Several Wabash County track athletes are headed to the Indoor state finals.
Wabash senior Coleson Kugler qualified for the HSR Finals in the 60 meter dash next Saturday in Indianapolis by virtue of his 6.99 clocking. To qualify for the HSR Finals an athlete needs to post a top 24 mark in their respective event over the course of the last 3 weeks. The Distance Medley Relay of James Unger, Kamden Oswalt, Coleson Kugler, and Ezra Church recorded their best time of the indoor season – 11:37. The 4×8 relay of Luis Trejo, Carsen Morgan, Landen Fisher, and Carter Pegg competed fiercely. Luis and Carsen ran PR’s on their particular legs of the relay. The 4×4 relay of Isaiah Jones, Preston Cantrell, Ian Edmond, and Michael LePage ended the meet almost equaling their best time from a week ago. Preston Cantrell also ran in the 60m dash for the first time clocking an 8.0 second Keaton Fairchild put the shot 34′ an almost 3 foot improvement.
The Squires were on fire at the HSR qualifying meet at Indiana Tech on Saturday with 4 events breaking indoor records. Carson Heath won the 60 m hurdles with a 8.36 breaking his own indoor record while team mates Eli Metzger (8.82) and Holden Poston (8.84) added a 5th and 6th place finish. The 4×200 team of Metzger, Poston, Heath, and Aaron Reid placed third and broke the indoor record in the 4×200 with a blistering 1:35.17 while the 4×400 team of Metzger, Poston, Oliver Fitzpatrick, and Heath placed 2nd with a 3:32.9. Korbin Presl broke his own indoor records winning the high jump at 6’7 and ending up 2nd in the long jump (21’5). Team mate Heath was second in the high jump at 6’3. All of these events will compete next week at the HSR finals in Indianapolis.
Metzger also placed 7th for the Squires in the long jump (19’3) and Fitzpatrick earned a 4th in the 3200 with a time of 10:24. Team mate Wyatt Martin was 15th in 3200 (12:56). Dyllin Gwynn was 10th overall in the shot put (38’8) and Braxton Miller placed 16th (32’5).
The Lady Squires had another excellent day at the indoor state qualifying meet at Indiana Tech on Saturday. The 4×200 team of Raimi Vawter, Peyton Ream, Ava Simcoe, and Olivia Stevens placed 2nd overall and once again broke their own indoor record with a time of 1:52.38 and are headed to the indoor state meet next Saturday in Indianapolis. Vawter and Ream both placed third in the 60 m (8.12)* and 60 m hurdles (9.89) qualifying, as well. Kaylee Fetters is on the bubble, but it looks promising that her jump of 4’10 will get her to State. She placed third and team mate Sophie Cumberland earned 7th (4’8) in the high jump. Freshman Amara Everage improved her PR in the 60 m hurdles to 11.46 and placed 8th while the 4×400 team of Ream, Jocelyn Young, Stevens, and Vawter took 6th (4:35).
