Tippecanoe Valley Boys Also Get First Conference Win
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AKRON – The Whitko boys claimed a pair of Three Rivers Conference track wins over North Miami and host Tippecanoe Valley Tuesday, scoring 99 points to Valley’s 38 and North Miami’s 19. The North Miami girls got two wins with 60 points, outdistancing Whitko’s 55 and Valley’s 38. Josh Wright and Garrett Elder won twice for the Wildcats, with Wright claiming the 1600 and 3200 and Elder winning the long jump and the 100. Other winners for Whitko were Alex Morales in the 110 hurdles, Brady Weeks in the 300 hurdles, Dillon Alma in the 800, Walker Hobbs in the shot, Gavin Howard in the discus and Zach Freel in the high jump. Whitko also won two relay races, with Elder, Weeks, Alex Wilson and Gavin Powell winning the 4x100 and Alma, Collin Bross, Logan Patrick and Nick Crosson the 4x800 winners. Valley’s Neil Clampitt won the 200, and the Vikings’ 4x400 relay team was first. Bridgette Nemitz was a double winner for the Whitko girls, taking the 1600 and 3200. Kaitlyn Reed also won twice, in the 100 and the high jump. Suzanne Sickafoose the 400 for the Lady Wildcats, and the 4x400 relay team broke the tape as well. The Lady Vikings’ Lexi O’Connell won the 100 hurdles and the 200, and Makayla Ruiz took first in the shot put. Valley’s 4x100 relay team also won. The Valley track teams travel to Manchester for another TRC meet on Thursday. Whitko’s teams travel to Rochester for a conference meet on Thursday as well.
