Menu
Local runners barely miss state qualification
BLOOMINGTON -- Paced by a couple of runners narrowly missing the state finals, the Putnam County girls' track season ended likely Tuesday evening at the Bloomington North Regional.
With the top three competitors advancing in each event, South Putnam senior Ariel Higgins and Greencastle junior Kat King came tantalizingly close to qualifying for the IHSAA State Finals, each finishing fourth in an event.
Higgins' lost a heartbreaker in the 300 hurdles to Abby Denham of White River Valley, finishing in 47.15 seconds, just a one-hundredth of a second closer than Denham.
While not quite as close in terms of time, King also came so close, finishing fourth in the 100 meters with a time of 13.06, just missing out on a return trip to the state finals after qualifying as a sophomore.
As a team, South Putnam finished in 20th place with nine points, followed by Greencastle, which was tied for 21st with seven.
With two points, Cloverdale tied for 28th. North Putnam failed to record a point.
Higgins led the charge for the Eagles, adding a sixth-place finish in the 100 hurdles with a time of 16.88.
Also running in a pair of individual events for South Putnam was Madie Egold, who came home 11th in the 1,600 (5:55.25) and 14th in the 3,200 (13:11.95).
The Eagles' 4X800 relay of Egold, Maddie McHugh, Michaela Scales and Jessica Jones finished eighth in a time of 10:43.63.
A pair of relays were in action for the Lady Tiger Cubs, with the 4X100 team of Bailey Lausee, Corrie Romer, Sarah Miller and King finishing seventh with a time of 52.36.
The 4X400 team of Allison White, Brittany Welker, King and Romer was 11th with a time of 4:26.06.
Ariana Pershing gave GHS a ninth-place finish in the 3,200 with a time of 12:25.28. White was also ninth in the high jump with a leap of four feet, 10 inches.
Grace Smith was 12th for GHS in the 1,600, with Romer finishing 15th in the 200 and Mia Stevens 15th in the shot put.
Cloverdale pole vaulter Samantha Atwood scored the Clovers' only two points when she finished seventh with a height of 10 feet.
Elsewhere in field events, Laura Worthington was ninth in the discus, with a throw of 92 feet, six inches.
For the Cougars, Adri Millican was 10th in the shot put with a distance of 33 feet, five inches. Emily O'Neal was 14th in the 200 with a time of 28.55 seconds.
At Bloomington North
IHSAA Girls' Track Regional
Putnam County Results
100: 4. Kat King (GHS) 13.06
200: 14. Emily O'Neal (NP) 28.55, 15. Corrie Romer (GHS) 29.41
1,600: 11. Madie Egold (SP) 5:55.25, 12. Grace Smith (GHS) 5:55.25
3,200: 9. Ariana Pershing (GHS) 12:25.28, 14. Madie Egold (SP) 13:11.95
100 Hurdles: 6. Ariel Higgins (SP) 16.88
300 Hurdles: 4. Ariel Higgins (SP) 47.15
High Jump: 9. Allison White (GHS) 4-10
Discus: 9. Laura Worthington (CHS) 92-6
Shot Put: 10. Adri Millican (NP) 33-5, 15. Mia Stevens (GHS) 31-11.5
Pole Vault: 7. Samantha Atwood (CHS) 10-0
4X100 Relay: 7. Greencastle (Bailey Lausee, Corrie Romer, Sarah Miller, Kat King) 52.36
4X400 Relay: 11. Greencastle (Allison White, Brittany Welker, Kat King, Corrie Romer) 4:26.06
4X800 Relay: 8. South Putnam (Madie Egold, Maddie McHugh, Michaela Scales, Jessica Jones) 10:43.63