Tiger Cub girls, Eagle boys win county track and field crowns

Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Seelye Stoffregen of Greencastle soars over a hurdle on her way to a victory in the 300-meter hurdles. Stoffregen won both hurdles events and ran on two winning relay teams for a perfect night in the Putnam County track and field meet.
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Stoffregen has perfect 4-4 evening

Greencastle’s girls ran away with the team title on Tuesday evening in the Putnam County track and field meet held at South Putnam, while the hosts captured the boys’ title in a much more closely contested event.

Austin Rumley of South Putnam won the 800-meter run and also ran on the winning 4x400 relay team.
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The Tiger Cubs racked up 120 team points in the girls’ competition, paced by two individual firsts (both hurdles events) and two winning relay spots (4x100 and 4x400) from sophomore Seelye Stoffregen.

Greencastle also got three individual firsts from sophomore Emma Wilson in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 races and three firsts from freshman Keridan Hollis, who won the 100 and 200 dashes and was also on the 4x100 relay team.

Wilson was a 2016 state finalist in the 1,600 and 3,200.

Aubrey Barker of South Putnam was a double winner in the long jump and high jump and just missed a third by placing second in the 100.

Chelsie Edwards of South Putnam won the 400-meter dash on Tuesday.
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Other individual winners were Greencastle’s Jada Amis in the shot put, Nailah Ray in the discus and Sydney Lewis in the pole vault.

South Putnam’s Chelsie Edwards also picked up a first in the 400 and was also a member of the winning 4x800 relay team. Others on the relay squad were Alex Fanning, Ally Nichols and Lexi Vanihel.

Hollis and Stoffregen were joined on the winning 4x100 relay team by Bailey Shuee and Erin Thomas and on the 4x400 team by Shuee and Allison Stevens.

Ryan Heavener of Cloverdale won the 400-meter dash on Tuesday.
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South Putnam was second with 55 points.

In the boys’ competition, individual double winners were South Putnam’s Kieffer Vittetow in the 1,600 and 3,200 and Cloverdale’s Tyler Kaeff (also a 2016 state finalist) in both hurdles events.

Other individual winners were Greencastle’s Seth Nichols in the 100, Elijah Williams in the shot put, Spencer Rhine in the discus and 2016 state finalist J.T. Matthews in the high jump, Cloverdale’s Ryan Heavener in the 400 and Blake Willis in the pole vault, South Putnam’s Austin Rumley in the 800 and North Putnam’s Ethan Christy in the 200 and Brandon Barker in the long jump.

South Putnam won the 4x800 relay to open the running competitions and the 4x400 relay to close out the victory. The Eagles had 70 team points to edge runnerup Cloverdale by 13. North Putnam was one point behind Cloverdale with 56 and Greencastle was a close fourth with 55.

Rumley was a double winner with his 800 title and his spot on the 4x400 relay.

Christy was also a double winner as a member of North Putnam’s winning 4x100 relay team in addition to the victory in the 200.

Girls

Team scores — Greencastle 120, South Putnam 55, North Putnam 45, Cloverdale 20

4x800 relay — 1. South Putnam (Chelsie Edwards, Alex Fanning, Ally Nichols, Lexi Vanihel) 10:58.21, 2. Greencastle (Molly Eising, Katie Haynes, Sydney Kallem, Mike Mozawa) 11:26.06, 3. North Putnam (Kaelynn Abner, Olivia Denny, Taylor Hensley, Torie Louie) 13:12.21

100 hurdles — 1. Seelye Stoffregen (G) 17.59, 2. Kenzie Stoltz (C) 17.77, 3. Hannah Sims (NP) 18.10, 4. Erin Thomas (G) 18.86, 5. Kamrie Monnett (C) 19.10, 6. Josie Lyons (NP) 19.63

100 — 1. Keridan Hollis (G) 13.34, 2. Aubrey Barker (SP) 13.40, 3. Ashley O’Neal (NP) 13.55, 4. Bailey Shuee (G) 14.14, 5. Grace Rightmyer (C) 14.32, 6. Grace Leonard (C) 14.39, 7. Sydney Sims (NP) 15.16, 8. Hailee Young (SP) 15.90

1,600 — 1. Emma Wilson (G) 5:53.06, 2. Sydney Kallem (G) 5:53.60, 3. Lexi Vanihel (SP) 5:56.33, 4. Alanna Nunez (NP) 6;50.57, 5. Alex Fanning (SP) 7:06.10, 6. Torie Louie (NP) 7:47.51

4x100 relay — 1. Greencastle (Keridan Hollis, Bailey Shuee, Erin Thomas, Seelye Stoffregen) 52.34, 2. North Putnam (Brittany Beavers, Aleah Duncan, Sarah Fry, Katie Hines) 54.47, 3. Cloverdale (Ariannna McCracken, Grace Rightmyer, Kenzie Stoltz, Grace Leonard) 54.73, 4. South Putnam (Liz Dugan, Taylor Montgomery, Jessica Todd, Hailee Young) 1:05.37

