Valley Places Second In Rochester Girls Track Sectional

ROCHESTER -Ê"We've been second to Plymouth too may times over the years," said Tippecanoe Valley head track coach Terry Screeton after Tuesday night's girls sectional in Rochester.

"I thought we ran well overall. Our hurdlers ran well, our sprinters ran well. Plymouth just got us again."

Plymouth won the sectional with a score of 127, while Valley placed second with a 92. Culver Academy was third overall with 83 points, Triton was fourth with 52, and Oregon Davis was fifth with 50. Whitko and Manchester placed sixth and seventh, repsectively with 48 and 42 points. Caston, Northfield, Rochester and Culver rounded out the sectional field.

The Vikings saw competitors addvance in seven individual events as well as two relays.

Individually, Laura Lash led the Vikings, advancing to the regional in two events. She was the only Viking sectional champion, winning the 3200 with a time of 12:34.7. Lash also placed third in the 1600.

"Laura Lash really stood out in the 2-mile race," said Screeton. "She ran her best time of the year and really surprised me."

Viking Heather Rathbun also advanced in two events, placing third in both the 100 and 200 races. Rebekah Parker and Emily Weaver placed third and fourth in the 100 hurdles to move on to the regional, while Ashley Lindenmeier (300 hurdles) and Lindsay Wiley (200) each placed fourth to advance.

"Emily Weaver was impressive in the 100 hurdles tonight as well," said Screeton. "She's coming off a torn ACL, so that makes it very impressive."

The Viking 400 relay team of Kara Kramer, Lindsay Wiley, Amanda Wiley and Rathbun placed second behind Culver Academy to advance to the Bremen Regional. Valley's 1600 relay team made up of Kramer, Lindenmeier, Rathbun and Weaver placed third with a time of 4:26.54 to move on as well.

Sara Zehr will compete in the regional pole vault competition. Since only four competitors were entered in the event, they automatically move on to the regional.

Triton placed fourth overall behind strong performances from Terrin Meister, Cally Feldman, Carly Feldman and Ashli Senff.

Meister was the only double champion of the night, winning both hurdle events. Her time of 47.96 in the 300 hurdles was more than two seconds faster than the second-place finisher, Laura Kensinger of Oregon-Davis. In the 100 hurdles, Meister's time of 16.45 was four-tenths of a second faster than second-place Kensinger.

Cally Feldman was Triton's other sectional champion. She tossed the shot put 36-feet-2 inches to win the event.

Carly Feldman advance to the regional after placing fourth in the discus, while Ashli Senff advanced by placing second in the shot put.

Whitko placed sixth overall, with seven athletes advancing. While the Wildcats haad no individual champions, Angie Jurcicak placed in the top four in two events, the 1600 and the 800 to advance to the regional. However, Juricak chose to scratch from the regional in the 1600.

Jolene Reed (400), Trista Mathias (3200) and Ashlyn Dilling (300 hurdles) advanced to the regional in individual events.

Whitko's 3200 relay team of Lynette Holst, Juricak, Mathias and Lisa Wilkinson placed second overall, while the Wildcat 400 relay team of Dilling, Ashley Kennedy, Donelda Rudd and Miranda Wilkinson placed third to move on.

The seventh-placce Manchester Squires saw competitors advance in five events. Paige Coulter-Kern was the lone Squire sectional champion, placing first in the 400 with a time of 1:02.6.

Erin Huntington placed fourth in the high jump to advance, and Manchester had three relay teams qualify for the regional competition.

The 3200 relay team of Jill Kambs, Katie Purdy, Tassy Winterrowd and Heather Patrick placed third, while the 400 relay team of Winterrowd, Whitney Carver, Coulter-Kern and Sarah Purdy and the 1600 relay team of Winterrowd, Coulter-Kern, Sarah Purdy and Katie Purdy both placed fourth.

All advancing athletes will compete in the Bremen Regional Tuesday.

ROCHESTER TRACK

SECTIONAL

Team scores -ÊPlymouth 127, Tippecanoe Valley 92, Culver Academy 83, Triton 52, Oregon-Davis 50, Whitko 48, Manchester 42, Caston 27, Northfield 26, Rochester 19, Culver 16

The top four finishers in each event advance to the Bremen Regional Tuesday

3200 relay -Ê1. Plymouth 10:05.7 (Kourtney Beckham, Jessica Foust, Vera Zadorozhnaya, Morgan Uceny), 2. Whitko, 3. Manchester, 4. Northfield, 5. Tippecanoe Valley, 6. Triton

