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Results from Oak Hill for Saturday, March 16th
OHTF Lady Eagles Wrap Up HSR Indoor State Qualifying Meets With Strong Showing at Taylor – Campbell Sets New Record in Long Jump & Wins High Jump
The OHTF Lady Eagles competed in their 3rd and final Hoosier State Relays Indoor Qualifier of the season Friday at Taylor University. In all the Lady Eagles set 2 NEW PROGRAM RECORDS, recorded an individual 1st, an individual Runner Up, 12 Top 10 Overall Finishes, 15 Top 20 Overall Finishes, and 11 Program All Time Top 10 best.
The HSR Qualifing meets are scheduled through the 1st three weeks of March leading up to the Indoor State Championships next Saturday March 23th. While the qualifying meets are a mixture of all classes the HSR Finals are broken up into two classes/divisions (1a-2a-3a “small school” & 4a-5a-6a “large school”) based on IHSAA Football Classification. The Top 24 ranked performers in each event in each class/division earn a spot in the HSR Finals held this year at the Fall Creek Pavillion located at the Indiana Fairgrounds.
Once again Friday night Lady Eagle Junior Ellie Campbell led the way. The 2023 IHSAA State Qualifier finished 2nd in the Long Jump with a new personal best indoor jump of 16-10. That jump also breaks the indoor program record she set previously two weeks ago with a jump just under 16-10. Campbell also tried her hand at High Jump for the 1st time in her career Friday night and cleared 5-2 for 1st Place Overall. Her clearance is the 2nd best jump in program history behind school record holder and 2 x State Champion 2015’s Miss Indiana Track & Field Janae Moffitt. Campbell passed Sam Mauk on the All Time list. Moffitt’s program record indoors is 5-10.
Campbell was also a member of the Lady Eagle’s 4×200 Meter Relay which was short of its season best time but still managed to finish 4th overall and after setting a new program record themselves last week post the 3rd best time ever Friday. Joining Campbell was classmate Cail Bowlin along with Senior Leah Highley and Sophomore Audrey Rex.
Rex was also part of the Lady Eagle’s best relay finish of the night helping the 4×400 Meter Relay take 3rd overall. Running without anchor Highley Rex along with classmates Biruk Travis and Lexi Nuber as well as Freshman Kora Pond battled to a 3rd place behind Warsaw and Delta. Their time of 4:28 was 8 seconds slower than their time a week ago but still good enough for 4th best in program history. Pond battled trying to hold off Delta’s multi time All American and State Champion Nicki Southerland ultiamtely coming from 4th up to 3rd.
Pond and Travis helped the Lady Eagles 4×800 Meter Relay run a season best 10:50 and possibly earn a State Qualifying birth to finish 5th overall. They were joined by Senior Evelin Perez and Junior Audrey Woodard. Their time was the 4th best in program history. Woodard would then double back in the Distance Medley Relay anchoring the team of Sophomores Lydia Trexler and Sophia Rowland along with Freshman Quinn Brunner to a 6th place overall finish and Top 10 all time program mark.
There were two other outstanding individual performances on the night for the Lady Eagles as Junior Bella Taylor was 7th overall in the 60 Meter Hurdles but ran the fastest true 60 Meter Hurdle race in program history in 10.71. Her time passed Krista Hobbs who ran 10.78 in 2014. The overall program record is actually a modifed/converted 55 Meter Hurdles mark by Allie Conway in 2012 of 10.32. Classmate Jennessa Shields continued to have a breakout indoor season in the throws as she set a new personal best in the Shot Put with a toss of 33-0.5 good enough for 4th overall and the 3rd best indoor personal best in program history.
Taylor and Rowland both placed 7th in the High Jump while Junior Abby Sneed set a personal best mark of 7-6 to take 5th in the Pole Vault for the 3rd best personal best jump in program history behind Leslie Tibbets and program record holder Taylor King.
Sophomore Ava Miller set a new personal best in the Long Jump in 15-1 a mark good enough for 4th overall and 5th best in program history. Junior Riley Alfandre set a new personal best in the 60 Meter Dash to record a Top 10 time in program history.
Other Top 20 overall individual finishers for the Lady Eagles on Friday were Juniors Gwen Thompson and Aubrey Warnock who both set personal best in the Shot Put to finish 18th and 19th respectively. Freshman Angelica Gillet took 20th in the Long Jump.
The Lady Eagles now wait the results of the final HSR Qualifying meets held Saturday to see who earns a spot in the 2024 Indoor State Finals. The HSR Finals are next Saturday March 23rd. Currently the Lady Eagles have 3 Relays and 3 Individuals Ranked in the State’s Top 24 in our respective Class 1a-2a-3a Division.
