 Hurdles – 1. Dequavis Williams (Wayne) 15.16, 2. Gunnar Goebel (Home) 15.18, 3. Alex Morales (Whitko) 15.65, 4. Andrew Moore (Wayne) 16.08; 200 – 1. Lark (Home) 23.00, 2. Easterly (Wayne) 23.23, 3. Bleke (Her) 23.39, 4. Thomas James (Wayne) 23.46, 5. Brady Herendeen (Whitko) 23.97; 1600 – 1. Tyler Koteskey (Home) 4:30.19, 2. Mettler (HN) 4:30.91, 3. Bailey McIntire (SA) 4:31.84, 4. Spencer Scholl (Home) 4:32.96; 4x100 Relay – 1. Wayne (Easterly, James, Dontell Parker, Williams) 43.82, 2. Huntington North (Jake Shaw, Drew Fawcett, Andrew Sizemore, Smith) 44.62, 3. Heritage (Bleke, Antonio Mireles, Justyn Hart, Henry Henderson) 45.14, 4. Whitko (Will Bumbaugh, Garrett Elder, Herendeen, Gavin Powell) 45.18; 400 – 1. McFarland (CC) 51.66, 2. Joshua Foster (Her) 51.99, 3. Hoffer (NH) 52.75, 4. J’Lyn Charlton (Luers) 53.39; 300 Hurdles – 1. Jordan Davis (Home) 40.27, 2. Ryan Nader (Home) 42.09, 3. Aaron Horne (Her) 43.11, 4. Tyler Tonner (AC) 43.25, 5. Morales (Whitko) 43.31, 7. Blake Sapp (Whitko) 45.10. 800 – 1. Skyler Mikesell (Home) 2:02.94, 2. Gavin Kaehr (AC) 2:03.33, 3. Sterling (Home) 2:03.43, 4. Doughty (HN) 2:04.33; 3200 – 1. Law (Home) 9:37.85, 2. McIntire (SA) 10:01.14, 3. Deric Lauren (NH) 10:11.92, 4. Matt DeWitt (HN) 10:12.04; 4x400 Relay – 1. Homestead (Koteskey, Davis, Alex Sheppard, Deangelo Hogan) 3:32.82, 2. New Haven (A.J. Smith, Adam Hoffer, Luja, Brayan Pizano) 3:36.00, 3. Columbia City (Kissinger, McFarland, Harney, Tim Hearld) 3:36.70, 4. Wayne (Immanuel Bunch, Easterly, Mitchell, James) 3:37.51, 8. Whitko (Elder, Herendeen, Miller, Patrick) 3:45.80; Discus – 1. Colt Ropp (HN) 141-5, 2. Jari Dada (Wayne) 137-11, 3. Drew LeFever (SA) 135-8, 4. Gavin Howard (Whitko) 131-4, 6. Conner Sherwin (Whitko) 126-7; Shot Put – 1. Dada (Wayne) 55-4, 2. Walker (Whitko) 49-2, 3. LeFever (SA) 43-11, 4. Caleb Gardner (Home) 43-3; Long Jump – 1. Parker (Wayne) 21-3, 2. Fawcett (HN) 19-10, 3. Herendeen (Whitko 19-9, 4. Goebel (Home) 19-8, 5. Elder (Whitko) 19-6; High Jump – 1. Tyrese Easton (Wayne) 6-4.75, 2. Davis (Home) 6-2, 3. Cameron Bienz (Bell) 6-2, 4. Trever Kraner (NH) 6-0; Pole Vault – 1. Lehman (HN) 13-0, 2. Devin Fritz (Luers) 12-0, 3. Torrey Blevins (NH) 12-0, 4. (tie) Adam Woods (HN), Ryan Shaffer (NH) 12-0.
