Greencastle dominates county meet

Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Greg Lilly receives the hand off from Trevor Teal in the first leg of the 400 meter relay at South Putnam High School Tuesday night during the Putnam County track meet.

Excellent weather welcomed track athletes who converged on South Putnam for the 2009 county track meet Tuesday. Greencastle had a big night and won both meets.

In the boys' meet, Greencastlegirls placed first with 104 points, followed by North Putnam with 80, Cloverdale with 37 and South Putnam with 22. The Greencastle doubled up South Putnam to get the win. GHS scored 108 points, while the Eagles tallied 54, Cloverdale finished with 45 and North Putnam ended the night with 30.

Greencastle won 11 events on the night en route to their victory.

Ashton Marshall won the 200 meters in a time of 23.5, while Jordan Lewis won the 800 meters with a time of 2:06.87. Ben Wilson collected a pair on wins on the night, taking the 3,200 meters in a time of 10:53.50 and the 1,600 meters in 4:44.16.

Greg Lilly secured wins in both hurdling events, winning the 110 meter hurdles in a time of 16.02 and the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 41.89.

Travis Barger won the pole vault with a height of 11-feet and Lewis won the high jump with a height of 6-feet-6-inches.

The 400 meter relay team of Trevor Teal, Lilly, Marshall and Jordan Hickam won in a record time of 44.88, while the team of David Cath, Ryan Payne, Kyle Harlan and Lilly won the 1,600 meter relay in a time of 3:36.75. Ryan Gillespie, Cameron Cash, Harlan and Wilson teamed up to win the 3,200 meter relay in a time of 8:51.46

The Cougars picked up five wins on the night to finish second.

North Putnam's Jerrett Ban and Cloverdale's James Hinton have been duking it out as top dog in county long jump. The duo battled once again Tuesday, with both jumpers putting forth huge efforts.

Hinton jumped an impressive 22-feet, but the leap was only good for a second place finish. Ban's jump of 22-feet-3.5-inches eclipsed the record that has stood for 16 years. Ban also got a win in the 100 with a time of 11.60.

P.J. Enders captured the 400 meters with a time of 53.17, while thrower Josh Keyt won the shot put with a toss of 46-feet-8-inches. Seth Vondersaar won the discus after throwing 139-feet-5-inches.

In the girls meet, the Tiger Cubs were able to collect 10 wins on the night to come away with the win.

Dee Wood had an impressive night for GHS, winning three individual wins on the night. She won the 100 meters in a time of 12.77 and the 200 meters with a time of 27.27. She also won the long jump with a jump of 16-feet-3-inches.

Caitlin Gannaway also had a big night for Greencastle. She tossed the shot put 38-feet-1-inch, breaking her own record of 37-feet-11-inches.

Kaitlyn Murtagh won both the 1,600 meters in a time of 5:55.14 and the 3,200 meters in the time of 12:49.97. Ericka Davis won the 400 meters in a time of 1:03.81.

The 400 meter relay team of Wood, Brittany Girton, Emily Crawley and Laura English won in a time of 52.60, while English, Davies, Olivia Humphreys and Emily Gill won the 1,600 meter relay in a time of 4:30.79. The 3,200 meter relay team of Faith Fear, Ivonne Martinez, Gill and Sara Culler were victorious in a time of 10.38.07.

Rachel Egold, Chelsea Vance and Brittany Cox led the Eagles to their second place finish.

Egold grabbed the win in the 800 meters with a time of 2:32.48 and Cox won the discus with a throw of 98-feet-1-inch. Vance won the pole vault event with a height of 7-feet-6-inches.

The Clovers two athletes pick up three wins to help lift the team to its third place finish.

Mariah Oetken was victorious in the high jump with a height of 4-feet-10-inches, while Holly McCammon won both hurdles events. McCammon won the 100 meter hurdles in 18.71 and the 300 meter hurdles in a time of 54.88.

The track teams will reconvene Friday at South Putnam for the West Central Conference meet beginning at 5 p.m.

