The Manchester Squire track team had an impressive day winning the Tim Wilkims invitational at Churubusco and setting a plethora of Personal Bests
Carson Heath also walked away with honors as the top point getter for the day.
Manchester outscored second place Wabash by 40 points to lead the 12 team field.
The 4×800 started the day right with a 2nd place finish and a BIG PR of 8:32.99
(Kyler Dale, Oliver Fitzpatrick, Clark Showalter, Jet Thomas)
110 m hurdles: 1st Carson Heath 15.77, 3rd Eli Metzger 16.53
1600 m: 4th Dale 4:48, 5th Fitzpatrick 4:48*
4×100: 5th 46.59 (Metzger, Maddux Greer, Holden Poston, Johnny Miller)
400 m: 3rd Isaiah Acosta. 52.998*, 4th Heath 54.23
300 m hurdles: 1st Metzger 41.44, 3rd Poston 42.23
800 m: 2nd (with a fight to the bitter end) Showalter 2:04.91*, 4th Dale 2:11.12
3200 m: 5th Fitzpatrick 11:03.77, 6th (but seeded 12th) Gabe Selleck 11:03.9*
High Jump: 1st Heath 6’1, 5th Carter Wagoner 5’8
Long Jump: 1st Korbin Presl 20’5.5″, 5th Wagoner 18’4
Discus: 4th Caden Young 127’9*, 5th Cody Curtis 121′
4×400: In an exciting finish Isaiah Acosta fought off Wabash’s anchor leg to help the team run a blistering 3:31.88* and win the event with the second fastest time in the history of the relays. (Acosta, Metzger, Heath, Poston)
Not scoring, but garnering great PRs:
200 m: Johnny Miller 25.87. and Ethan Whiteman 26.97
Shot Put: Nick Cave 41’3.5″, Braxton Miller 37’4.5″
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The Wabash High School boys track team finished runner-up in the 12 team Churubusco Invitational Saturday afternoon. Manchester won the meet. Coleson Kugler was a double event winner (100, 200) and along with Kristian Stanton, Preston Cantrell, and Colin Patton helped the 4×100 relay to a first place finish. The 4×800 relay of Jonas Church, Caidan Burchett, Jace Bullins, and Ezra Church were also champions on the day. Jonas came back later in the afternoon and took home the 800 meter title.
2nd place finishers were
The 4×400 relay of Chase Howard, Ezra Church, Jonas Church, and Coleson Kugler
Ezra Church – 1600
3rd place finishers
Caidan Burchett – 1600
Jace Bullins – 3200
Brett Shull – 800
4th Place Finisher
Isaiah Cordes – 3200
7th Place Finishers
Preston Cantrell – 100
Kristian Stanton – Pole Vault
