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Whitko Boys Win Another TRC Track Title

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WABASH – The Three Rivers Conference boys and girls track meet was held Thursday night at Southwood High School.
In boys action, Whitko won their sixth-straight TRC title, scoring 117 points.
Rochester was second with 112 points, followed in the top five by Manchester (94), Northfield (90) and Southwood (82).
Whitko’s Connor Stouder took first in the 100, 200 and 400. Valley’s Derrick Cunningham won the high jump and long jump.
On the girls side, Rochester won with 121.5 points, while Valley was second with 115.
Whitko (103.5), Manchester (95) and Wabash (66) rounded out the top five.
Valley’s Caylie Teel won the 100 and 200 and was part of the winning 400 relay team. For Manchester, Niki Frieden won the shot put and discus.

(BOYS)
Team scores – Whitko 117, Rochester 112, Manchester 94, Northfield 90, Southwood 82, Tippecanoe Valley 59, Wabash 46, Northfield 20
(Listed are the top four teams or finishers in each event)
100 – 1. Connor Stouder (Whi) :11.33, 2. Michael Thacker (TV) :11.76, 3. Colin McNeeley (Man) :11.93, 4. Jacob Casper (Man) :12.03; 200 – 1. Stouder (Whi) :22.92, 2. Nolan Sponseller (TV) :23.81, 3. Tyler Morgan (NF) :23.89, 4. Austin Boggs (Wab) :34.49; 400 – Stouder (Whi) :50.70, 2. Sponseller (TV) :52.40, 3. Brandon Kamp (Roch) :53.10, 4. Marcus Kroh (NF) :54.80; 800 – 1. Michael Bowman (SW) 2:00.31, 2. Kuyler Bailey (Whi) 2:03.10, 3. Jeff Ferrell (Roch) 2:05.68, 4. Sam Hall (Wab) 2:06.85; 1600 – 1. Caleb Augustus (NF) 4:29.81, 2. Alex Gudeman (Roch) 4:33.81, 3. Wesley Meyer (Roch) 4:36.62, 4. Devin Tracy (NF) 4:38.83; 3200 – 1. Augustus (NF) 9:57.67, 2. Gudeman (Roch) 10:05.40, 3. Matthew Fahs-Brown (Man) 10:15.84, 4. Tyler Byerline (Roch) 10:26:13; 110 hurdles – 1. Ramsen Bet-Nimrod (Roch) :16.88, 2. Brodi Carter (Man) :17.28, 3. Gunner Ream (Man) :17.95, 4. Devin Bechtold (SW) :18.13; 300 hurdles – 1. Tyler Sherwin (Whi) :43.09, 2. Bet-Nimrod (Roch) :43.34, 3. Carter (Man) :44.62, 4. Heath Miller (NF) :44.75; 400 relay – 1. Whitko (Michael Carroll, Brady Herendeen, Tyler Sherwin, Trace Killian) :46.06, 2. Manchester :46.33, 3. Southwood :46.48, 4. Tippecanoe Valley :46.53; 1600 relay – 1. Whitko (Kuyler Bailey, Herendeen, Sherwin, Stouder) 3:33.96, 2. Rochester 3:35.78, 3. Northfield 3:36.37, 4. Southwood 3:42.82; 3200 relay – 1. Rochester (Ferrell, Kamp, Nick Shidler, Gudeman) 8:19.30, 2. Northfield 8:24.20, 3. Whitko 8:44.0, 4. Wabash 8:46.80; High jump – 1. Derrick Cunningham (TV) 6-1, 2. Bet-Nimrod (Roch) 6-0, 3. Bechtold (SW) 5-8, 4. Carter (Man) 5-8; Pole vault – 1. Cameron Bungo (Roch) 12-0, 2. Sawyer Cripe (Roch) 11-0, 3. Grant Dirig (Wab) 10-0, 4. Christian Rutz (Wab) 9-6; Long jump – 1. Cunningham (TV) 19-7.25, 2. Herendeen (Whi) 19-6.5, 3. Jacob White (NM) 19-6.5, 4. Eric Knight (Man) 19-6; Shot put – 1. Brett Wyatt (SW) 46-4, 2. Kevin Huffman (NM) 44-6.5, 3. Cole Sellers (Man) 43-7.5, 4. Jonah Stouffer (SW) 42-10; Discus – 1. Wyatt (SW) 152-3, 2. Sellers 140-10, 3. Logan Paris (SW) 139-11, 4. Sherwin (Whi) 137-0

