Putnam schools each have all-WIC winners

Thursday, May 11, 2017
North Putnam’s Chris Murray battles Sullivan’s Eric Tomey in the 100-meter dash finals on Thursday evening.
Banner Graphic/Joey Bennett

ELLETTSVILLE — Putnam County’s four schools all placed in the bottom half of the team standings at the Western Indiana Conference boys’ track and field meet on Thursday evening, but each had at least one individual or relay champion.

Cloverdale’s Tyler Kaeff won the 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 15.76, while South Putnam’s Kieffer Vittetow captured the 1,600 title in a time of 4:27.24.

North Putnam captured the 4x100 relay crown in a time of 45.00, finishing .19 seconds ahead of runnerup Sullivan.

Members of the Cougar relay team were Gage Bell, Jordan Bean, Ethan Christy and Chris Murray.

Greencastle had a pair of winners in the field events, as J.T. Matthews won the high jump with a leap of 6-3 and Elijah Williams won the shot put with a throw of 46-7.

Kaeff placed second in the 300 hurdles, while Vittetow took second in the 3,200.

South Putnam’s Kain Gregory was second in the high jump, while Clayton Wilson of Greencastle was third in the 3,200.

Edgewood won the team standings with 84 points, followed by West Vigo with 76, Brown County with 71, Cascade with 63, Sullivan with 62, Owen Valley with 58, South Putnam with 49, Greencastle with 39, Cloverdale with 36, Northview with 32, North Putnam with 29 and Indian Creek with 25.

Brown County won the 4x800 relay, while Cascade won the 4x400 relay title.

Other individual winners were West Vigo’s Ethan Roach in the 100 and the 200, Cascade’s Sean Johnson in the 400, Cascade’s Zachary Deurloo in the 300 hurdles, Brown County’s Wyatt Wyman in the 800, Brown County’s Austin Haskett in the 3,200, Edgewood’s Noah Bise in the long jump, Indian Creek’s Noah Maness in the discus and Sullivan’s Wes Bedwell in the pole vault.

Team scores — Edgewood 84, West Vigo 76, Brown County 71, Cascade 63, Sullivan 62, Owen Valley 58, South Putnam 49, Greencastle 39, Cloverdale 36, Northview 32, North Putnam 29, Indian Creek 25

4x800 relay — 1. Brown County 8:13.27, 4. South Putnam (Austin Rumley, Michael Crossman, Dru Bottorff, Karl Egold) 8:43.16, 5. Cloverdale (Ray Bates, Elliott Williamson, Chad Stevens, Ryan Heavener) 8:58.99, 6. North Putnam (Zach Culberson, James Duncan, Caleb Duncan, Jacob Scott) 9:01.19

110 hurdles prelims — 1. Tyler Kaeff (Cl) 16.04, 9. Drew Monnett (Cl) 17.52, 13. Scott Proctor (NP) 18.64, 16. Jack Hutcheson (G) 19.20, 18. Dalton Johnson (SP) 20.21, 19. Jordan Pope (NP) 20.67

110 hurdles finals — 1. Tyler Kaeff (Cl) 15.76

100 prelims — 1. Dakota Caton (Su) 11.44, 6. Brandon Barker (NP) 11.91, 7. Chris Murray (NP) 11.91, 15. Connor Cain (SP) 12.32, 18. Bradley Johnson (Cl) 12.48, 19. Evan Burton (G) 12.54, 21. Jake Smith (Cl) 12.67, 22. Johnathan Thibodeau (SP) 12.79, 23. Michael King (G) 13.16

100 finals — 1. Ethan Roach (WV) 11.01, 7. Chris Murray (NP) 11.92, 8. Brandon Barker (NP) 12.18

1,600 — 1. Kieffer Vittetow (SP) 4:27.24, 6. Logan Vandermark (SP) 4:49.32, 18. Nolan Maners (Cl) 5:25.47, 19. Rylan Hall (Cl) 5:33.87, 20. Tylan Jones (G) 5:34.92, 21. Adam Bonebreak (NP) 5:43.73

4x100 relay — 1. North Putnam (Gage Bell, Jordan Bean, Ethan Christy and Chris Murray) 45.00, 7. South Putnam (Kain Gregory, Christian Zeffel, Johnathan Thibodeau, Connor Cain) 47.22

