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Warsaw Track Competes At Southport Relays

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INDIANAPOLIS – Warsaw enjoyed success at the Southport Relays, with the Lady Tigers taking second and missing the championship by five points, and the boys team finishing third on Saturday.
Warren Central won the girls team championship with 110 points, to Warsaw’s 105, good for a tie with Fishers.
Leading off the meet, the 4x1600 relay team of Hannah Dawson, Anna Craig, Allison Miller, and Mia Beckham not only ran away with the event title, they set the first of five meet records on the day by running 21:34.30, breaking the previous record by 14 seconds.  
The 4x800 relay of Beckham, Miller, Anna Craig and Kenzie Martz won with a season-best time of 9:39.90. Abbi Curtis, Maykayla Clampitt, Samantha Alexander and Audrey Rich finished second in the 800 sprint medley relay.
Beckham and Miller provided a 1-2 finish in the 3200, while Audrey Rich (6th) and Abbi Curtis (7th) both made the finals in the 100.
Samantha Alexander had the best long jump effort on the day and teamed with Shunterra Davis to win the long jump relay. Alexie Day and Morgan Bruner teamed up for a second-place high jump relay finish.
In the throws, Emily Bailey and Lynae Dawson teamed up for a fourth-place discus relay finish. Joelle Messenger and Nikki Parrett teamed up for a fifth place finish in the pole vault relay.
Next up for the Lady Tigers is Senior Night on Tuesday when they host Concord and NorthWood in a Northern Lakes Conference meet.
On the boys side, Ross Armey led the Tigers with a career-best in the 110 hurdles,  placing second  in 15.35 seconds.  The second career best of the day went to Owen Glogovsky in the 3200, with a first place photo finish and time of 9:32.49, shaving seven seconds of his previous mark.
The 4x100 relay team of Rane Kilburn, Will McGarvey, Armey and Brandon Reinholt had a second-place finish and a team-best time of 43.42. In the 4x400 relay,  the team of Landan Perry, Bishop Harrison, Rane Kilburn and Armey finished fourth.
The last two career-best marks of the day went to Dylan Childers, as he finished first in the shot put with a toss of 52-0 and placed eighth in the discus at 133-1.
The Tigers return to action Thursday when they take on Plymouth and NorthWood in Nappanee.