(GIRLS)
Team scores – Rochester 121.5, Tippecanoe Valley 115, Whitko 103.5, Manchester 95, Wabash 66, Northfield 59, Southwood 48, Northfield 9
100 – 1. Caylie Teel (TV) :13.20, 2. Karis Tucker (TV) :13.55, 3. Katlyn Sawyer (Roch) :13.62, 4. Josie Sparks (Whi) :13.65; 200 – 1. Teel (TV) :27.61, 2. Sparks (Whi) :28.01, 3. Sawyer (Roch) :28.09, 4. Tucker (TV) :28.12; 400 – 1. Sawyer (Roch) 1:01.46, 2. Sparks (Whi) 1:02.27, 3. Jazzmine Brown (TV) 1:03.07, 4. Kelsi Custer (Man) 1:04.81; 800 – 1. Anna Meyer (Roch) 2:22.98, 2. Emily Lehner (SW) 2:25.11, 3. Katelin Vogel (Wab) 2:30.22, 4. Amy Bowman (SW) 2:32.35; 1600 – 1. Meyer (Roch) 5:15.20, 2. Samantha Ruppert (Roch) 5:33.66, 3. Bowman (SW) 5:34.60, 4. Brigit Nemitz (Whi) 5:37.39; 3200 – 1. Jenna Halderman (NF) 11:37.56, 2. Sarah Burch (Roch) 12:04.13, 3. Meyer (Roch) 12:04.87, 4. Elena Schneider (Man) 12:18.91; 100 hurdles – 1. Caitlin Eltzroth (NF) :17.48, 2. Cat Galley (Wab) :17.68, 3. Schneider (Man) :18.09, 4. Madison Barden (Wab) :18.26; 300 hurdles – 1. Schneider (Man) :49.75, 2. Catherine Leadford (TV) :50.25, 3. Jaycie Wright (SW) :50.97, 4. Lexi O’Connell (TV) :51.20; 400 relay – 1. T. Valley (Tucker, Leadford, Brown, Teel) :52.70, 2. Whitko :54.24, 3. Southwood :54.72, 4. Manchester :54.84; 1600 relay – 1. Valley (Leadford, Breelyn Conley, O’Connell, Brown) 4:18.74, 2. Southwood 4:18.87, 3. Whitko 4:25.98, 4. Wabash 4:25.94; 3200 relay – 1. Northfield (Brittany Sloan, Paige Cole, Karla Singer, Jenna Halderman) 10:08.70, 2. Rochester 10:11.50, 3. Whitko 10:34.02, 4. Manchester 10:38.43; High jump – 1. Lindsey Diercks (Man) 4-10, 2. Kyleigh Hampton (Wab) 4-8, 3. Miranda Terrill (Whi) 4-8, 4. Lindsey Budnik (Man) 4-8; Pole vault – 1. Jordan Sheetz (Roch) 9-0, 2. Elizabeth Hardesty (Whi) 8-0, 3. Cagney Craig (Whi) 8-0, 4. Kaluna Watson-Dunn (NF) 6-0; Long jump – 1. Sawyer (Roch) 16-0.5, 2. Taylor Zwick (Whi) 15-8.75, 3. Teel (TV) 15-7.25, 4. Reghan Craig (Whi) 14-10.5; Shot put – 1. Shauna Ellinger (Roch) 34-4, 2. Niki Frieden (Man) 33-5, 3. Katie McCauley (Wab) 33-2.5; Discus – 1. Frieden (Man) 104-9, 2. Connor Fraser (TV) 103-7, 3. Hailee Hunsberger (TV) 100-0, 4. Sarah White (SW) 98-10