BLANCHESTER — Dominating on its home layout, the Blanchester High School boys track and field team lapped the field Friday at the Blanchester Invitational at Barbour Memorial Field track complex.
The Wildcats recorded eight first-place finishes en route to 167 points. Runnerup Batavia had 73 and third-place East Clinton totaled 68.
The top finish for the Astros were runnerup placements by Anthony Osburn in the 100-meter dash (12.04 seconds), Zack Mitchell in the 200-meter dash (24.9 seconds), Thomas Wright in the discus (136-1.5) and Ethan Ambrose in the high jump (5-6).
Derick Bowman won two individual events for Blanchester and took part in two winning relays. He won the 110-meter high hurdles (16.67) and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles (42.86).
Bowman, Jacob Burden, Lucas Thacker and Brent Hopkins finished in 1:38.08 and won the 4×200-meter relay.
Bowman, Tanner Creager, Cole Feirl and Dylan Miller toured the BHS oval four times in 3:46 and won the 4×400-meter relay.
Johnny Schirmer cleared 5-8 to win the high jump and Burden posted a best of 19-5.25 in winning the long jump event.
The 4×800-meter relay team of Creager, Feirl, Sean Holland and Ricky Davis finished in 8:59.92 and placed first. The 4×100-meter team of Hopkins, Burden, Thacker and Dale Sturgill went 46.3 and finished first.
SUMMARY
April 28, 2017
Blanchester Invitational
@Barbour Memorial Field
TEAM SCORES: Blanchester 167 Batavia 73 East Clinton 68 Eastern Brown 57 Whiteoak 48 Clermont NE 43 Georgetown 43 Goshen 35 Bethel-Tate 31 Fayetteville 29 Western Brown 17 Miami Valley Christian 10
4×800 RELAY: 1, Blanchester (Tanner Creager, Cole Feirl, Sean Holland, Ricky Davis) 8:59.92
110 HURDLES: 1, Derick Bowman (BL) 16.67; 3, Wes Kidder (EC) 18.25; Brenda Walters (EC) 21.87
100 DASH: 1, Jenkins (CNE) 11.77; 2, Anthony Osburn (EC) 12.04; 4, Brent Hopkins (BL) 12:09; 6, Patrick Dotson (EC) 12.23; 7, Dale Sturgill (BL) 12.33
4×200 RELAY: 1, Blanchester (Jacob Burden, Derick Bowman, Lucas Thacker, Brent Hopkins) 1:38.08; 6, East Clinton (Cameron Yankey, Devin Henson, Aidan Henson, Todd Wedding) 1:48.3
1600 RUN: 1, Coates (BT) 4:35.62; 10, Sean Holland (BL) 5:15.06; 13, Danny Feal Fajardo (EC) 5:34.04; 14, Ricky Davis (BL) 5:38.45; 16, Ethan Jones (EC) 5:58.89
4×100 RELAY: 1, Blanchester (Brent Hopkins, Jacob Burden, Lucas Thacker, Dale Sturgill) 46.3; 3, East Clinton (Wes Kidder, Zack Mitchell, Patrick Dotson, Anthony Osburn) 47.24
400 DASH: 1, Ison (WO) 54.4; 2, Dylan Miller (BL) 55.3; 4, Cole Feirl (BL) 57.13; 7, Todd Wedding (EC) 58.73; 13, Devin Henson (EC) 61.47
300 HURDLES: 1, Derick Bowman (BL) 42.86 (PR); 3, Wes Kidder (EC) 43.81; 4, Clayton Schirmer (BL) 47.17
800 RUN: 1, Rigdon (EB) 2:07.31; 2, Tanner Creager (BL) 2:12.18; 3, Ricky Davis (BL) 2:13.29; 8, Aidan Henson (EC) 2:30.87; 15, Ethan Jones (EC) 2:46.2
200 DASH: 1, Scaggs (BA) 24.88; 2, Zack Mitchell (EC) 24.9; 4, Dale Sturgill (BL) 25.77; 6, Noah Armocida (BL) 26.02; 9, Todd Wedding (EC) 27.17
3200 RUN: 1, Cook (BA) 10:41.58; 4, Tyler Holland (BL) 11:28.26; 7, Mathew O’Neil (BL) 12:58.53
4×400 RELAY: 1, Blanchester (Tanner Creager, Derick Bowman, Cole Feirl, Dylan Miller) 3:46
SHOT PUT: 1, Houston (EB) 46-8; 2, Joey Holcomb (BL) 44-11; 4, Matt Grogg (BL) 37-6; 19, Owen Dalton (EC) 20-8; 20, Brendan Walters (EC) 18-5.5
DISCUS: 1, Houston (EB) 143-7; 2, Thomas Wright (EC) 136-1.5; Reijdyn Bare (BL) 108-10.25 (PR); 6, Brendan Walters (EC) 98-3
LONG JUMP: 1, Jacob Burden (BL) 19-5.25; 3, Zack Mitchell (EC) 18-5; 5, Noah Armocida (BL) 16-3.25; 9, Aidan Henson (EC) 15-8.25
HIGH JUMP: 1, Johnny Schirmer (BL) 5-8; 2, Ethan Ambrose (EC) 5-6; 3, Dylan Miller (BL) 5-6
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Ladycats strong
on track Friday,
win Blan invite
BLANCHESTER — With a strong showing on the track, the Blanchester High School girls track and field team won the Blanchester Invitational Friday at the Barbour Memorial Field track complex.