400 — 1. Sean Johnson (Ca) 50.93, 8. Ryan Heavener (Cl) 53.77, 9. Michael Crossman (SP) 53.84, 13. Elliott Williamson (Cl) 55.31, 15. Blake Clearwaters ( SP) 56.16, 17. John Huffman (NP) 56.44, 21. Dylan Webster (NP) 1:00.79, 22. Gage Slater (G) 1:01.67, 23. Craig Helmers (G) 1:12.62

300 hurdles — 1. Zachary Deurloo (Ca) 41.57, 2. Tyler Kaeff (Cl) 41.86, 6. Jonah Sanders (SP) 42.78, 13. Jack Hutcheson (G) 46.72, 16. Scott Proctor (NP) 48.09, 18. Jordan Pope ( NP) 49.02,

800 — 1. Wyatt Wyman (BC) 2:01.85, 9. Austin Rumley (SP) 2:08.34, 10. Jacob Crawley (G) 2:09.52, 12. Chad Stevens (Cl) 2:10.91, 14. Caleb Duncan (NP) 2:11.46, 18. James Duncan (NP) 2:16.56, 19. Brady Sczcerbik (Cl) 2:17.46, 20. Dru Bottorff (SP) 2:21.16

200 preliminaries — 1. Eric Tomey (Su) 23.86, 7. Ethan Christy (NP) 24.58, 8. Brandon Barker (NP) 24.76, 13. Kain Gregory (SP) 25.07, 16. Connor Cain (SP) 25.36, 18. Bradley Johnson (Cl) 25.99, 19. Evan Burton (G) 26.01, 21. Jake Smith (Cl) 26.15, 23. Michael King (G) 27.40

200 finals — 1. 1. Ethan Roach (WV) 22.65, 4. Ethan Christy (NP) 23.998. 8. Brandon Barker (NP) 25.01

SP — 1. Elijah Williams (G) 46-7, 4. Carlie Capps (G) 42-6, 9. Dillion Binnion (NP) 38-11, 11. Andrew Rude (NP) 38-7, 14. Colin Adams (SP) 37-1.5, 18. Kole Bemish (SP) 34-6, 21. Abel Bates (Cl) 32-4.5

D — 1. Noah Maness (IC) 161-9, 4. Spencer Rhine (G) 131-10, 9. David Flannelly (NP) 117-4, 10. Dillion Binnion (NP) 113-9, 14. Tray Dickison (Cl) 108-0, 19. Mickey Cooper (G) 99-1, 21. Colin Adams (SP) 96-4, 22. Kole Bemish (SP) 91-3

LJ — 1. Noah Bise (E) 20-6.5, 5. Scott Proctor (NP) 18-11.5, 12. Christian Zeffel (SP) 17-9, 12. Kain Gregory (SP) 17-9, 19. Michael King (G) 16-0.5, 21. Brandon Barker 14-5

HJ — 1. J.T. Matthews (G) 6-3, 2. Kain Gregory (SP) 6-1, 15. Christian Zeffel (SP) 5-4, 18. Gage Slater (G) 5-0

PV — 1. Wes Bedwell (Su) 11-6, 6. Jordan Berardi (Cl) 10-0, 8. Jack Romer (G) 10-0, 14. David Johnson (SP) 9-0

3,200 — 1. Austen Haskett (E) 9:49.87, 2. Kieffer Vittetow (SP) 10:07.61, 3. Clayton Wilson (G) 10:11.13, 5. Logan Vandermark (SP) 10:29.59, 7. Ben Gellman (G) 10:31.90, 14. Nolan Maners (Cl) 11:37.20, 19. Eddie Mannan (Cl) 12:05.44, 20. Grant Jarboe (NP) 13:01.54

4x400 relay — 1. Cascade 3:30.50, 3. South Putnam (Austin Rumley, Blake Clearwaters, Michael Crossman, Jonah Sanders) 3:40.27, 4. Cloverdale (Tyler Kaeff, Drew Monnett, Elliott Williamson, Ryan Heavener) 3:40.84, 6. North Putnam (Dylan Webster, Dillion Binnion, Jacob Scott, Ethan Christy) 3:44.98

Jack Romer of Greencastle easily clears the bar in the pole vault.
Banner Graphic/Joey Bennett
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