100 Hurdles -Ê1. Terrin Meister (Tri) 16.45, 2. Laura Kensinger (OD), 3. Rebecca Parker (V), 4. Emily Weaver (V), 5. Erica Lightle (M), 6. Bethany Clemens (Tri), 7. Kristy Jeffrey (W), 8. Heather Leinbach (OD)

100 -Ê1. Mary Whitehead (CA) 12.97, 2, Ali Burroughs (P), 3. Angel Williams (CA), 4. Heather Rathbun (V), 5. Amanda Wiley (V), 6. Julie Thompson (CC), 7. Megan Hotzwart (P), 8. Miranda Wilkinson (W)

1600 -Ê1. Kourtney Beckham (P) 5:40.52, 2. Jessica Foust (P), 3. Laura Lash (V), 4. Angie Juricak (W), 5. Nan Hammel (N), 6. Whitney Trent (OD), 7. Sara Zehr (V), 8. Lynette Holst (W)

*Juricak scratched from the regional in this event

400 relay -Ê1. Culver Academy 51.69 (Angel Williams, Samantha Lee, Ebonie Tillman, Mary Whitehead), 2. Tippecanoe Valley, 3. Whitko, 4. Manchester, 5. Plymouth, 6. Rochester, 7. Oregon-Davis, 8. Culver Community

400 -Ê1. Paige Coulter-Kern (M) 1:02.6, 2. Hameeedat Adeniji (CA), 3. Jolene Reed (W), 4. Lindsey Epley (CA), 5. Kara Kramer (V), 6. Vera Zadorozhnaya (P), 7. Hopeann Hintz (P), 8. Whitney Haupert (N)

*Epley scratched from regional competition in this event

300 hurdles -Ê1. Terrin Meister (Tri) 47.96, 2. Laura Kensinger (OD), 3. Ashlyn Dilling (W), 4. Ashley Lindenmeier (V), 5. Lauren Livingston (CA), 6. Emily Weaver (V), 7. Taryn Holt (P), 8. Erica Lightle (M)

800 -Ê1. Morgan Uceny (P) 2:23.11, 2. Kourtney Beckham (P), 3. Angie Juricak (W), 4. Kenzie Horn (R), 5. Shari Kensinger (OD), 6. Tassy Winterrowd (M), 7. Sarah Carig (V), 8. Robyn Baker (Tri)

200 -Ê1. Mary Whitehead (CA) 26.74, 2. Ali Burroughs (P), 3. Heather Rathbun (V), 4. Lindsay Wiley (V), 5. Ebonie Tillman (CA), 6. Megan Hotzwart (P), 7. Lindsey Dishman (R), 8. Ashli Senff (Tri)

3200 -Ê1. Laura Lash (V) 12:34.70, 2. Emily Eilts (N), 3. Stephanie Slemp (P), 4. Trista Mathias (W), 5. Brytin Youst (P), 6. Sara Zehr (V), 7. Jessica Holiday (N), 8. Whitney Trent (OD)

1600 relay -Ê1. Plymouth 4:13.20 (Kourtney Beckham, Vera Zadorozhnaya, Megan Hotzwart, Morgan Uceny), 2. Culver Academy, 3. Tippecanoe Valley, 4. Manchester, 5. Northfield, 6. Oregon-Davis, 7. Whitko, 8. Triton

High jump -Ê1. Nickie Rash (P) 5-2, 2. Dale Heiser (CC), 3. Amy Pflugshaupt (OD), 4. Erin Huntington (M), 5. Rebecca Parker (V), 6. Brytin Youst (P), 7. Emily Hally (N), 8. Kristen Scheerer (M)

Long jump -Ê1. Mary Whitehead (CA) 17-2 1/2, 2. Morgan Uceny, 3. Lindsey Overmyer (R), 4. Jessica Foust (P), 5. Cathleen Klausing (CC), 6. Amanda Wiley (V), 7. Amy Pflugshaupt (OD), 8. Kara Kramer (V)

Shot put -Ê1. Cally Feldman (Tri) 36-2, 2. Ashli Senff (Tri), 3. Genie Powlen (Cas), 4. Kayley Cress (Cas), 5. Shari Kensinger (OD), 6. Phyllinga Jackson (CA), 7. Elyse Breeding (P), 8. Keisha Harris (CA)

Discus -Ê1. Genie Powlen (Cas) 113-9, 2. Laura Kensinger (OD), 3. Kayley Cross (Cas), 4. Carly Feldman (Tri), 5. Keisha Harris (CA), 6. Skyler Hoge (R), 7. Karla Coble (M), 8. Shannon Gidley (P)

Pole Vault (seeds advance to regional) Lauren Livingston (CA), Jean-Margaret Hurt (CA), Hidemi DeHays (CA), Sara Zehr (V)