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OHTF Golden Eagles Wrap Up HSR Indoor State Qualifying Meets With Strong Showing at Taylor – Sneed, Tippey, Wyrick, Sweet Set New 4×8 Record & Brower Wins Pole Vault
The OHTF Golden Eagles competed in their 3rd and final Hoosier State Relays Indoor Qualifier of the season Friday at Taylor University. In all the Golden Eagles set 1 NEW PROGRAM RECORD, recorded an individual 1st, 2 Runner Up Finishes, 13 Top 10 Overall Finishes, 6 Top 3 Overall Finishes, 18 Top 20 Overall Finishes, and 10 Program All Time Top 10 best.
The HSR Qualifing meets are scheduled through the 1st three weeks of March leading up to the Indoor State Championships next Saturday March 23th. While the qualifying meets are a mixture of all classes the HSR Finals are broken up into two classes/divisions (1a-2a-3a “small school” & 4a-5a-6a “large school”) based on IHSAA Football Classification. The Top 24 ranked performers in each event in each class/division earn a spot in the HSR Finals held this year at the Fall Creek Pavillion located at the Indiana Fairgrounds.
Relays led the way for the Golden Eagles Friday as they managed to win the 4×800 Meter Relay, take 2nd overall in the 4×400 Meter Relay, 3rd overall in the 4×200 Meter Relay, and a solid 7th in the Distance Medley Relay. The 4×8 Relay of Seniors Toby Sneed and Trenton Sweet along with Junior Lance Wyrick and Sophomore Corban Tippey took 1st in a time of 8:23 good enough for a New Program Indoor Record and the 2nd best time currently in our Class 1a-2a-3a Small School Division. The old record was set in 2019 at 8:29 by Jacob Winger, Sol O’Blenis, Colin Harts, and Dillon Mitchell.
Sweet and Wyrick joined forces with Seniors Levi Trexler and AJ Austin to battle to a close 2nd Place in the 4×4 Relay just hundreths of a second off Delta. Their time of 3:37.66 was a season best by nearly 10 seconds and took them from not State ranked to a Top 6 Team in our division. Their times ranks 3rd all time in program history and fastest since 2019.
Trexler along with Junior Micah McKinney, Junior Morshown Cotton, and Freshman Jalen Scott were not as fast as they have been in previous weeks but still managed a 3rd overall and a time good enough for 6th in program history.
The DMR featured Sneed, Tippey, and McKinney all doubling along with Senior Kaleb Westgate. The foursome recorded a time of 11:48 good enough for 9th all time in program history.
Individually Senior Nate Brower posted the only 1st for the Golden Eagles in the Pole Vault with a clearance of 12-6. A mark that matches his previous marks and best for 3rd all time in program history behind Caiden Lake and Gavin Holz. His younger Freshman brother Kyle took 3rd in the Pole Vault with a mark of 12-0 while Junior Maddux Boswell competing for the first time this indoor season cleared 11 feet which was good enough for 4th overall. Both the younger Brower and Boswell posted Top 10 in program history heights.
Trexler shined in the High Jump taking 2nd on misses at 6 feet a new personal best. His mark is 3rd best indoors in program history trailing only multi time State Qualifier Corey Aughinbaugh and 2012 State Runner Up Michael Moffitt. Junior Drew Elzinga also competed well in the High Jump taking 6th overall clearing 5-8. Elzinga was also a Top 10 finisher in the 60 Meter Hurdles taking 7th overall.
Freshman Golden Eagle Jalen Scott set a new personal best in the 60 Meter Dash of 7.23 bettering his previous 2nd best program mark from two weeks ago. Scott now only trails Tahj Johnson on the all time list. Junior Reese Hernandez competing for the 1st time for OHTF posted a Top 20 time in the 60 Meter Dash as well coming in 16th overall.
Senior Tai Johnson led the throwing crew with a strong 6th place overall finish in the Shot Put in a new indoor personal best 44-4. That mark is 6th best in program history. Sophomore Thane Jones had another solid showing throwing just under 41 feet to finish Top 10 overall. Junior Blake Reece was 15th overall.
Austin and Junior Cameron Jones took 16th and 18th respectively in the Long Jump. While Sophomore Brayden Sommers was 18th in the 60 Meter Hurdles.
The Golden Eagles now wait the results of the final HSR Qualifying meets held Saturday to see who earns a spot in the 2024 Indoor State Finals. The HSR Finals are next Saturday March 23rd. Currently the Golden Eagles have 3 Relays and 4 Individuals Ranked in the State’s Top 24 in our respective Class 1a-2a-3a Division.