At South Putnam

Boys Results

Greencastle 104, North Putnam 80, Cloverdale 37, South Putnam 22

100 -- 1. Ban (NP) 11.60, 2. Couse (CHS) 11.83, 3. Minor (NP) 12.14, 4. Teal (GHS) 12.20, 5. Law (CHS) 12.25, 6. Birt (GHS) 12.30, 7. Nelson (SP) 12.36, 8. Ballew (SP) 12.87

200 -- 1. Marshall (GHS) 23.50, 2. Ban (NP) 23.70, 3. Enders (NP) 24, 4. Hickam (GHS) 24.44, 5. Law (CHS) 24.47, Ballew (SP) 27.07

400 -- 1. Enders (NP) 52.17, 2. Miller (GHS) 53.63, 3. Minor (NP) 53.67, 4. Harlan (GHS) 54.18, 5. Rumley (CHS) 56.94, 6. Bowen (SP) 57.14, Gould (SP) 58.73

800 -- 1. Lewis (GHS) 2:06.87, 2. Cash (GHS) 2:11.48, 3. McLaughlin (NP) 2:13.21, 4. Waycott (CHS) 2:14.38, 5. Cavell (SP) 2:18.35, 6. Quisenberry (NP) 2:19.05, Hayes (SP) 2:21.62

1,600 -- 1. Wilson (GHS) 4:44.16, 2. Quisenberry (NP) 4:50.04, 3. Stevens (GHS) 4:59.97, 4. Green (CHS) 5:13.72, 5. Heavin (SP) 5:16.44

3,200 -- 1. Wilson (GHS) 10:53.50, 2. Gillespie (GHS) 11:03.74, 3. Northrup (SP) 11:09.08, 4. Quisenberry (NP) 11:56.29, 5. Barr (SP) 12:09.64, Mindiola (NP) 12:29.03

110 H -- 1. Lilly (GHS) 16.02, 2. Payne (GHS) 16.69, 3. Keefer (CHS) 16.99, 4. Mason (NP) 17.86, 5. Smiley (SP) 17.96, 6. Rumley (CHS) 19.43, 7. Mason (NP) 19.69

300 H -- 1. Lilly (GHS) 41.89, 2. Hinton (CHS) 42.65, 3. Keefer (CHS) 42.81, 4. Mason (NP) 44.05, 5. Cath (GHS) 44.21, 6. Smiley (SP) 55.19

400 relay -- 1. GHS (Teal, Marshall, Hickam, Lilly) 44.88†, 2. NP (Mason, Enders, Minor, Ban) 45, 3. Cloverdale (Gray, Law, Hinton, Couse) 43.39, 4. South Putnam (Ballew, Smiley, Drawbaugh, Nelson) 48.39

1,600 relay -- 1. GHS (Cath, Payne, Harlan, Lilly) 3:36.75, 2. North Putnam (Mason, Minor, Enders, C. Vondersaar) 3:42.92, 3. Cloverdale (Gray, Pettit, Keefer, Couse) 3:49.13, 4. South Putnam (Bowen, Cavell, Stevens, Gould) 3:55.84

3,200 relay -- 1. GHS (Wilson, Harlan, Cash, Gillespie) 8:51.46, 2. North Putnam (Kirkham, McLaughlin, Paul, Quisenberry) 9:01.67, 3. South Putnam (Cavell, Hayes, Northrup, Heavin) 9:08.24, 4. Cloverdale (Rumley, Thomas, Waycott, Pettit) 9:13.88

HJ -- 1. Lewis (GHS) 6-6, 2. Hinton (CHS) 6-2, 3. Hickam (GHS) 6, 4. Everts (NP) 5-10, 5. Adams (NP) 5-10, 6. Smiley (SP) 5-8

Pole Vault -- 1. Barger (GHS) 11, 2. Drawbaugh (SP) 10-6, 2. Nelson (SP) 10-6, 4. Jones (GHS) 9

LJ -- 1. Ban (NP) 22-03.5†, 2. Hinton (CHS) 22, 3. Hickam (GHS) 20-8, 4. Payne (GHS) 19-6.5, 5. Everts (NP) 18-01.5, 6. Ballew (SP) 16-10,5m 7. Stevens (SP) 15-08

Shot Put -- 1. Keyt (NP) 46-8, 2. S. Vondersaar (NP) 46-5, 3. Masters (SP) 43-6, 4. Moore (CHS) 41-5.5, 5. Harrison (GHS) 41-2.5, 6. Frame (SP) 39-4.5, 7. Schwomeyer (CHS) 35-4.5

Discus -- 1. S. Vondersaar (NP) 139-5, 2. Keyt (NP) 135-4, 3. Masters (SP) 125-6, 4. Moore (CHS) 117-10, 5. Walker (GHS) 113-08, 6. Davis (CHS) 102-5, 7. Guffey (GHS) 100-6.5, 8. Frame (SP) 78-6.5