The Ladycats won seven events — all on the track — and finished with 124 points while runnerup Eastern Brown finished with 87 points. East Clinton was 10th with 23 points.
The top showing for East Clinton was by a pair of relay teams. The 4×800-meter team of Rebecca Bevan, Hannah Pickering, Carli Ellis and Alex Hughes finished fourth (13:24.08) as did the 4×100-meter team of Emma Malone, Veronica Brewer, Mindy Bean and Emilee Cross. They ran 57.1.
For Blanchester, the 4×800 team of Mckenzie Hamm, Olivia Gundler, Savannah Rhodes and Emma Gundler ran 10:44.42 and started things in the running events with a victory.
Hamm, the Gundler sisters and Alley Davis won the final track event, the 4×400-meter relay, in 4:32.65.
In the 4×200 relay, Hamm, Davis, Emma Gundler and Mandy Gerlach claimed first in 1:56.
Olivia Gundler clocked a personal best of 5:45.45 and won the 1,600-meter run. Emma Gundler went 1:03.68 and hit the line first in the 400-meter dash. Hamm was a winner in the 800-meter run in 2:34.29. Rhodes was triumphant in the 3,200-meter run in 12:38.98.
SUMMARY
April 28, 2017
Blanchester Invitational
@Barbour Memorial Field
TEAM SCORES: Blanchester 124 Eastern Brown 87 Georgetown 64 Bethel-Tate 57 Clermont NE 51 Western Brown 47 Batavia 41 Miami Valley Christian 27 Whiteoak 27 East Clinton 23 Fayetteville 22 Goshen 13
4×800 RELAY: 1, Blanchester (Mckenzie Hamm, Olivia Gundler, Savannah Rhodes, Emma Gundler) 10:44.42; 4, East Clinton (Rebecca Bevan, Hannah Pickering, Carli Ellis, Alex Hughes) 13:24.08
100 HURDLES: 1, Staggs (EB) 17.41; 2, Megan Highlander (BL) 18.39; 7, Veronica Brewer (EC) 21.61
100 DASH: 1, Hopkins (EB) 13.44; 6, Asia Baldwin (BL) 13.9; 9, Emma Malone (EC) 14.36; 12, Megan Highlander (BL) 14.68; 17, Mindy Bean (EC) 15.63
4×200 RELAY: 1, Blanchester (Mckenzie Hamm, Alley Davis, Mandy Gerlach, Emma Gundler) 1:56; 7, East Clinton (Emilee Cross, Mindy Bean, Sarah Ross, Veronica Brewer) 2:18.62
1600 RUN: 1, Olivia Gundler (BL) 5:45.45 (PR); 3, Savannah Rhodes (BL) 5:53.22; 11, Rebecca Bevan (EC) 6:50.58
4×100 RELAY: 1, Georgetown 55.85; 4, East Clinton (Emma Malone, Veronica Brewer, Mindy Bean, Emilee Cross) 57.1
400 DASH: 1, Emma Gundler (BL) 1:03.68; 4, Alley Davis (BL) 1:05.54
300 HURDLES: 1, Staggs (EC) 50.37; 2, Asia Baldwin (BL) 50.68; 3, Mandy Gerlach (BL) 55.41
800 RUN: 1, Mckenzie Hamm (BL) 2:34.29; 11, Hannah Pickering (EC) 3:12.51; 15, Alex Hughes (EC) 3:38.65
200 DASH: 1, Bailey (WO) 27.65; 6, Asia Baldwin (BL) 29.7; 9, Emma Malone (EC) 30.39; 14, Emilee Cross (EC) 32.45
3200 RUN: 1, Savannah Rhodes (BL) 12:38.98
4×400 RELAY: 1, Blanchester (Mckenzie Hamm, Olivia Gundler, Alley Davis, Emma Gundler) 4:32.65
SHOT PUT: 1, Laney (FA) 31-9.5; 3, Morgan Deless (BL) 29-2; 6, Cassie Parks (EC) 26-0.5;
DISCUS: 1, Farris (EB) 108-6; 2, Morgan Deless (BL) 101-0; 6, Cassie Parks (EC) 64-10
LONG JUMP: 1, Hopkins (EB) 17-5; 6, Emma Malone (EC) 14-6; 8, Asia Baldwin (BL) 13-5.5; 9, Mindy Bean (EC) 13-1.5; 10, Mandy Gerlach (BL) 13-1
HIGH JUMP: 1, Leonard (BT) 4-10
