Both varsity track and field squads came in behind Gaylord at a quad meet last week. Their first regular outdoor meet of the season, the Blue Devils were able to compete in all of the events, and some improved from their first meet of the season at LSSU.
Bella Smith (14.09) was runner up in the girls 100m dash. Abrianna Spencer (14.74) and Isabeau Woodard (15.02-PR) placed fifth and eighth respectively. Javonte Bellamy (11.48) won the boys event and Dean Roe (12.11) placed seventh. Smith (28.49) was also runner up in the girls 200m dash. Grace Mayer (1:05.98) finished second in the girls 400m dash and Isabelle McCord (1:11.64-PR) placed sixth.
Easton Hills (2:37.35) and Ryan O’Connor (2:37.45-PR) placed seventh and eighth respectively in the boys 800m run. Regan Sporte (6:20.51) won the girls 1600m run and Leighton Nyboer (7:27.23) came in third. O’Connor (5:36.88) had an eighth place finish in the boys mile run. Sporte (14:25.90) and Nyboer (16:28.68) placed second and third in the girls 3200m run, and Hayden Preston (12:51.26) finished third for the boys.
Isaac Niebuhr (17.68) won the 110m boys high hurdles and Wyatt Peabody (19.55) and Owen Rice (19.62) placed fourth and sixth. Ava Mayer (57.37) won the girls 300m low hurdles and Niebuhr (44.92-PR), Rice (46.92) and Isaac Peabody (1:05.85) took first, second and fifth in the boys event.
The 4×100 relay team of Spencer, Alex Balyeat, Jordyn Giffen and Raelene Corbiere finished second with a time of 57.22. Stephanie Jones, G. Mayer, Smith and Spencer won the 4×200 relay with a time of 1:55.08. Roe, Caleb Klier, Max VanDoren and Bellamy won the boys 4×200 with a time of 1:36.90. Jones, Smith, A. Mayer and G. Mayer won the girls 4×400 with a time of 4:34.90 and VanDoren, Ian Southwell, Rice and Klier finished second in the boys 4×400 in 3:50.00. Both teams won the 4×800 relays. Jones, Elise Proulx, McCord and Sporte finished in 12:06.45 and Klier, Southwell, Preston and Owen O’Connor finished in 9:46.00.
Annabelle Fazzari (31’09.25”) took third in the girls shot put and Thelma Osumili (28’10”) placed fifth. Abby Kachur (25’10.5”) placed seventh and Alena Alcorn (25’09”-PR) had an eighth place finish. Brady Ditmyer (40’05”) placed third for the boys. Fazzari (76’0”), Maddie McLean (64’04”) and Kachur (61’04”) threw fourth, fifth and sixth respectively in the girls discus. Ditmyer (116’0”-PR) placed fourth and Mason Berry (97’3”-PR) placed eighth for the boys.
McCord (4’6”-PR), Gracie Akridge (4’6”) and Giffen (4’4”) went third, fourth and fifth in the girls high jump. Niebuhr (5’8”-PR) won for the boys, with Deacon Clement (5’4”) coming in second, Southwell (4’10”) sixth and Ben James (4’10”) jumped seventh. In the girls pole vault, Ayla Menard (6’0”) placed fourth and W. Peabody (9’6”-PR) vaulted seventh for the boys. In the girls long jump, Giffen (13’3.5”) jumped third, Woodard (12’8”-PR) jumped fourth, McLean (12’6.5”) jumped fifth and Akridge (10’10.5-PR) jumped eighth. For the boys, all of the jumpers that placed improved on their previous records. Tristan Walcher (17’8.5”-PR) was runner up in the event, Niebuhr (17’4.5”-PR) was fourth and VanDoren (16’7.5”-PR) jumped sixth.
Coach Becky Arbic praised her athletes and their performances at the meet. “For the boys Isaac Niebuhr jumped 5’8”, that’s a 4” PR!! We have a handful of young jumpers with a lot of potential, I’m looking forward to see how they can develop. For the girls Gracie Akridge, Jordyn Giffen & Izzy McCord all had solid performances especially for this early in the season. All mid distance gals put in great times in the 400 & 800. Bella Smith ran a smokin leg of the 4×400, her first time running that distance.”
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