Track Team wins big

Wednesday, 09 May 2012 15:02

by Don Hiatt

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The Churubusco track team hosted Hamilton and Fremont on Tuesday night. The boys were victorious with a 117-12 win over Hamilton and a 104-28 win over Fremont.

Josh LeFever and Austin Boggess both placed in the hurdles for the Eagles. LeFever took first in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.90 and in the 300 hurdles with a time of 42 seconds flat. Boggess placed second in the 110 hurdles with a time of 16.47 and third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 43.40.

In the 100 meter dash, Heath Wiggins finished first with a time of 11.30. Luke McParlan placed third with a time of 11.60. In the 200 dash, Wiggins finished second with a time of 23.30.

Alex Zolman placed first in the 400 meter dash with a time of 55.3. Zolman also placed first in the 800 run with a time of 2:04.62. Tanner Hurley finished third in the 400 dash with a time of 55.9 and Joel Fehring placed second in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:09.00.

Connor Hogeston finished first in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4:58.77 and finished second in the 3200 meter run with a time of 10:31.59. Davon Geiger placed second in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:00.38.

Churubusco’s 4x100, 4x400, and 4x800 all took home first place with times of 45.30, 3:38.49, and 8:58.48.

In long jump, Zolman took first with a jump of 19’10” and Wiggins took second with a jump of 17’5 ?”. In the high jump, Layne Fulk and Joe Zumbrun both took first with a jump of 5’6”. In pole vault, Zach Adams finished first with a vault of 13’0” and Cory Miller finished second with a vault of 12’6”.

Churubusco swept the discus and the shot put. Getting first for the Eagles in the discus was Travis Glick with a throw of 119’3”. Tyler Nevil placed second with a throw of 105’2 ?”. In the shot put, Brient Hicks took first with a throw of 36’10 ?” and Teegan Brumbaugh finished second with a throw of 34’9”.

The girls’ track team also defeated Hamilton 105-18 and Fremont 73-28.

In the 110 hurdles, Danielle Pippenger placed third with a time of 16.90. In the 300 hurdles Emma Frericks placed second with a time of 52.30.

Peyton Summers swept the 100 and 200 meter dashes with times of 12.70 and 27.60. Skyler Barrett also placed second in the 200 meter dash with a time of 28.63.

In the 400 meter dash, Brittany McKinney took first with a time of 1:03.30 and Haley Fulkerson placed second with a time of 1:06.10. In the 800 meter run, Rachel Fehring finished second with a time of 2:49.76.

The Churubusco girls’ 4x100 and 4x800 took first with times of 52.10 and 10:59.5. They finished second in the 4x400 with a time of 4:30.28.

Summers finished first in the long jump with a jump of 14’2 ?” and Pippenger took second in the high jump with a jump of 4’10”. McKenzie Hogeston finished first in the pole vault with a vault of 9’6” and Molly Blake finished second with a vault of 8’0”.

The Monk sisters controlled the discus and shot put. Heather finished first in both with throws of 133’9” in discus and 40’11” in shot put. Katie finished second in both with throws of 125’11 ?” in discus and 33’11” in shot.

Both the boys’ and girls’ start the NECC tournament this week. On Friday, it is at Churubusco so come and support your track team as they are ending their fabulous season.

by Don Hiatt

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