Girls Results

Greencastle 108, South Putnam 54, Cloverdale 45, North Putnam 30

100 -- 1. Wood (GHS) 12.77, 2. Christy (NP) 14.04, 3. Girton (GHS) 14.14, 4. Rightmyer (CHS) 14.41, 5. Butts (SP) 14.44, 6. Vance (SP) 15.74

200 -- 1. Wood (GHS) 27.27, 2. Girton (GHS) 28.74, 3. Stinson (NP) 30.54, 4. Oetken (CHS) 31.51, 5. McKinney (SP) 31.57, 6. Butts (SP) 32.24

400 -- 1. Davies (GHS) 1:03.81, 2. Oetken (CHS) 1:03.83, 3. McGaughey (NP) 1:06.23, 4. Humphreys (GHS) 1:09.23, 5. Marsteller (SP) 1:12, 6. Otto (SP) 1:15.64

800 -- 1.Egold (SP) 2:32.48, 2. Gill (GHS) 2:35.55, 3. Martinez (GHS) 2:37.63, 4. Jordan (SP) 2:51.63, 5. Small (NP) 2:59.74, 6. Salyers (NP) 3:31.27

1,600 -- 1. Murtagh (GHS) 5:55.14, 2. Lund (SP) 6:07.59, 3. Fear (GHS) 6:14.20, 4. Lyons (CHS) 6:16.73, 5. High (NP) 6:20.44, 6. Routh (CHS) 6:20.70, 7. Cherry (SP) 6:50.77, 8. Salyers (NP) 7:55.77

3,200 -- 1. Murtagh (GHS) 12;49.97, 2. Culler (GHS) 13:23.24, 3. Lund (SP) 13:49.31, 4. Lyons (CHS) 14:10, 5. High (NP) 14:57.25

100 H -- 1. McCammon (CHS) 18.71, 2. Good (GHS) 19.15, 3. Christy (NP) 19.60, 4. Cheatham (SP) 21.68

300 H -- 1 McCammon (CHS) 54.88, 2. Good (GHS) 55.74, 3. Nichols (GHS) 58.72, 4. Cheatham (SP) 1:00.48, 5. Hodgkiss (CHS) 1:05.99, 6. O'Connor (SP) 1:06.79

400 relay -- 1. GHS (Wood, Girton, Crawley, English) 52.60, 2. North Putnam (Stinson, Preecs, McGaughey, Christy) 56.01, 3. Cloverdale (Gray, Camacho, McCamon, Rightmyer) 56.04, 4. South Putnam (Hughes, Marsteller, McKinney, Butts) 1:01.53

1,600 relay -- 1. GHS (Gill, English, Davies, Humphreys) 4:30.79, 2. South Putnam (Otto, Marsteller, Heller, Egold) 4:47.67, 3. North Putnam (McGaughey, Small, Robinson, Stinson) 4:48.71, 4. Cloverdale (Routh, Camacho, McCammon, Oetken) 4:59.72

3,200 relay -- 1. GHS (Fear, Martinez, Gill, Culler) 10:38.07, 2. South Putnam (Lund, Jordan, Marsteller, Egold) 10:50.85

HJ -- 1. Oetken (CHS) 4-10, 2. Preecs (NP) 4-8, 3. Cooper (CHS) 4-8, 4. Warren (SP) 4-4

Pole Vault -- 1. Vance (SP) 7-6, 2. Heller (SP) 6, 3. Barger (GHS) 5-6

LJ -- 1. Wood (GHS) 16-3, 2. English (GHS) 14-4.5, 3. Rightmyer (CHS) 14-3, 4. Robinson (NP) 13-9.25, 5. Butts (SP) 13-9, 6. Cheatham (SP) 12-11, 7. Hodgkiss 12-1

Shot Put -- 1. Gannaway (GHS) 38-1†, 2. Cheatham (CHS) 36-.5, 3. Deer (GHS) 31-1, 4. Hacker (SP) 30-5, 5. Preecs (NP) 29-7, 6. Allen (NP) 27-9, 7. Bowman (SP) 27-6, 8. Gray (CHS) 25-1.5

Discus -- 1. Cox (SP) 98-1, 2. Collins (GHS) 91-8, 3. Searles (SP) 90-4, 4. Cheatham (CHS) 87-6, 5. C. Preecs (NP) 83-7.5, 6. Deer (GHS) 80-4.5, 7. M. Preecs (NP) 67-8, 8. Cooper (CHS) 60-.5

† -- Meet Record

Next meet -- All teams will participate in the West Central Conference meet Friday at 5 p.m.