400 — 1. Chelsie Edwards (SP) 1:04.08, 2. Allison Stevens (G) 1:07.75, 3. Lois Cheatham (SP) 1:08.04, 4. Mika Mozawa (G) 1:08.95, 5. Cari Strasburger (NP) 1:13.21, 6. Brittany Beavers (NP) 1:15, 7. Kiera Rogers (C) 1:21.50

300 hurdles — 1. Seelye Stoffregen (G) 51.51, 2. Kamrie Monnett (C) 53.53, 3. Erin Thomas (G) 53.67, 4. Josie Lyons (NP) 55.00, 5. Hannah Sims (NP) 55.32

800 — 1. Emma Wilson (G) 2:28.94, 2. Ally Nichols (SP) 2:38.47, 3. Molly Eising (G) 2:47.07, 4. Jasmine Blankenship (C) 2:58.50, 5. Alanna Nunez (NP) 3:04.92, 6. Charlotte Lehr (SP) 3:07.77, 7. Olivia Denny (NP) 3:29.71

200 — 1. Keridan Hollis (G) 28.34, 2. Chelsie Edwards (SP) 28.97, 3. Bailey Shuee (G) 29.32, 4. Aubrey Barker (SP) 29.47, 5. Kenzie Stoltz (C) 29.75, 6. Cari Strasburger (NP) 31.24, 7. Sydney Sims (NP) 31.44, 8. Gayle Baugh (C) 34.06

SP — 1. Jada Amis (G) 37-2, 2. Mia Stevens (G) 34-8.5, 3. Emily Gasho (NP) 32-11, 4. Caitlyn Capps (SP) 31-3.5, 5. Lyndi Parent (NP) 30-3, 6. Madison Shoemaker (C) 25-1, 7. Katlyn Rector (SP) 22-3, 8. Katie Selig (C) 18-11.5

D — 1. Nailah Ray (G) 96-2, 2. Emily Gasho (NP) 94-6, 3. Jada Amis (G) 93-7, 4. Lyndi Parent (NP) 88-0, 5. Caitlyn Capps (SP) 86-10, 6. Madison Shoemaker (C) 75-10, 7. Katlyn Rector (SP) 72-5, 8. Katie Selig (C) 56-5

LJ — 1. Aubrey Barker (SP) 15-10.75, 2. Ashley O’Neal (NP) 14-2, Allison Stevens (G) 13-11.25, 4. Erin Thomas (G) 12-11.25, 5. Arianna McCracken (C) 12-11.25, 6. Grace Leonard (C) 12-10.25, 7. Anita Spencer (NP) 12-4.75

HJ — 1. Aubrey Barker (SP) 5-0, 2. Ashley O’Neal (NP) 4-8, 3. Anita Spencer (NP) 4-8, 4. Keeghan McLain (G) 4-6

PV — 1. Sydney Lewis (G) 8-0, 2. Kenzie Stoltz (C) 8-0, 3. Mika Mozawa (G) 6-6

3,200 — 1. Emma Wilson (G) 12:18.70, 2. Sydney Kallem (G) 12:49, 3. Lexi Vanihel (SP) 14:38.28, 4. Taylor Hensley (NP) 15:36.30, 5. Abby Spencer (NP) 16:05.99

4x400 relay — 1. Greencastle (Keridan Hollis, Bailey Shuee, Allison Stevens, Seelye Stoffregen) 4:32.72, 2. South Putnam (Lois Cheatham, Chelsie Edwards, Lexi Vanihel, Ally Nichols) 4:26.03, 3. North Putnam (Brittany Beavers, Aleah Duncan, Sarah Fry, Katie Hines) 4:55.31, 4. Cloverdale (Jasmine Blankenship, Grace Leonard, Arianna McCracken, Kamrie Monnett) 5:00.32

Ethan Christy of North Putnam takes the baton from teammate Jordan Bean in the 4x100 relay on Tuesday.
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Boys

Team scores — South Putnam 70, Cloverdale 57, North Putnam 56, Greencastle 55

4x800 relay — 1. South Putnam (Dru Bottorff, Andrew Carr, Michael Crossman, Karl Egold) 9:08.96, 2. Cloverdale (Ray Bates, Ryan Heavener, Chad Stevens, Elliott Williamson) 9:20, 3. North Putnam (Zach Culberson, Caleb Duncan, James Duncan, Kyle Young) 9:38.50, 4. Greencastle (Justin Berish, Jacob Crawley, Tlan Jones, Izaiah Masters) 10:20.40

110 hurdles — 1. Tyler Kaeff (C) 16.31, 2. Drew Monnett ( C) 17.76, 3. Jack Hutcheson (G) 19.10, 4. Jordan Pope (NP) 20.29, 5. Scott Proctor (NP) 20.50, 6. Dalton Johnson ( SP) 20.85, 7. Izaiah Masters (G) 21.24

