Manchester Girls/Wabash Boys Capture County Track Titles
The Manchester girls and Wabash boys took home Wabash County track titles Wednesday.
For the 5th straight year, the Lady Squires track team has run away with the County crown. With great performances and a balanced show, the ladies managed to win the last County track meet.
Scoring for the Ladies:
1st-4×100 (Olivia Davis, Taryn Finch, Ava Simcoe, Peyton Ream) 52.51
1st-100 m Davis 13.44, 4th Simcoe 13.91
1st-1600 m-Evyn Fox 5:52, 4th Rachel Steely 6:13
1st-800 m-Ava Egolf 2:28.32*
1st 3200 m-Ayla Cashdollar 13:04, 5th Aubree Carroll 16:56
1st 200 m-Finch 27.72, 4th Simcoe 29.4
4×800-2nd (Egolf, Lauryn Reichenbach, Cashdollar, Hannah Eberly) 10:29*
100 m hurdles-2nd Ream 18.05
400 m-2nd Cashdollar 1:04.25*, 5th Kaylee Fetters 1:09
300 m hurdles-3rd Reichenbach 54.47*
4×400 2nd (Egolf, Cashdollar, Fox, Reichenbach) 4:25
Long Jump-4th Simcoe 14′
Shot Put- 2nd Lesli Saucedo 26.25, 3rd Kaelyy Kamp 25’6
High Jump- 4th Finch 4’8
Discus-2nd Bronwyn Harris 78’11, 3rd Kamp 71.5
So proud of you Ladies.
The Squires compete at Sectionals next Tuesday at Bremen.
The guys had many excellent performances, but came up short to a strong Wabash team. The very last event was the race of the night as teammates Eli Metzger, Tyler McClain, Kyler Dale, and Carson Heath won over Wabash in a photo finish. Heath managed through sheer determination to hold off Wabash’s number one sprinter in a fantastic race.
County Champions:
High Jump-Heath 6’2, 2nd Carter Wagoner 5’10
Long Jump-Wagoner 19’7, 2nd Korbin Presl 19’1
4×100-(Metzger, Wagoner, Thomas Rodriguez, McClain) 45.5
Also scoring:
Discus-3rd Hank Dyson 110’6*
100 m-2nd Rodriguez 11.75, 3rd McClain 11.98
300 m hurdles-2nd Metzger 42.98, 3rd Holden Poston 44.58
110 m hurdles-2nd Heath 15.5, 3rd Metzger 16.19
200 m-3rd Rodriguez 23.93, 4th Presl 25.82
3200 m-3rd Dale 10:31, 4th Oliver Fitzpatrick 11:18*
4×800- 3rd (Dale, Fitzpatrick, Simon Van, Clark Showalter) 8:31
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The Wabash High School boys track team ended Wednesday night as the 2024 county champions after great efforts from all team members.
County Champions for Wabash Were
Isaac Byers – shot put, discus
Kaden Vogel – 1600
Spencer Stout – 110H, 300H
Coleson Kugler – 100, 200
Isaiah Cordes – 3200
Ezra Church – 800
The 4×800 relay of Jonas Church, Ezra Church, Brett Shull, Drew Guenin-Hodson. The relay set a new county meet record with a time of 8:21.36
2nd place finishers were
Caidan Burchett – 1600
Jace Bullins – 3200
Spencer Stout – 200
The 4×400 relay of Jonas Church, Brett Shull, Drew Guenin-Hodson, Coleson Kugler
3rd place finishers were
Brett Shull – 400
Chase Howard – 800
Spencer Stout – high jump
TJ Fritter – pole vault
4th place finishers were
Drew Guenin-Hodson – 400
Coleson Kugler – pole vault
Kristian Stanton – long jump
5th place finishers were
Kristian Stanton – 100
Grant Ford – Discus
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The boys track team traveled to Wabash Wednesday evening to compete in the County Meet. The boys finished 3rd with 41 points. Wabash won the meet with 96pts, followed by Manchester with 68pts, and Southwood finished 4th with 37pts.
First Place:
Pole Vault- Tyler Haupert 10’6″
Second Place:
Discus- James Sisco 115′ 7″
4x100m- Blake Aderman, Cayden Amburgey, Turner Stephens, Tyler Haupert 47.38 PR
Pole Vault- Brayden Rice 10′
4x800m- Brayden Rice, Logan Lyons, Mason Lyons, Ryan Brunett 8:30.62 PR
Third Place:
Long Jump- Blake Aderman 19′ 1″ PR
1600m- Logan Lyons 4:58.9 PR
Fourth Place:
Shot Put- Kalel Dunn 39′ 7.25″
Discus- Ryland Miller 106′ 11″
100m- Tyler Haupert 12:12
300m Hurdles- Blake Aderman 45.51 PR
110mH Hurdles- Blake Aderman 16.3 PR
Fifth Place:
Shot Put- James Sisco 37′ 5.5″
400m- Mason Lyons 55.98 PR
800m- Brayden Rice 2:14.37
Nonscoring Athletes with Personal Bests:
Isaiah Widemon 26.96 (200m); Ashton Aderman 13:35.82 (3200m); Ryland Miller 5:05.71 (1600m)
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The Northfield girls track team traveled to Wabash Wednesday evening to compete in County. The girls finished 4th with 31pts. Manchester won the meet with 83 points followed by Wabash 75pts, and Southwood 52pts.
First Place:
Pole Vault- Sophia Holley 7′
Second Place:
100m- Sophia Holley 13.78
200m- Sophia Holley 28.63 PR
Pole Vault- Olia Leffert 6’6″
Third Place:
High Jump- Laney Haupert 4’10”
Fourth Place:
800m- Laney Haupert 2:40.95 PR
Shot Put- Avery Sisco 23’5″
Discus- Avery Sisco 71′ 3″
3200m- Olia Leffert 16:20.46
Fifth Place:
800m- Trinity Bever 2:45.66
Shot Put- Zarla Dunn 23′ 2.5″
NonScoring Athletes with Personal Bests:
Olia Leffert 7:01.61 (1600m)
To view photos from the meet click on the facebook link below