100 — 1. Seth Nichols (G) 11.69, 2. Brandon Barker (NP) 11.84, 3. Chris Murray (NP) 11.90, 4. Connor Cain (SP) 12.29, 5. Evan Burton (G) 12.42, 6. Bradley Johnson (C) 12.50, 7. Johnathan Thibodeau (SP) 12.67, 8. Jake Smith (C) 12.75

1,600 — 1. Kieffer Vittetow (SP) 4:50.17, 2. Logan Vandermark (SP) 4:57.33, 3. Clayton Wilson (G) 4:59.31, 4. Ben Gellman ( G) 5:12.39, 5. Kyle Young (NP) 5:30.16, 6. Nolan Maners (C) 5:34.50, 7. Rylan Hall (C) 5:46.06, 8. Adam Bonebreak (NP) 5:57.27

4x100 relay — 1. North Putnam (Jordan Bean, Gage Bell, Ethan Christy, Chris Murray) 46.01, 2. South Putnam (Colin Adams, Connor Cain, Kain Gregory, David Johnson) 46.91, 3. Cloverdale (Bradley Johnson, Jake Smith, Jake Wilkes, Blake Willis) 49.69

400 — 1. Ryan Heavener (C) 54.01, 2. Blake Clearwaters (SP) 55.20, 3. Michael Crossman (SP) 55.49, 4. Jacob Scott (NP) 56.12, 5. Dylan Webster (NP) 56.92, 6. Jacob Crawley (G) 57.06, 7. Elliot Williamson (C) 57.81, 8. Jack Romer (G) 58.36

300 hurdles — 1. Tyler Kaeff (C) 43.20, 2. Jonah Sanders (SP) 43.59, 3. Drew Monnett (C) 45.48, 4. Jack Hutcheson (G) 47.84, 5. Jordan Pope (NP) 48.49, 6. Dalton Johnson (SP) 49.80

800 — 1. Austin Rumley (SP) 2:10.78, 2. Chad Stevens (C) 2:12.88, 3. Caleb Duncan (NP) 2:17.39, 4. James Duncan (NP) 2:18.50, 5. Brady Sczcberik (C) 2:19.14, 6. Dru Bottorff (SP) 2:21.88, 7. Jacob Crawley (G) 2:26.76, 8. Tlan Jones (G) 2:31.55

200 — 1. Ethan Christy (NP) 24.19, 2. Kain Gregory (SP) 24.38, 3. Seth Nichols (G) 24.69, 4. Connor Cain (SP) 25.34, 5. Dillion Binnion (NP) 25.35, 6. Bradley Johnson (C) 26.16, 7. Evan Burton (G) 26.83, 8. Ford Mayhew (C) 27.54

SP — 1. Elijah Williams (G) 49-8.5, 2. Carlie Capps (G) 43-5.5, 3. Dillion Binnion (NP) 39-5.5, 4. Andrew Rude (NP) 39-3.5, 5. Ethan Radford (C) 38-8.5, 6. Kole Bemish (SP) 28-3, 7. Colin Adams (SP) 37-2.5, 8. Abel Bates (C) 31-3

D — 1. Spencer Rhine (G) 122-0.5, 2. Ethan Radford (C) 116-4, 3. Dillion Binnion (NP) 115-3, 4. Carlie Capps (G) 103-0, 5. David Flannelly (NP) 100-5.5, 6. Tray Dickison (C) 100-1.5

LJ — 1. Brandon Barker (NP) 18-9, 2. Kain Gregory (SP) 18-5.5, 3. Scott Proctor (NP) 17-3.75, 4. Drew Monnett (C) 16-9.25, 5. Christian Zeffel (SP) 16-5.5, 6. Tyler Kaeff (C) 16-4, 7. Evan Burton (G) 14-11, 8. Michael King (G) 13-8.5

HJ — 1. J.T. Matthews (G) 6-0, 2. Kain Gregory (SP) 5-10

PV — 1. Blake Willis (C) 12-0, 2. Jordan Berardi (C) 11-6, 3. Justin Berish (G) 10-0, 4. Jack Romer (G) 9-0, 5. David Johnson (SP) 8-6

3,200 — 1. Kieffer Vittetow (SP) 10:15.02, 2. Clayton Wilson (G) 10:24.99, 3. Logan Vandermark (SP) 10:38.78, 4. Ben Gellman (G) 11:23.57, 5. Zach Culberson (NP) 11:46.23, 6. Nolan Maners (C) 12:01.72, 7. Eddie Mannan (C) 12:18.45, 8. Grant Jarboe (NP) 12:59.15

4x400 relay — 1. South Putnam (Colin Adams, Blake Clearwaters, Michael Crossman, Austin Rumley) 3:37.42, 2. Cloverdale (Ryan Heavener, Tyler Kaeff, Drew Monnett, Elliott Williamson) 3:41.72, 3. North Putnam (Dillion Binnion, Ethan Christy, Jacob Scott, Dylan Webster) 3:45.11, 4. Greencastle (Jacob Crawley, Jack Hutcheson, Hector Lezama, Jacob Meyer) 4:03.63

Blake Willis of Cloverdale soars over the pole vault bar to easily win the Putnam County title.
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